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ROCK THE BOAT Social Issues and Activism Someone who is rocking the boat is challenging the customary routine of events. Encourage teen students to “rock the boat” in terms of environmental activism. Challenge the status quo! We need teens to help protect our water, our earth, and our society. And if they have a good time doing it, we’re all for that, too. Web Sites ! Educational Water Experiments and Demonstrations for Water Awareness. www.watercenter.net. Actually, the title for this site is pretty self-explanatory! ! EPA. Water. Water For Kids. www.epa.gov/water/kids/waterforkids.html. List of educational, water-related links. ! Info Barrel. www.infobarrel.com/How_to_<strong>Make</strong>_a_Solar_Powered_Water_Distiller. Short video with directions for making a solar-powered water distiller. ! Project Aware. www.projectaware.org/english/templates/info.aspx?id=707. Marine Debris Facts. ! USGS Water Use in the United States. water.usgs.gov/watuse. Statistics about water usage in the United States. Has surveys from 2005 and 2009. ! WaterAid America. www.wateraidamerica.org. Official Web site for the charity we are working with this summer. ! Water Busters! www2.seattle.gov/util/waterbusters. Water conservation game. ! Water Conservation. www.monolake.org/about/water conservation. Specific to the Mono Lake area, this Web site also offers excellent general water conservation information. Water Conservation Tips, Facts and Resources. www.water useitwisely.com. This is an outstanding resource for water conservation facts of all kinds. Also, it has some interactive games that are fun and educational. Rock the Boat Bibliograhy Nonfiction Bowden, Robert. Earth’s Water Crisis: What If We Do Nothing? World Almanac Library, 2007. 48 p. (978-0836881547, pap.) Gr. 7+. Each book explains causes and effects and suggests possible solutions to the global water crisis. Suggested answers are presented in the back matter. This is a timely introduction to the study of global problems. de Villiers, Marq. Water: The Fate of Our Most Precious Resource. Mariner Books, 2001. 368 p. (978- 0618127443, pap.) Adult. This report discusses solutions for our world water issues, calling for a bold 40
combination of solutions: conservation, technological innovation, desalination of sea water, demandreducing devices like low-flow faucets and toilets, public policy to reduce water wastefulness. Emoto, Masaru. The Secret Life of Water. Atria Books, 2006. 208 p. (978-0743289825) Adult. Water philosophy. Reveals water’s secret life, explaining how a drop of water carries its whole history in the same way a human carries their own history, and explains how people can apply the wisdom of water to their own lives and face the challenges of everyday life. LaBella, Laura. Not Enough to Drink: Pollution, Drought, and Tainted Water Supplies. Rosen Publishing Group, 2009. 64 p. (978-1435853768, pap.) Gr. 6+. Discusses the issues facing our world’s water supply. Water conservation is becoming an increasing necessity in many countries. Pollution and drought also discussed. Pearce, Fred. When the Rivers Run Dry: The Defining Crisis of the Twenty-First Century. Beacon Press, 2007. 324 p. (978-0807085738, pap.) Adult. Examines the current state of crucial water sources around the world; discusses the scientific, economic, and historic dimensions of the water crisis; and offers practical solutions for preserving the world’s water supply in the 21st century. Oxlade, Chris and Ganeri, Anita. Down the Drain: Conserving Water. Heinemann, 2005. 32 p. (978- 0431041766, pap.) Gr. 4!8. Presents a short study on water conservation, and describes where water comes from, what happens to waste water, and how people can save water at home and at school. Snodgrass, Mary Ellen. Environmental Awareness—Water Pollution. Bancroft-Sage, 1991. 48 p. (978- 0944280263) Gr. 3!6. Discusses the importance of a clean water supply and how water pollution threatens the lives and health of people, animals, and plants. Readers learn how to contribute to anti-pollution and conservation efforts. Vandana, Shiva. Water Wars: Privatization, Pollution, and Profit. South End Press, 2002. 158 p. (978- 0896086500) Adult. This book exposes yet another corporate maneuver to convert a critical world resource into a profitable commodity. Using the global water trade as a lens, the author highlights the destruction of the earth and the disenfranchisement of the world’s poor as they lose their right to a life-sustaining common good. Vickers, Amy. Handbook of Water Use and Conservation: Homes, Landscapes, Industries, Businesses, Farms. Waterplow Press, 2001. 494 p. (978-1931579070) Adult. A comprehensive, nontechnical reference handbook on water use and efficiency measures for homeowners, businesses, farmers, and industries. Efficiency measures for landscape water use include native and low-water-use plants, irrigation scheduling, and the use of mulches. Among the useful appendixes are a list of web addresses of conservation organizations, a table for calculating water-cost savings based on volume of use, sample worksheets for water audits for a residence, an irrigational setting, and an industrial/commercial/institutional setting. Vigil, Kenneth M. Clean Water: An Introduction to Water Quality and Water Pollution Control. Oregon State University Press, 2003. 181 p. (978-0870714986, pap.) Adult. Presents a comprehensive study of the issues associated with water quality and water pollution control, and examines the basic fundamentals of water chemistry and microbiology as well as other important water quality rules and regulations. Fiction Beaton, M.C. Agatha Raisin and the Wellspring of Death. Robinson Publishing, 2006. 256 p. (978- 1845293192, pap.) Adult. While acting as the public relations person for a mineral water company hoping to use water from a spring in a nearby village, Agatha finds the village council chairman murdered. Dalkey, Kara. Ascension (Water trilogy, bk. 1). HarperCollins, 2002. 235 p. YA. OP. Nia, a young mermyd, has longed all her life to become one of the ten Avatars who rule the undersea city of Atlantis, but what she does not realize is that if her wish is granted, it could mean the end of Atlantis forever. Reunion and Transformation are books two and three in the trilogy. Gratz, Alan. Something Rotten, A Horatio Wilkes Mystery. Puffin, 2009. 224 p. (978-0142412978, pap.) Gr. 6+. In a contemporary story based on Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet, Horatio Wilkes seeks to solve the 41
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