Welcome to the Links web page of…
Robert
J. Turner, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Interdisciplinary
Arts and Science
Bothell , WA 98011-1713
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What follows are links to web sites that I find particularly
useful, enlightening, or exciting. This
was developed to help my students conduct their research, but everyone is
invited! This page will grow over time.
Meta-Links (Resource sites that have their
own list of links or searchable databases)
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ISI Web of Science –
Searchable databases
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Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory –
Search or browse for articles in all subjects
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Internet
Resources for Institutional Research – Links, reports,
searchable database, and lots more links
More Specific Web Sites with Resources
on…
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Critical Thinking Assessment Rubric
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Collaboration and Shared Leadership Assessment Rubric
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Interdisciplinary Research Assessment Rubric
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Writing and
Presentation Assessment Rubric
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Distinguishing Scholarly Journals from other Periodicals
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Critical Reading Strategies for Scholarly Sources
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Research and Citations Guide –
From the UWB/Cascadia CC Library. Lots
of links to guidance documents.
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Writing Center Resources –
From the
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Writing Center Handouts – A rich resource from Evergreen
State College
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How to Write an Abstract – a power point presentation
from
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Writing a Report: Abstract – a concise guidance document
from
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Writing Report Abstracts – more concise, more generic
“how-to” guidance document from
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Choosing a Research Topic and Developing Hypotheses
– something I wrote for BIS 314, but largely applicable to any
course with links to other sources on this topic
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Style
Guides for Citing Sources – Dr. Turner prefers either APA or CBE style for
reports and papers.
Preparing and Giving
Presentations
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Presentation Skills – many helpful links from the University
of Newcastle
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Oral
Presentation Assessment Form – A rubric that could be
used to provide feedback and assess performance of a presentation
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Assessing Oral
Classroom Presentations – a thorough power point
presentation on what to think about when planning a presentation
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Crossing a Bridge of Shyness: Public Speaking for
Communicators – An article for the fearful
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Overcome the Fear of Speaking to Groups –
Another article to help you conquer the fear of speaking
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Preparing and Printing Your Poster – links to guidance documents
from the
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The
Basics of Poster Design – Concise design tutorial from NASA
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Poster Presentation of Research Work – Design and planning tips from
the
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Some Thoughts and
Options on How to React When You Don’t Like the Grade You Get for a Course
If you
think your grade is in error, you should talk to me about it. I do make errors. If, however, you just wish your grade was better, you might want to read the following
articles first.
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Making the Grade – An article by Dr. Kurt A. Wiesenfeld of
Georgia Tech that appeared in Newsweek
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Begging for
Grades - An article by Dr.
Karl L. Wuensch of
Climate Change Research
and Images
Benfield Hazards Research Centre – Bill McGuire
Climate Change 2004
http://www.benfieldhrc.org/activities/tech_papers/climate.change.pdf
Dangerous Climate Change
http://www.benfieldhrc.org/activities/issues5/dcc.htm
http://www.benfieldhrc.org/activities/misc_papers/Holiday.2030.pdf
Braasch, Gary
THE PHOTOGRAPHIC
DOCUMENTATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE
http://www.worldviewofglobalwarming.org/index.html
Climate Impacts Group – UW
http://www.cses.washington.edu/cig/
Impacts of Climate Change on
Municipal Water Supplies
Energy Information Administration
Emissions of Greenhouse Gases
in the United States 2005
http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/1605/ggrpt/index.html
Environmental Defense
Global Warming
http://www.environmentaldefense.org/page.cfm?tagID=517
Hadley Centre for Climate Change
Climate Change
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/hadleycentre/index.html
Hansen, James
http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/
International Panel on Climate Change
Presentations and Graphics
http://www.ipcc.ch/present/graphics.htm
International Research Group for Climate and Society
http://portal.iri.columbia.edu/portal/server.pt
Climate and Global Dynamics
National Snow and
Carbon
Dioxide Information Analysis Center
Pew Center
Global
Climate Change
Rohde, Robert
Climate
Change Art
http://www.globalwarmingart.com/
Science Education Resource Center at
Carleton College
Climate Change Collection
(list of climate change
links)
http://serc.carleton.edu/climatechange/summary.html
Sightline Institute
Energy and Climate
http://www.sightline.org/research/energy
World Health Organization
Climate Change and Human
Health
http://www.who.int/globalchange/climate/en/
The
Global Carbon Cycle
UNEP/GRID- Arendal
Climate Change – Activities
http://www.grida.no/Activities.aspx?m=65
Climate Change 2001: The
Scientific Basis
http://www.grida.no/climate/ipcc_tar/wg1/index.htm
Maps and Graphics
http://maps.grida.no/go/searchFree/q/climate
Vital Climate Graphics
http://www.grida.no/climate/vital/index.htm
Global Warming
http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/
Climate Choices –
http://www.climatechoices.org/ca/index.html
Climate Change
http://epa.gov/climatechange/index.html
National Assessment of the
Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change
http://www.usgcrp.gov/usgcrp/nacc/default.htm
Climate Change Impacts on the
The Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change
Overview:
http://www.usgcrp.gov/usgcrp/Library/nationalassessment/overviewpnw.htm
The Early Earth
and Plate Tectonics
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDqskltCixA
Science on a
Sphere: Plate Tectonics and Paleo Animation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ft-dP2D7QM4&feature=related
Continental Drift – Fast and big
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/geology/anim1.html
Alternating magnetic polarity http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es0803/es0803page01.cfm?chapter_no=visualization
Development of magnetic strip pattern and sea floor spreading…
http://www2.nature.nps.gov/geology/usgsnps/animate/A49.gif
Processes that occur along plate
boundaries. http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es0804/es0804page01.cfm?chapter_no=visualization
Mantle convection
http://www.school-portal.co.uk/GroupDownloadFile.asp?file=21403
Growth of a continent http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es0808/es0808page01.cfm?chapter_no=visualization
Closeup of
http://www.scotese.com/natlanim.htm
Breakup of Pangaea with volcanoes…
http://www.odsn.de/odsn/services/paleomap/animation.html
What is next? http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es0807/es0807page01.cfm?chapter_no=visualization
Breakup of Pangaea
Breakup of Pangaea with seafloor ages http://www.scotese.com/sfsanim.htm
you control http://www.scotese.com/pangeanim.htm
Subduction http://www.school-portal.co.uk/GroupDownloadFile.asp?file=21407
Reverse animation to Pangea, with Wegner’s evidence http://www2.nature.nps.gov/geology/usgsnps/animate/A14.gif
Forward animation from Pangea, with Wegner’s evidence
http://www2.nature.nps.gov/geology/usgsnps/animate/A15.gif
Starts far before Pangae.
Fuzzy
http://www2.nature.nps.gov/geology/usgsnps/animate/PLATES_3.MPG