Water Quality

Starter: what questions might the IB ask about this inforgraphic?

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Objective: explore the environmental consequences of agricultural activities on water quality.

1. Define water quality using the WSR (Write; Share; Refine)"  protocol:

Write down what you think is the definition

Share your definition with at least two peers

Refine your definition based on what you have heard AND checking against accepted definitions on the internet

2. Make a list of ways in which human activities negatively affect water quality.

3. Summarise this geographical theory on the relationship between social and aquatic systems.

3. You need detailed examples of the role of different stakeholders in the following two water quality issues;

• • eutrophication

  • salinisation

Work in pairs, investigating one each and make sure you cover:

• • major causes 

  • effects

  • stakeholders (which groups have a vested interest and are impacting water quality)

  • some data / graphic to quantify

  • an example

You will share this with your partner. 

4. Explain the impact of agriculture on water quality in rivers and lakes 

PLENARY: which goals are impacted by poor water quality?