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Egypt: After the Flood

Egypt: After the Flood | Stage 4 Water in the World | Scoop.it
In its 7000 years of history, no event changed Egypt more profoundly than the construction of the Aswan High Dam.
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Billboard in Peru Turns Air into Clean Drinking Water - YouTube

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CD - The nature of water scarcity and ways of overcoming it, including studies drawn from Australia and West Asia and/or North Africa.

Peru isn't in the regions listed for AC:G Year 7 but it is too good to waste!

 

The rain in this region is almost zero, but its atmospheric humidity is about 98%. Inspired by this, UTEC built the first billboard that produces drinking water out of the air. The billboard has unique technology that captures the air humidity and turns it into drinking water.

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Kenyan women pay the price for slum water "mafias"

Kenyan women pay the price for slum water "mafias" | Stage 4 Water in the World | Scoop.it
Poor people pay between 10 and 25 times more for their water than what the official water company charges
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The nature of water scarcity and ways of overcoming it, including studies drawn from Australia and West Asia and/or North Africa (ACHGK040)


GeoWorld 7: Chapter 4.  Nature of water scarcity and strategies

  

Truthbehere2's curator insight, December 5, 2014 10:02 AM

its time for the charity of other rich countries to volunteer their time to help other human groups survive...

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Californian drought is so severe it's 'causing the ground to move'

Californian drought is so severe it's 'causing the ground to move' | Stage 4 Water in the World | Scoop.it
Vanishing water is causing the ground to rise in the western United States, according to a new study.

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How Mekong dams could affect Cambodia's food security

How Mekong dams could affect Cambodia's food security | Stage 4 Water in the World | Scoop.it
How will a population so dependent on rivers and lakes stay afloat when faced with a series of mega-dam projects? (RT @sonnylebythebay: #Cambodia is renowned for its fish. But for how much longer?
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Extreme weather

Extreme weather | Stage 4 Water in the World | Scoop.it

Extreme weather

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ABC Splash : Extreme weather video clips support the Australian Curriculum Geography 

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▶ WATERMARK Trailer | New Release 2013 | Festival 2013 - YouTube

Following their acclaimed collaboration Manufactured Landscapes, photographer Edward Burtynsky and filmmaker Jennifer Baichwal reunite to explore the ways in...
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GeoWorld 7

GeoWorld 7 | Stage 4 Water in the World | Scoop.it

This is a personal review of one Textbook for the Australian Curriculum Geography. 

Geoworld 7 is published by Macmillan Education Australia and is on the shelves in most  states now. Other editions will be there very soon. 

GTANSW & ACT's curator insight, June 5, 2014 9:12 PM

Looking for a textbook that gives you and your students choice and engaging studies ? Geoworld 7 was written to engage students and facilitate student centred learning. 

The key concepts, cross curriculum priorities and skills  are integrated into double page spreads saving teachers time.

If finding that elusive material on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples to meet AC priorities has you frustrated the look no further - this book excels in this area.

The online teaching program suggests strategies for choosing content that suits you and your students and provides templates for group work.

Don't be overwhelmed by the volume of content because choice is good and brings the subject alive.

If you are looking for a text that just covers the curriculum content and decides everything you teach then this text might not be for you.

However if you want to challenge your students to think outside the square, learn about the world around them , make choices about the examples they use and work independently or in groups for a portion of their studies of Geography as well as incorportaing ICT  you really should give the Geoworld series a try.  




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Making water flow: An interview with Matt Damon and Gary White | McKinsey & Company

Making water flow: An interview with Matt Damon and Gary White | McKinsey & Company | Stage 4 Water in the World | Scoop.it
What does it take to get clean water to those who need it? According to the cofounders of Water.org, actor Matt Damon and Gary White, less than you may think—and the payback is tremendous. A McKinsey & Company article.
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Managing groundwater for tomorrow

Managing groundwater for tomorrow | Stage 4 Water in the World | Scoop.it
Seventy percent of Perth's water comes from underground. Imagine what would happen if that source of water dried up. It...
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Observe a raindrop traveling through various paths of the water cycle.

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Solar Still

Solar Still | Stage 4 Water in the World | Scoop.it

This video shows how fresh water can be created from salt water using a solar still, demonstrating two steps of the water cycle, evaporation and condensation.


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Geography Teachers' Association of Victoria Inc. (GTAV)'s curator insight, October 10, 2013 2:53 AM

CD - The nature of water scarcity and ways of overcoming it, including studies drawn from Australia and West Asia and/or North Africa.

 

Get your students to create fresh water out of salt water!

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UN-Water Statistics

UN-Water Statistics | Stage 4 Water in the World | Scoop.it
UN-Water is currently working on the identification of a set of key indicators for the water sector that can be used at a global, regional and national level.
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WaterAid Australia - The crisis - Sanitation

WaterAid Australia -  The crisis - Sanitation | Stage 4 Water in the World | Scoop.it
Sanitation is the safe disposal of human waste, and is vital for health and wellbeing. But 2.5 billion people – almost two fifths of the world's population – do not have access to an effective, clean toilet.
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The nature of water scarcity and ways of overcoming it, including studies drawn from Australia and West Asia and/or North Africa (ACHGK040)


GeoWorld 7: Chapter 4.  Nature of water scarcity and strategies

    

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2015 Water : International – Sustainable Development Goals

2015 Water : International – Sustainable Development Goals | Stage 4 Water in the World | Scoop.it
Water fits a new global development agenda.

