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POWER LIBRARY - Gale in Context

Database of Nonfiction Information - K-5

LUCY CALKINS TEXT SET ARTICLE LINKS:

• Extreme Sports Facts by Sciene Kids
• "Kids and Extreme Sports" by Kyanna Sutton, Family Education
• "Best of the Xgames" video
• "Safety Worries Hit the 'Slope' at Sochi Olympics" (by Los Angeles Times, adapted by Newsela staff  (Students may need to log in with Google Accounts)
•  Extreme Sports Safety (Scholastic News, May/June 2010)   
  • Also available in Spanish
• “Skate Safety: A Crash Course” By Sky Siljeg
• The Toughest Sport Infographic 
• “Famous snowboarder pulls out of slopestyle at Sochi Olympics” (By Los Angeles Times, adapted by
  Newsela staff, Feb. 10, 2014 
• *Safer Slopes (from Super Science Magazine, Nov/Dec. 2013)
• “X Games Too Extreme? New Questions After Snowmobile Accident” (By Brian Tood and Dugald
  McConnell, January 31, 2013)
• “Why Do People Enjoy Extreme Sports?” (By Alvin Smith) 
• “The World’s First Wingsuit Champion is Crowned”  (DOGO News)

• “Wingsuit Daredevil Jeb Corliss Completes Another Heart-Stopping ‘Flight’ (DOGO News)

• “Given the risks involved, where’s the appeal in extreme sports?” (By Allan Maki and Paul Waldie,
  The Globe and Mail, January 20, 2012)

• “With the thrills come extreme risks” (Jane E. Brody, NYT)

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Additional Article Suggestions:

• Getting Involved In ‘Extreme Sports’: Advice From Parents Of Top Extreme Athletes” from Momsteam.com
• "X Games" National Geographic

Multimedia

•  (video) Kevin Pearce Recovers (Scholastic News Online from Student Reporter, Alexis Wiseman)

http://safeshare.tv/v/ss56985df0758d0

• (video) “Ashima Shiraishi- World’s Best Female Rock Climber?” Video of her at age 9. Today she is a 14 y/o climbing phenomena. YouTube. 
• (video) “Cody Ling Profile- Kids Who Rip- Amazing Freestyle Skier” YouTube. http://safeshare.tv/v/ss5698692aedc4e
• (video)“Extreme Sports” http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now/video-uk/extreme-sports (0–2:24)
• (video) “Base Jumper On Extreme Sports Risks and Rewards” (Youtube Video clip from CBS This Morning) Base
  jumper and extreme skier, JT Holmes, discusses the risks and benefits of his career.
• (video) “Sarah Burke’s Death: Extreme Sports Dangers” (January 1, 2012)
  https://abcnews.go.com/US/sarah-burke-dead-29-half-pipe-skiing-accident/story?id=15396882

eBooks: (click on the book cover to open)

                        

LUCY CALKINS TEXT SET ARTICLE LINKS:

• "Zoos"
• "Zoos" from All About Animals.org
• Are Zoos a Good Thing
• “Giant Panda Cubs Give Hope to an Endangered Species” by David George Gordon
• "Some clever chimps stage escape at Kansas City Zoo" By Kansas City Star, adapted by Newsela staff
• "Dogs work with elephants at Pittsburgh Zoo" By Pittsburg Post-Gazette, adapted by Newsela staff
• Public benefits of AZA—Accredited Zoos and Aquariums
• Animal Enrichment
• "Fall is pumpkin time - even for zoo animals!" by Ellen Brait, The Guardian, adapted by Newsela staff
• "Zoos step in to help save wild animals around the world" by McClatchy Foreign Staff, adapted by Newsela staff
• "Zoo orders huge shoes for one of its elephants" by Washington Post, adapted by Newsela staff 
• “Zoos” (From The New Book of Knowledge)
• “The Modern Zoo” (By Patrick K. for TeenInk.com)
• “Not All Zoos Are Inhumane” (By Maribeth F. for Teen Ink Magazine). 
• “Zoos are Prisons for Animals” by Ashley Chilton
• “The hour of the chimp at KC Zoo” (By Kansas City Star, adapted by Newsela staff, April 15, 2014)
  Describes how some chimps caused a “Code Red” by escaping from their enclosure at the Zoo.
• “Tigers At Home In the Bronx Zoo” (by Quinn Jacobson, Scholastic Kids Press Corps)
• Zoo and Aquarium Statistics (by the Association of Zoos & Aquariums) 
• “NC Zoo’s ‘adoption’ program benefits animals, zookeeper training (By Ryan Sullivan, Fox News,
  September 6, 2013) 
   

Additional Article Suggestions: 

