Check In: The California Water Crisis (15 min)
The video below covers the water crisis in California. You can add the information from the video to your notes to use on the essay question. Answer the questions below while watching the video.
The video below covers the water crisis in California. You can add the information from the video to your notes to use on the essay question. Answer the questions below while watching the video.
- How is groundwater being used?
- How are they monitoring groundwater use?
- What is one possible solution to replenishing groundwater?
- Is the environmental damage worth the human gains?
Notes: Water Pollution (20 min)
Taking notes online using Google Docs or in your science notebook find the following terms and concepts. If you want you can add them to your notes from earlier in the week or start a new set called Notes: Water Pollution. You can either use your textbook pages 610 to 617 or online sources. As always if you use online sources make sure to write them down in your notes.
Skills Check: Water Pollution (10 min)
Once you are done with your notes answer the questions below in your notes.
Homework
Look up two different current event stories on water pollution. Each story has to be about a different city on a different continent. For each story you have to summarize how water is being polluted or abused, the effects of that pollution/abuse and what is being done or could be done to correct it. Due to the fact that this is a larger assignment it will be worth more points than a normal homework grade.
Taking notes online using Google Docs or in your science notebook find the following terms and concepts. If you want you can add them to your notes from earlier in the week or start a new set called Notes: Water Pollution. You can either use your textbook pages 610 to 617 or online sources. As always if you use online sources make sure to write them down in your notes.
Skills Check: Water Pollution (10 min)
Once you are done with your notes answer the questions below in your notes.
Homework
Look up two different current event stories on water pollution. Each story has to be about a different city on a different continent. For each story you have to summarize how water is being polluted or abused, the effects of that pollution/abuse and what is being done or could be done to correct it. Due to the fact that this is a larger assignment it will be worth more points than a normal homework grade.