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The nature of water scarcity and ways of overcoming it, including studies drawn from Australia and West Asia and/or North Africa (ACHGK040)



GeoWorld 7: Chapter 4.  Nature of water scarcity and strategies

                       Chapter 5. Management strategies: making every drop count

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Student designed flood risk management tool to help communities.


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Hydrological hazard - useful when looking at responses to hazards and use of ICT / spatial technologies 

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An online tool that has helped communities to be aware of flood risk management and take effective measures.

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Pakistan’s largest city thirsts for a water supply

Pakistan’s largest city thirsts for a water supply | Stage 4 Water in the World | Scoop.it
On the outskirts of the slums of Pakistan’s biggest city, protesters burning tires and throwing stones have what sounds like a simple demand: They want water at least once a week.
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GNN Podcast: ETHIOPIA’S DAM PROBLEMS

GNN Podcast: ETHIOPIA’S DAM PROBLEMS | Stage 4 Water in the World | Scoop.it
Ethiopia is three years from completing a dam to control its headwaters, and while Egypt points to colonial-era treaties to claim the water and to stop the project, the question remains as to who o...
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Water, Water, Everywhere

Water, Water, Everywhere | Stage 4 Water in the World | Scoop.it
Edward Burtynsky’s photo project “Water” shows where water comes from and how it is distributed, used, and wasted.
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The Grass is Greener in Perth, a Water-Scarce City Adjusting to Climate Change

The Grass is Greener in Perth, a Water-Scarce City Adjusting to Climate Change | Stage 4 Water in the World | Scoop.it
  The capital of Western Australia, Perth, is at the epicenter of global climate change. The city’s strategic response offers lessons about climate change mitigation, exacerbation and adaptation. The lessons are acutely relevant to the United States, particularly California. The grass is greener and there’s lots of it in Perth, as residents who once called…
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ATMs deliver clean water to India's poorest

ATMs deliver clean water to India's poorest | Stage 4 Water in the World | Scoop.it
Water dispensing machines, which accept pre-paid smart cards, give access to 20 litres of clean water for five cents.

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NASA's global warming factsheet

NASA's global warming factsheet | Stage 4 Water in the World | Scoop.it
Global warming is happening now, and scientists are confident that greenhouse gases are responsible. To understand what this means for humanity, it is necessary to understand what global warming is, how scientists know it's happening, and how they predict future climate.


Once the world’s fourth largest lake, the mighty Aral Sea is now in it’s death throws. Starved of it’s lifeblood of the waters of the Syr Darya and the Amu Darya rivers, the sea has been shrinking for the last 40 years.


  1. Are the ozone hole and global warming related?
  2. What can we do about global warming?
  3. What if global warming isn’t as severe as predicted?
  4. Why is global warming a problem?
  5. Has the Sun been more active in recent decades, and could it be responsible for some global warming?
  6. If Earth has warmed and cooled throughout history, what makes scientists think that humans are causing global warming now?
  7. How do scientists know that Mauna Loa’s volcanic emissions don’t affect the carbon dioxide data collected there?
  8. Do satellite observations of atmospheric temperatures agree with surface-based observations and model predictions?
  9. What does NASA have to do with global warming?
  10. Are there natural processes that can amplify or limit global warming?
  11. If we immediately stopped emitting greenhouses gases, would global warming stop?
  12. If we stabilized greenhouse gas emissions at today’s rates, would global warming stop?

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Eli Levine's curator insight, April 8, 2014 8:10 AM

It is an idiot who believes that humanity does not impact their own home through their activity.  It is also pretty stupid to select financial, material wealth over health, well being and sustainability, from a biological and sociological point of view.

 

Yet this is precisely what humanity has chosen to do.

 

At least, the sections of humanity who make decisions as to what happens in our world.  The rest of us are merely guilty of complacency and lack of access to real power (which is proactively enforced by those who currently hold defacto power in our world; the same people who are responsible for making the policy regimen that is causing global warming and greenhouse gas emissions to increase, remain the same or insignificantly decrease).

 

There's a reason how we're all going to die.  Looks like humanity is just going to be one brief little spark in the geological and cosmological history of our planet and universe.

 

A shame, since we have so much potential, if it weren't for those diseased brains sitting in places of power, consequence and authority.

 

Think about it.

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Every Last Drop – An Interactive Website about Water Saving

Every Last Drop is an interactive website which takes a detailed look at how much water we waste on a daily basis and how small changes can make a big difference.
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The future of water in Australia

The future of water in Australia | Stage 4 Water in the World | Scoop.it
Jeremy Fernandez looks at how we extract, move, store and use water in Australia.
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Water Resources - Online Textbook

Water Resources - Online Textbook | Stage 4 Water in the World | Scoop.it

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Geography Teachers' Association of Victoria Inc. (GTAV)'s curator insight, October 10, 2013 6:05 PM

A fabulous online resource. Content covers many of the CDs.