• “Why Zoos Matter” 
• “Reintroduction programs”
• “Apes have Rights Too, Court Rules” By Scientific American, adapted by Newsela staff 

Multimedia:

(video) “The Pros and Cons of Zoos.” From D News. YouTube. http://safeshare.tv/v/ss5698171903f61

(video) Captive Animal Misery in European Zoos. Youtube. http://safeshare.tv/v/ss5698124019ee1

(video) Feeding the Animals at the Smithsonian National Zoo. Youtube. http://safeshare.tv/v/ss5698147d37602

(video) Zoo Tube: Home Sweet Habitat—Director of Education and Conversation is interviewed by a
teen—talks about how they design a orangutan’s habitat. YouTube https://youtu.be/RuSrhtcjqMQ

(video) Kids Stand Up for Animals in Captivity from PETAKids http://www.petakids.com/videos/kids-stand-animals-captivity/

(video) “Smithsonian’s National Zoo: We Save Species” “Who Said What? Studying Perspective” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYdbzA7yvic

(video) “No Place Like Home” (By the Captive Animals’ Protection Agency, July 17, 2009) (3:00–5:00)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQHekJaG6fM&feature=player_embedded

(video) “Are there animal care problems at National Zoo?” (By Sharyl Attkisson, CBS News, December 10,
2013)  http://www.cbsnews.com/news/are-there-animal-care-problems-at-national-zoo/

LUCY CALKINS TEXT SET ARTICLE LINKS:

• "Plastic Bags: Convenient and Cruel" article by Storyworks Magazine
• “Floating Junkyard” by Britt Norlander, Scholasic News
• Learn the Facts from Bag the Ban
• Toronto Bans Plastic Shopping Bags 
• "Putting Plastic In Its Place" by Junior Scholastic, April 2014
• “Are Reusable Bags Dangerous?” (Time for Kids)

Additional Article Suggestions: 

•  Plastic Bags: To Ban or Not To Ban
• The Debate of Banning Plastic Bags
• Can We Save the Earth from Plastic Bags? by Rachel Cribby

• “Climate Change: Catastrophe in the Making” from the Environmental Defense Fund. https://www.edf.org/climate/climate-facts-dangers-and-what-you-can-do?s_src=ggad.03.2012.control&gclid=CP2-oMfc9a4CFWcQNAodrzWVEw

• “A Student’s Guide to Global Climate Change.” From the EPA. https://www3.epa.gov/climatechange//kids/index.html​

• “Extreme Weather Impacts of Climate Change.” from the National Resource Defense Council. http://www.nrdc.org/globalwarming/climate-change-impacts/

Multimedia

• (video) “Charity: water”
http://www.charitywater.org/whywater/

• (video) “Kids and Recycling (part 5)—How are plastic bottles and caps recycled?” By CQ Goes Green

https://youtu.be/PPu4wYak3Dw

• (video) “Recycling Plastic Water Bottles:  https://youtu.be/WLkZ6LzwCQY

(video) “Bag the Ban Rally” (video clip created by Bag The Ban)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YS_CaGrxfEM

(video) “The Bay Vs. The Bag” (PSA from Save the Bay April 13, 2009)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSD21zp89zM&list=FLIbLgHP5qWXHVAwARUnw-oQ

(video) California: The Inconvenient Truth Behind Banning Plastic Bags
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_qL53T7igg&feature=share

(video) “California’s Bag Ban Hurting the Job Market” (video from Fox News interviewing American
Progressive Bag Alliance Chairman Mark Daniels.) (0–1:38); (2:40–3:09).
https://video.foxbusiness.com/v/3823712949001/#sp=show-clips

 

LUCY CALKINS TEXT SET ARTICLE LINKS:

•  “How People Die on Mount Everest: Infographic” 
• "Tourism" From Mount Everest 3D
• “Interview with Sir Edmund Hillary” 
• "Into the Deathzone: A Mount Everests Adventure" from StoryWorks Magazine 
• "Has the Summit of Mt. Everest Become An Overcrowded Tourist Trap?"(By: Stephen Williams, New York Daily News, May 28, 2013)
• “Mt. Everest: Why do People Keep Climbing It?” (by: Emily Sohn, April 22, 2014)
• “Anniversary at Everest” (Time for Kids)
• “Death on the Mountain” (Junior Scholastic) 

Additional Article Suggestions: 

• “Helping People Climb Mount Everest is a dangerous job for sherpas in Nepal” By Los Angeles
  Times, adapted by Newsela Staff
• “How Has Mount Everest Tourism Affected Nepal?” By Cristen Conger
•  “Jordan Romero 13, summits Everest: How Young Is Too Young?” (By David Scott, Christian Science Monitor, May 23, 2010)

