Water and Our Ecological Footprint - What is our impact? What do we risk losing?

As we continue to think about our ecological foot print and the steps we can take to reduce our impact, we read and discuss an article recently posted about the Cape Town Water Crisis. This major city is at the risk of running out of water in the next few months and this article discusses whether or not this is something we may have to face as Canadians in the future.

After reading the article, with your group decide how you will take notes on the front of your page.  You may do sketch notes, Cornell notes, a web or simply jot notes, but choose the method that you think will best display your understanding.  Once you are done taking your notes, you will work on a summary of the article and write it on a coloured post-in.  This will join the other post-its we are using to build up the content for our "6 Things".

 Let's get started with the article.

Cape Town Water Crisis Article

Why Should We Choose Renewable Resources?

Today you will watch three videos to get you thinking more about the reoureces we use and specifically, how solar energy works.  This fit in with our mid-year project where we are discussing ways we can reduce our ecological footprint.

In your notebook, record notes throughout the videos.  After each video, discuss what you think are the most important pieces of information to consider and see in your classmates agree or disagree. After the videos, we will summarize our learning on our shared poster which will later be used as part of our 6 Things Infographic.

Environment

Natural Resources

Solar Energy

Solar Energy - How does it relate to Particle Theory?

As we continue our mid-year project and think about how how to reduce our ecological footprint, one way we can make a difference is by using sustainable energy sources.  Today we will take a closer look at solar energy as we build our prior knowledge before building our solar cookers!

First, let's learn a little more about the sun!




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