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This is a collection of resources for third grade students to provide them with the information which they can use for their informational article on climate change. Under this topic they will have resources to use and understand the climate and its effect on different weather events and patterns in the US and around the world.

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1.Extreme heat and flooding worldwide reflect the magnitude of the climate crisis. (2023). All Things Considered (NPR).

The article is in the format of a conversation where the effects of climate change and its impact on severe weather is explained.

2.Confirmed: Global floods, droughts worsening with warming. (2023). Associated Press.

This article explains the causes behind increased frequencies of droughts, floods, and rainfall events and the factors responsible for it.

3.Plan for climate impact: Bangladesh seeks to protect itself better against floods and natural disasters. (2022). Eastern Eye, 1669, 24.

This promising article shows a country in Southeast Asia, Bangladesh vows to make changes to protect itself from extreme weather events.

4.Pant, U. (2022). Drought. Salem Press Primary Encyclopedia.

A detailed explanation in this article about drought and how it is caused, what are the different types of draughts and what can be done to tackle this and what are the predictions made by scientists.

5. Cappucci, M. (2018). Eastern Pacific records its most energetic hurricane season. Science News for Students, 1.

An important article which talks about different severe weather events like hurricanes, typhoons, and cyclones and explains if these events are progressively increasing in number and intensity.

6.Fox, P. (2023). Hurricanes of Data. New York Times Magazine, 34–44.

This article gives substantial data about the extreme weather events including hurricanes, floods and the rising sea levels and how they have intensified over the years and what measures must be taken to mitigate it.

7. Effects of deforestation on climate change. (2023). Pakistan Observer.

This article highlights the importance of forests and their use in preserving our environment and how deforestation leads to global climate changes.

8. Ogasa, N., & Tremper, A. (2023). Amazon in Trouble. Science News Explores, 2(10), 14–21.

This article covers in detail about the deforestation of the Amazonian Rainforest, its many benefits and also the impact it has on the changing and extreme climate in the world.

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1. Big Questions about Extreme Weather. (2021). Scholastic News -- Edition 3, 78(5), 2–3.

This news page from scholastic has important key terms about weather and explains the different climate changes happening around us.

2.Richards, D. E. (2016). 10 Freaky Forces of Nature. National Geographic Kids, 465, 26–29.

This article is a good resource about fun facts related to ten big weather events.

3.Wyatt, L. J. (2004). Tornado! Odyssey, 13(2), 30–34.

Giving the example of an unusual series of tornadoes in Missouri, this article gives detailed information about what tornadoes are and related information.

4.Swartz, C. (2018). Let’s Look at Tornadoes. Boys’ Life, 108(3), 32–35.

A brief introduction about what is a tornado, and what kind of information one needs to know about them to be safe.

5.Masibay, K. Y. (2020). Rising Waters. Science World, 76(8), 8–13.

This article mentions at length the floods happening in Missouri over many years, the factors responsible for this and the different ways to harness rainwater and other ways to prevent flooding.

6.Gillis, J. (2010). A Message From Mother Nature? Junior Scholastic, 113(3), 6–8.

A compilation of extreme weather events from around the world is illustrated and recorded in this article.

7.Adams, J. (2005). FLOODED! Science World, 62(4), 22–24.

One of the worst hurricanes in the history of the United States and the consequent flooding as a result of Hurricane Katrina is described in this article.

8. Rosano, M. (2018). It’s Happening Here. Canadian Geographic, 138(6), 56–64.

This article talks about all the major weather related events taking place in Canada and the factors responsible for these events.

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1.Facts about the climate emergency | UNEP - UN Environment Programme

This is the United Nations website which details the climate change, extreme events, the urgency to contain this change and what other countries are doing to make this worse as well as what some countries are doing to make a change for better.

2.Weather Extremes and Climate Change - Encyclopedia of the Environment

3.https://oercommons.org/courseware/lesson/116084/overview

This open education resource gives an account of natural disasters and its impact on humans . This gives a step by step activity for students which includes reading and listening activity and an assessment at the end.

4.Extreme Weather - NASA Science
There is a detailed explanation of climate change and how it is leading to many increased natural disasters and their frequency. There are also effects of climate change explained, with a spinning wheel video which gives information about all of the events like floods, extreme heatwave, wildfires, heavy precipitation, cyclones, droughts, and marine heatwaves.

5.Extreme Weather | USDA Climate Hubs

United States Department of Agriculture website which has a number of related articles and news about the extreme climate activity like floods, droughts, tornadoes and heavy rainfalls and extreme heat waves. It also has news about the extreme weather from different states of the US.

6.Extreme weather

This website discusses the theme of extreme weather due to climate change in a visual graphic form showing the changes in the weather around the world. This website also gives an overview of climate change, its impact on the world, WMO’s response and activities to do and videos to watch.

7.Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters | Events | National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)

This weather website gives the statistics and a record of all the severe weather activities that happened in the US from 1980 to 2024. In addition to this, it also gives the information of how much money it costs the government for each extreme weather event.

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Kids Fight Climate Change by Martin Dorey

Every student’s guide on finding creative ways to tackle climate change. This book is filled with different statistics and DIY activities to engage and inform students and create awareness about the changing face of our earth. This book also engages the students into becoming a responsible and aware citizen.

Kids Fight Climate Change-Goodreads

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Kids Fight Climate Change: Act now to be a #2minutesupe...

