The Fracchia Page
a guide to navigating the educational world of Fracqistan
Water, Water, Everywhere.....
Step 1 Jay Z Water for Life
1. Watch the video:
http://www.mtv.com/artists/jay-z/playlist/1688080/
2. As you watch this video take notes on these questions below:
Who stars in this?
What is he researching?
Where does he visit?
What are some of the problems that they have?
Why do they have these problems?
How are their lives like ours? How are they different?
What do you notice when watching this?
How does it make you feel watching this?
3. Create a website titled Water
4. Create some sort of presentation (Voki, drawing, Thinglink, written explanation, skit, etc..) about the video that includes your ideas from the notes. Put the presentation on your website.
Step 2: Taking a bite out of the problem what is going on?
2.Look at which areas have the least and which have the most amount of access to clean water. On your Website list each area and how much access they have to clean water.:
3. Look on the web page at some of the facts about water. On your Website include at least 4 facts about why water is important
4. Create a new page on your Website titled: Why don't we have clean water?
5. Read this reading linked here and on your new page give at least 3 reasons in your own words as to why people might not have clean water.
Step 3: Possible Solutions
1. Create a new page on your site labelled Benefits of Clean Water.
2 .Use this site here to look at the reasons for having clean water. List those reasons with at least 2 pictures on your Benefits Page
3. Use the website here to learn about different solutions to make water clean
4. Create a new page on your Website titled: Solutions to dirty water
5 On your solutions page list several of the solutions. Then pick one and explain it. Include pictures.
Step 4: Case Study
1. Revisit this website here. Choose either India or China and read about the situation in one of those two countries.
2 On your website create a new page titled India or China.
3. On that page explain the problems facing their water. Include
-what the problem is
-why it is occurring
-who it is affecting
-the economic reasons for the problem
4. On your page explain what solution the people want and if you think this is a good idea or not.
5. On your page explain what problems their solution might gface and how those problems could be overcome.