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Warm Up Tuesday- September 2, 2014

Warm Up Tuesday- September 2, 2014. Irrigation. 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.

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Warm Up Tuesday- September 2, 2014

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  1. Warm UpTuesday- September 2, 2014 Irrigation

  2. 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.

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

  4. 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.

  5. Word Splash Directions: 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. Drought Water Pollution Fertile irrigation Natural resources abundance Unequal distribution Desert Conflict Rivers

  6. 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

  7. 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 2The Middle East Water CrisisCopy this Graphic Organizer

  8. 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.

  9. Example of Summary Activity Solutions to the Water Water is Scarce in the Scarcity Problem Include Middle East Because

  10. ClosingExit Ticket Respond to the following meta cognitive questions: • 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?

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