6-3 Resourses

Games:

• Good introductory video on water that is less than 5 mins:
  • http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/environment/habitats-environment/freshwater/env-freshwater-whycare/

1. This is a good introduction to the water cycle and a game the students can play. In the game, they will be a water molecule and travel through the water cycle, maybe ending up in the Queen’s cup of tea!
2. Test the water from a river with adult supervision.
3. Walking – Carry a bucket of water from a river or stream to their school to water a tree. This to experience how far women and children in Africa and other countries must carry water.

Videos:

• Academic papers from the Round-table on Freshwater:
  •  http://www.pugwashgroup.ca/index.php?option=com_contentandview=articleandid=95andItemid=83 
  • http://www.pugwashgroup.ca/events/documents/2008/2008.12.08-Program_and_Photos-Fresh_Water_Problems.pdf
• Where the Great Lakes came from:
  • http://www.great-lakes.net/teach/chat/answers/092600_water.html

 Resources:

Barlow, M. (2007). Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water. Toronto, ON: McClelland and Stewart Ltd.

Barlow, M. and Clarke T. (2002). Blue Gold.  New York, NY: The New Press

Calhoun Y., (2005) Water Pollution Environmental issues Audubon Magazine

IHTEC – 77 pages of ideas about water, and watersheds, that can also be used as a newspaper. Created by Eric Schneider, Berlin, Germany, for Science for Peace and Canadian Pugwash, and IHTEC.

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