Multimedia

• VIDEO: Mount Everest Fun Facts (by Mocomi Kids) Youtube video
• VIDEO: Climbing New Heights ( Mountain climber Melissa Arnot on the Today Show) 
• VIDEO: “The Time I ... Climbed Mount Everest” (Disney Channel, November 5, 2010, Youtube)
• VIDEO: “Avalanche Kills At Least 12 People on Mount Everest” (Fox News, April 18, 2014)

LUCY CALKINS TEXT SET ARTICLE LINKS:​

•  “Dangerous Predators” 
• Infographic: Status of the Shark
• “Saving the Great White Monster” (article from Scope Magazine, February 2014)
• “Great White Terror” (from Scope Magazine, Oct 2010)
•  Sharks: Killers or Just Misunderstood? By Sarah C. Stoughton, MA
• “Food Web Woes” by Emily Sohn 
•  “Tourists Wary But Not Put Off After Shark Attacks In Hawaii” By Los Angles Times, adapted by Newsela staff
• “Great White Shark” National Geographic Kids
• Spinner shark attacks Florida teen surfer By Sun Sentinel, adapted by Newsela staff
• Shark attacks expected to rise this summer. Discovery News
• Five most dangerous sharks to humans. CBS News
• “Rise in shark attacks scares tourists away from paradise isle of Reunion.” Sunday Express (UK) 

Additional Article Suggestions: 

•  “Big Question: Are there Many or Few Great White Sharks Near California?” By Los Angeles Times, adapted by Newsela Staff
• “Sharks in Captivity”
•  “Sand Tiger Shark”  National Geographic Kids
• “Sharks Endangered”
• “Great White Comeback” by Samantha McCann
•  “Swimming with sharks and stingrays” by Emily Sohn 
• “Bull Shark”  National Geographic Kids
• “Fun Shark Facts for Kids” 
• “Great White Shark” 

Multimedia:

• (video) “Saving the Ocean: Shark Reef.” from PBS. http://www.pbs.org/video/1875037754/

• (video) “What’s More Deadly Than Sharks?” (Video from OneWorldOneOcean.com, August 3, 2013 found on YouTube)
• (video) “Sharks: Stewards of the Reef (sharkstewards.com)” (Video created by Shark Saver, found on YouTube)

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Suggested articles:

•  “Space Exploration” from National Geographic

http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/space/space-exploration/

• What was the Apollo Program?

http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/5-8/features/what-was-apollo-program-58.html

•  “Space Exploration”

http://www.esa.int/esaKIDSen/SEMT0EBE8JG_LifeinSpace_0.html

•  “The Real Reasons We Explore Space” (By Michael Griffin, Air & Space Magazine, July 2007)

http://www.airspacemag.com/space/the-real-reasons-we-explore-space-18816871/?no-ist

•  “Mars Can Wait: Oceans Can’t” (By: Amitai Etzioni, Special To CNN, August 17, 2012)

http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/09/opinion/etzioni-space-oceans/.

• “Which scientific research is more important, underwater or space? ( Time for Kids) 
• “What It's Like to Spend aMonth Under the Sea”

https://www.livescience.com/48334-fabien-cousteau-aquarius-undersea-mission.html

• “Space Exploration and Travel”

https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/articles/teaching-content/space-exploration-and-travel/

• “Mission Twinpossible” (from Time for Kids)

http://portlandebbl.weebly.com/uploads/8/3/1/2/83128944/mission_twinpossible_%7C_time_for_kids.pdf

• “Fabien Costeau leads Acquanauts in Record-Breaking Underseas Expedition

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/06/140624-fabien-cousteau-aquanauts-aquarius-mission-31-ocean/

• “A Giant Robot Crab” by Hailee Romain

http://portlandebbl.weebly.com/uploads/8/3/1/2/83128944/a_giant_robot_crab.pdf

 

Multimedia:

• (video) Bill Nye: Why We Explore. YouTube.

https://youtu.be/FVZmL5UARcs

• (video) “Help Save Our Oceans: A Groundbreaking Undersea Expedition with Fabien Costeau” YouTube.

https://youtu.be/xd2UExODi2k

(video) “What I learned from spending 31 days under water” TED Talk by Fabien Cousteau. YouTube. 

https://youtu.be/MbBHVL4hT90

• (video) Neil deGrasse Tyson—We Stopped Dreaming (Episode 1). YouTube.

https://youtu.be/CbIZU8cQWXc

May be photocopied for classroom use. © 2015 by Lucy Calkins and Colleagues from the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project from Units of Study for Teaching Reading (Heinemann: Portsmouth, NH).

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