Friday, February 4, 2022

Unit 8: Water Issues

Textbook Reading
Chapter 13: Water Resources
Chapter 20: Water Pollution


Click for the Unit 8 Activity Sheet.

Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Water's Importance, Availability and Renewal.

Click to view the Daffy Duck video "Aqua Duck."

Click to watch The Nature Conservancy video "We're Oyster Farmers - Montauk"

Click to view the L.A. Times graphic showing How Much Water it Takes to Make This Plate.

Click for the first website for the What's Your Water Footprint activity. Click for the second website.

Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Too Little Freshwater.

Click to watch the video "Water Wars: A Lego Animated Short."

Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Managing Groundwater and Surface Water Supplies.

Click to watch the movie trailer for "What Happens When You Demolish Two 100-Year Old Dams."

Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Transporting Water and Desalination.

Click to see the L.A. Times California drought map infographic.

Click to see info on the worst drought in the west in 1200 years.

Click to watch the N.Y. Times video "California's Extreme Drought Explained."

Click to watch the video Planet 100 video Desalination 101."

Click to watch the video "Drinking from the Sea."

Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture on Wasting Less Water.

Click to read the ProPublica article on "California's Drought..."

Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Too Much Water.

Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Water Pollution – Sources, Types and Effects.

Click to go to the EPA National Ambient Air Quality Standards website and the EPA Table of Drinking Water Contaminants for the Parts Per Million Lab.

Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Freshwater Pollution.

Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Groundwater Pollution.

Click to watch The Nature Conservancy video "Where Does It Come From?"

Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Ocean Pollution.

Click to watch The Nature Conservancy Video Nitrogen Pollution."

Click to watch The Nature Conservancy Video "Jim's Solution."

Click to watch the video "The Great Garbage Chase."

Click to watch the Story of Stuff Project video "Microbeads."

Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Preventing and Reducing Water Pollution.

Click to watch The Nature Conservancy video "Where Does It Go When I Flush?"

Click to watch the video "It's Imperative - Mastic Beach."

Click to watch the video "The Sewage Treatment Process."

Click to see the USGS poster "How Do We Treat Our Wastewater?"

Click for the first website for the Wastewater Treatment Activity. Click for the second website and the third website.

Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Drinking Water Quality.

Click to watch the video "How It's Made - Drinking Water."

Click to watch the video "Long Island's Drinking Water -- Challenges and Solutions."

Click to water the PBS News Hour video "Long Island Residents Worry Their Tap Water Is Unsafe."

Click to watch the video "The Story of Bottled Water."