Water.org is an organization dedicated to making a huge difference when it comes to water! They recently had a video competition - Check out this winner and the three runner ups! I like the last one the best!
Wednesday 21 March 2012
Thursday 15 March 2012
Water Project Ideas
Sunday 11 March 2012
What's Being Done?
A voicethread is an interesting interactive way to share ideas. If you found an excellent water solution out there - please post it to this voicethread. Put a picture of the solution you researched and give some information about it - either with text or voice.
You will first need to register with them. When you do, be sure to watch all the tutorials on how to use it. Hopefully when we're finished we'll have a compilation of a great number of innovations and ideas to share. Be sure to identify yourself as well. Here's the voicethread link. (This is not a mandatory assignment)
You will first need to register with them. When you do, be sure to watch all the tutorials on how to use it. Hopefully when we're finished we'll have a compilation of a great number of innovations and ideas to share. Be sure to identify yourself as well. Here's the voicethread link. (This is not a mandatory assignment)
Wednesday 7 March 2012
Solutions!
You came up with some splendid solutions to your water problem in class. Now spend some time online to see if any of your solutions are already out there. Look through the websites and find at least 2-3 real solutions in your category. Post them on your blog (with pictures). Make sure you have a an introductory paragraph and an explanation of each solution. Here are a few websites to start with - Circle of Blue - top solutions, ICT , The water project, Global Water Challenge, The Other 90 Percent, Water.org . But there are so many more - so search on.
Monday 5 March 2012
Finding Facts about the Global Water Crisis
Find 2 facts which support the statement that we have a global fresh water crisis. Post them on your blog and be ready to share them in class. Make sure you write a brief introduction on your post.
Here are a few suggested sites - but you can research your own as well.
http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/footprint/water/
http://water.org/learn-about-the-water-crisis/facts/
http://blueplanetnetwork.org/water/facts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_crisishttp://water.org/learn-about-the-water-crisis/facts/
http://blueplanetnetwork.org/water/facts
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