Earth's Water Resources
Objectives
Students will be able to:
- identify the forms and locations where water is found
- interpret a map to estimate key information
- describe the amount and distribution of water on the earth, in oceans, rivers, lakes, groundwater, ice caps and the atmosphere
Focus Question: How much water is there on earth, and where is it located?
- Display world map and have students respond to the question. Try to cover all the categories.
- Explain task. Student have to estimate the water suppy on Earth. They are to asssume that 2L (or 2000L) of water represents all the water in the world.
- Hand out materials. Basic procedure is to just follow the worksheet.