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Read 10 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Kids can help save planet Earth with these positive, climate-focused missions from best-sel...

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What is Climate Change by Gail Herman

This book provides an interesting and a balanced perspective on the changing climate and what it means. This thought provoking and a fact-based book is a great resource for students while learning about the important topic of climate change.

What is Climate Change-Goodreads

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Read 47 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Learn more about what climate change means and how it's affecting our planet. The earth is...

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National Geographic: Kids Everything Weather by Kathy Furgang

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National Geographic: Kids Everything Weather by Kathy Furgang

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Everything a kid wants to know about the weather and how it can get extreme is mentioned in this book. This is a good basic book for students to get facts about different weather events.

National Geographic: Kids Everything Weather-Goodreads

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Everything Weather: Facts, Photos, and Fun that Will Bl...

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Read 13 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Weather can be wild, freaky, and fascinating! Powerful twisters roar through homes; earthqu...

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Extreme Weather (Tornadoes to Hurricanes)-Speedy Publications

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Extreme Weather (Tornadoes to Hurricanes)-Speedy Publications

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A great book with illustrations and explanations of how these weather events take place and through the illustrations gives a pictorial commentary for students to see the abstract in a visual form.

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Extreme Weather (Tornadoes To Hurricanes): Earth Facts ...

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Read 7 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Most children are enthralled by nature, specifically outer space and various weather conditi...

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In a brilliant storytelling manner, Dr. Seuss brings our attention to saving our planet and our precious natural resources. A great read for students to find a way to connect with nature and learn to preserve it.

Lorax- Goodreads

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Read 5,110 reviews from the world’s largest community for readers. “Unless someone like you... cares a whole awful lot... nothing is going to get better...…

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The Girl Who Lost a Leopard by Nizrana Farook

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The Girl Who Lost a Leopard by Nizrana Farook

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This is a story of an unusual friendship between a young girl and a leopard. How the two of them learn to stay in complete harmony before the people find out about them and try to separate the two. A beautiful story of the coexistence of humans and nature, this book is a girl’s story which is reminiscent of Tarzan of the Jungle Book.

The Girl Who Lost a Leopard-Goodreads

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Read 58 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. From the author of The Girl Who Stole an Elephant comes another thrilling escapade set in f...

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Yet another fictional story of survival of a young boy from Tamil Nadu, India. How he survives a shipwreck and manages to fight all odds with the ocean on one hand and a tiger with him in the boat. The tale of human and nature interaction is at its best.

Life of Pi- Goodreads

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Read 53.9k reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Life of Pi is a fantasy adventure novel by Yann Martel published in 2001. The protagonis...

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I Survived Hurricane Katrina by Lauren Tarshis

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I Survived Hurricane Katrina by Lauren Tarshis

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During hurricane Katrina, a family decides to stay back because of a sick child in the family and faces the wrath of one of the deadliest storms in US history. Read more to find out what happens to the brother who is just 11 years old.

I Survived Hurricane Katrina- Goodreads

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I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 (I Survived, #3)

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Read 774 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. The horror of Hurricane Katrina is brought vividly to life in this fictional account of a ...

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Jayden’s Impossible Garden by Melina Mangal

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Jayden’s Impossible Garden by Melina Mangal

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How young Jayden’s belief and a love for nature helps people change the way they look at their surroundings in the city. Jayden, with his persuasion and his belief, transforms his neighborhood and sends the message of love for the nature to all around him.

Jayden's Impossible Garden- Goodreads

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Read 28 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Jayden and a new friend bring nature to the city in this timeless story about a community g...

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VIDEOS

Faces of Technology – Meet Amber Soja

15 MOST EXTREME Weather Events Caught on Video

Thunderstorms 101 | National Geographic

Tornadoes 101 | National Geographic

Hurricanes 101 | National Geographic

Wildfires 101 | National Geographic

Floods 101 | National Geographic

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Copyright | ALA

Copyright for Libraries: ALA Resources and Advocacy

A detailed Libguide for educators and students to understand copyright and fair use.

What is Copyright? | U.S. Copyright Office

A detailed definition of copyright is given on this website.

Plagiarism Overview - Purdue OWL

Gives an overview of the definition of Plagiarism and is a good resource for educators and students in understanding the “intellectual property” of creators.

Overview - Citing sources - LibGuides at MIT Libraries

Importance of citing the source and how to use different styles of citations is explained here on this website.

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Climate change: When the weather of an area gets affected or changes due to the climate variations and changes over a period of a long time, it is called Climate Change(NASA, 2020).

Weather: Short term changes in the atmosphere are called the weather.

Climate: Any changes in the atmosphere over the period of a long time resulting in the change in the weather is called climate( NASA, 2020).

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Global Maps

This website gives a sizable number of maps of the Earth depicting many weather related and climate related effects on it.

What Is Climate Change? - NASA Science

This page on the NASA website goes into great detail about the difference between weather and climate, what is the definition of climate change and gives many more resources to get an in-depth knowledge of climate change.

climate change - Kids | Britannica Kids | Homework Help

This is a resource which provides information about climate change leading to extreme weather events for students.

Find Definitions Written for Kids | Merriam-Webster Student Dictionary

Students can use this platform to search for words and meanings.

National Geographic Kids Almanac

This is a good resource for kids to explore the topic of climate, climate change and related events.