VIDEO: Earth Focus Episode 10

NOTE: This lesson plan focuses on the segment beginning at 16:00. This episode focuses on the challenges of water and sanitation, featuring the water crisis in the American Southwest, a new direction for U.S. water policy, and news from World Water Week in Stockholm.

LEARNING GOAL: This lesson will review how clean, unsalted water is essential for living, and introduce the various problems and injustices that follow when communities lack easy access to this fundamental resource.
Grades: 6-8, 9-12   

Subjects: Earth and Space Science, Life Sciences