Water, Water, Everywhere?

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Phase 3 - Build Your Presentation

video camera It may take several video "takes" until you get your presentation just right.

As you think of creative ways to present your findings, keep in mind that your presentation should address:

  • Your selected region and why you chose it
  • An overview of water sources and water quality in this area
  • Efforts currently in place to improve safe drinking water access
  • A short overview of any environmental, social, economic or political issues that hinder access to safe drinking water
  • An engineering solution that can treat undrinkable water and turn it into clean drinking water for the citizens of this area

Your presentation does not have to feature the exact water system that your STEM team developed, but it should advocate for the approach—distillation or filtration—that you used.

Review the rubric for your presentation before you begin.

Now, turn on your camera or boot up your computer and start creating!

Teacher Note

Review the presentation rubric with students. Assist students as necessary with uploading information to the Glogster.com opens in new window site, or preparing their videos for presentation.

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Essential Questions

  • How does access to safe drinking water differ in different areas of the world?

STEM Career
Connection

Watch this video to learn about a hydrologist.

> Hydrologist opens in new window
(from PBS Learning Media)

Hydrologists help protect our water supply by monitoring the amount of water in our rivers and streams.

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