Warm Up Tuesday- September 2, 2014. Standards SS7G6 The student will discuss environmental issues...

Warm UpTuesday- September 2, 2014

Standards

SS7G6 The student will discuss environmental issues across Southwest Asia (Middle East).a. Explain how water pollution and the unequal distribution of water impacts irrigation and drinking water.

Essential Question

How does water pollution and the unequal distribution of water impact irrigation and drinking water in Southwest Asia?

Today I will….

Today I will learn how the shortage of water can cause conflict amongst nations because I need to know that scarcity of natural resources can have a tremendous impact on a region.

Word SplashDirections: Make as many sentences as you can until your teacher calls time. You must use at

least one of the words below in each sentence.

Work Period pt. 1

We will listen to an audio article titled: “Drought Withers Iraqi Farms and Food Supplies”.The next set of pictures will give you a visual as to what is being explained in the report.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112494850• 

Work Period Part 2The Middle East Water Crisis

Copy this Graphic Organizer

Causes• Dry Land• Drought (Little Rainfall)

• Population Growth• Water use per

Person• Agriculture (Farming

and Irrigation)

• Pollution

Solutions• Desalination (Removing

Salt from Seawater)

• Alternative Water Sources (Storing rainwater, capturing winter thaw from mountains, etc.)

• Importing Water (Buying from another country)

• Conservation (Saving Water)

• Treating Waste Water (Yummy!)

Work Period Part 3Summary Activity

• Summary Activity: Draw 4 pictures illustrating the problems causing the water crisis in the Middle East, you MUST use pollution as one of the causes and the other 3 are your choice. and Draw 4 pictures illustrating possible solutions to the water crisis in the Middle East. If you do not finish this in class it will become your HOMEWORK assignment!

• There is an example on the next slide.

Example of Summary Activity

ClosingExit Ticket

Respond to the following meta cognitive questions:

(1)What am I learning?

(2) Why am I learning it?

(3) Why is it important?

(4) How/where does it fit in with what I already know?

(5) What questions do I have?