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Water, Water Everywhere
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Science, Physics, Geography, Earth & Space ScienceIn this Xpeditions lesson, students examine differences in the availability of fresh drinking water around the world. They learn...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Water Resources in Asia: Change and Challenges
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Science, Geography, Earth & Space ScienceThis Xpeditions lesson uses China's water issues as case studies to examine the delicate balance between using resources to impr...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Water and Peace in the Middle East
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Geography, Life Sciences, History-Social Science and 5 additional..A 12th-century sultan ordered it built to carry water from the Nile to Cairo. Napoleon filled in the arches and turned it into a...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0World Has Enough Water for All, Experts Say-But Only if People Pay
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Geography, Life Sciences, History-Social Science, Science and 2 additional..As water resources grow scarce, threatening the way of life for people around the world, a number of scientists argue that to en...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Water-Diversion Plan Threatens California's Salton Sea
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Geography, Life Sciences, History-Social Science and 2 additional..In this National Geographic News article, read about California s Salton Sea. The sea, which provides rich habitat for more than...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0UN Highlights World Water Crisis
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Geography, Life Sciences, History-Social Science and 2 additional..In this National Geographic News article, read about the global water crisis. In many regions of the world, fresh water, both gr...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Arsenic-Laced Well Water Poisoning Bangladeshis
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Geography, Life Sciences, Health & Physical Education and 5 additional..In this National Geographic News article, read about what may be the largest mass poisoning in history underway in India and Ban...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Water Companies Draining U.K. Wetlands, Groups Say
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Geography, Life Sciences, History-Social Science and 2 additional..In this National Geographic News article, read about why many of England s wetlands and rivers are water-starved. The main culpr...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Water Woes: Not All Wet
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Science, Earth & Space ScienceThis resource, from The Why Files Web site, features information about the global water shortage. Topics covered include areas o...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Arsenic in Asian Drinking Water Linked to Microbes
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Geography, Life Sciences, Health & Physical Education, Health Education and 4 additional..In this National Geographic News article, read about drinking water contaminated with arsenic in Bangladesh and West Bengal, Ind...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0The World's Water Hotspots: China
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Science, Geography, Earth & Space ScienceThis BBC News resource features information about two projects China is undertaking in an effort to stop flooding in the south a...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Map: The World's Water Hotspots
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Science, Geography, Earth & Space ScienceThis BBC News resource features information about water hotpots around the globe. Users can click on a map to learn about water ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Water Pressure
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Science, Geography, Earth & Space ScienceThis National Geographic Magazine feature focuses on the world s water supply. There is an excerpt from an article about groundw...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0What is Drought: Understanding and Defining Drought
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Science, Earth & Space ScienceThis article, from the National Drought Mitigation Center, contains general information about drought and how it is defined. In ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0What Is Meant by the Term Drought?
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Science, Earth & Space ScienceThis article, from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, describes the meaning of drought and the different ways ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Water Rights and Wrongs
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, History-Social Science, Science, Geography, Life SciencesIn this article, from the National Wildlife Federation Web site, author Joe Holley writes about a controversial plan to divert f...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Is Your Drinking Water Safe?
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, History-Social Science, Science, Geography, Life SciencesIn this article, from the National Wildlife Federation Web site, author Rene Ebersole writes about the quality of tap water in t...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Water Pressure
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, History-Social Science, Science, Geography, Life SciencesIn this article, from the National Wildlife Federation Web site, author Don Hinrichsen explains how U.S. water sources are under...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0