Summary
Explores the real-world freshwater crisis — pollution, overuse, and unequal access — and shows why protecting freshwater supplies is one of the most pressing environmental challenges of our time.
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
Discussion
- What are the two biggest threats to freshwater availability described in the video?
- What human activities pollute freshwater sources?
- Why is water scarcity a problem even in places that get rain?
- What is one thing your household or school could do to reduce water use?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: freshwater, pollution, scarcity, overuse, contaminate, conservation, aquifer.
Try it: Calculate your daily water footprint: a 5-minute shower uses about 50 liters; flushing uses 9 liters; brushing teeth (tap on) uses 8 liters. Add up one day's use and write one change you could make.