Tuesday, May 12, 2009

California's Water Problem: STATE OF THIRST!!

This semester you have learned a lot about the water crisis all over the world. You have learned how people in South American, and even India, have worked to develop solutions to their various water problems.

Today you will be learning more specifically about the water problem in CALIFORNIA. You are going to watch the video below. While watching the video, you are going to take notes on the paper you have been given. After you have watched the video and taken notes, you are going to retype those notes into a comment on this blog post.

The areas you are going to take notes on include:

THE PROBLEM:
According to the video, what is the problem with California’s Water Future?

CHALLENGES:
According to the video, what are some of the challenges to solving this problem?

SOLUTIONS:
Based on what you saw in the video, what do you think citizens of California should do about the problem? (List at least three important ideas)

ACTIONS I CAN TAKE:
Based on what you saw in the video, what do you think YOU can do? (list at least three important ideas)


State of Thirst: California's Water Future (VIDEO PODCAST -- COPY AND PASTE THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS INTO YOUR WEB BROWSER)

http://www.kqed.org/quest/television/state-of-thirst-californias-water-future