Solutions

We've discussed global water problems and shared startling water facts.
Now let's look at some of the things people and organizations are doing to help. 

1. Check out the following websites - and any others you find on your own.
   
2. When you find a piece of information you'd like to share, put it on the padlet wall below, as I showed in class. 
• (Just double click on the padlet wall and type your information.  Be sure to include your name.  You will need to save a picture to your desktop, then click on the middle icon of your padlet post and upload)
  
3. Hopefully this will work! If not, then just comment on the post and share your information. There are so many wonderful organizations and inventions out there!  Here are a few.....

ICT
The water project, 
Global Water Challenge,
The Other 90 Percent,
Water.org .

When you share your information on the wall, PLEASE TRY NOT TO OVERLAP ENTRIES ONTO EACH OTHER.  You can move the wall around by dragging it and moving it right or down.  That way we'll have plenty of room for everyone.

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What Wretched Beasties Live in Water?

Today in class you had the opportunity to see all the 'wretched beasties' in the digital microscopes.  Yuk! Here are some of mine -- Imagine drinking THAT?

 For homework tonight, upload the protist pictures and videos from class.  Comment on the types of protists or other water life you found in your samples (click here to find information about the water microbes) and then visit the sites below to find three facts about our global water problems and waterborne infectious disease.  Either add them to your blog or write them down and be ready to share in class.
Here are a few suggested sites - but you can research your own as well.   You might find better sites! Please use more than one site.                    
http://water.org/learn-about-the-water-crisis/facts
http://blueplanetnetwork.org/water/facts

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_crisis

Great Video on Viruses

Typhoid Mary - The Most Dangerous Woman in the World

If curious.... scan the QR code.

Map of Infectious Disease

Click on the map to view infectious disease outbreaks around the world.

To find out more about a disease, follow your research guide (in your dropbox) and answer the key questions regarding microbes and disease prevention.  We will be using it next class block.  This is just a research guide, so you can use bullet points or notes to answer the questions. It doesn't have to be full sentences - but you do need to be thorough.

How Viruses Work

Tricky and confusing.... but this clip does a pretty good job explaining how viruses work.

Germs!

We're beginning our study of microlife and infectious disease. Bill Nye gives us an overall view of the microbes we'll be studying - in true Bill Nye fashion. Enjoy.