G3 UoI: Managing Water Resources
G3 UoI: Managing Water Resources
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Evaluating a source of information is important to ensure that the information you are using is accurate and it can be trusted. Here are some strategies you can use to evaluate a source of information.
Is water a limited resource?
Where does water come from?
One theory is that water was formed on Earth itself, through a process called outgassing. This occurs when volcanic activity releases water vapor from the Earth's interior, which can then condense and form liquid water on the surface.
Author and publisher: Do you think we can trust a video made by National Geographic? Why do you say that?
Would you trust this video? (why or why not?)
How do we manage water?
What is the Water Footprint of your t-shirt?
Consider a white t-shirt. Annually, we buy 2 billion t-shirts in the world, making it one of the most common clothes in the world. But how and where is the average t-shirt made, and what’s its environmental impact?
Accuracy: Do you think the data and statistics that are presented here can be trusted? How could we check these numbers?
Why should we care about water?
How much water do we use in one day?
The point of this video is to raise your consciousness of the amount of water, clean drinkable water, that we can and do use on a daily basis. Some people in the world do not have the luxury of plentiful clean water to drink--let alone to shower and wash clothes and dishes.
Objectivity: Do you think any information that is presented in this video is biased or presents a particular point of view. Where could we look for information that presents a different perspective?
Do you think the same video would be made by this lady in Gambia?
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