by boot | Mar 11, 2025
Research the way Indigenous people in your region speak, write, sing about and treat water now and in the past. How is it different from how settlers have handled this important resource?
by boot | Mar 11, 2025
On pages 20–21, the author notes that desalination is becoming more and more common in some coastal areas. Make a list of the pros and cons of desalination as a solution for the future. Try out this experiment:...
by boot | Mar 11, 2025
The author describes the water filtration process on pages 18–19. Try doing your own experiment like this one on the National Geographic Kids website: https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/books/article/water-wonders
by boot | Mar 11, 2025
Make a mindmap or draw a picture with all the things you do on a daily basis that involve water. Start with the obvious, then go deeper. Think about the water involved in making the products you use every day.
by boot | Mar 11, 2025
Research how your city treats storm and sewer water before it goes back into the watershed. The author writes about Toronto, where the sludge is turned into fertilizer pellets for farmers and other cities where they are mining for precious metals in the sewage. Does...
