SUPPLYING OUR WATER NEEDS: Africa
Resources
These are only some of the potential resources that you will
be accessing for use in your project presentation. Make sure that you
visit all of these sites at least once during your research.
- Water
Wars
- USAID Famine Early Warning System
- Expansion and Contraction of the Sahara Desert
from 1980-1990
- Institute for Water Research
- University
of Pennsylvania African Studies Home Page
- Virtual Atlas
- Ministry of Water Affairs and Forestry,
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
Use these resources and
this map of
the African continent to select ONE country to investigate and
specialize in. Search the Internet for other sources and keep track
of them using your search strategy
logs. Remember, you are now becoming the experts on the
water-related issues effecting the country you have chosen. Leave no
stone unturned in your research process. You must also keep track of
your thought processes in your thinking
logs. Good luck.
Authors: Bill
Meder, Gary Fryrear, and
Shelly Peretz,
Thornridge High School in Dolton, Illinois
Handbook
of Engaged Learning Projects sponsored by
Fermi National Accelerator
Laboratory Education Office
and Friends of
Fermilab. Funded by the
Midwest Consortium for Mathematics and Science Education based at the
North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL).
Created: July 1, 1996 - Updated: July 24, 1996
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