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Kenya: Water Issues BioQUEST 2010 Joyce V. Cadwallader.
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Kenya: Water Issues
BioQUEST 2010Joyce V. Cadwallader
Kenya: Water Issues
• Investigation Activities related to Water Issues– Start with activity related to own water use • Brainstorm ways water is used • Develop a spreadsheet for class to use to estimate
water use for individual, group, and country • Compare to figures provided by UN/WHO
– US:– Kenya
Data Collection
Student Expert on Country
• Already part of course:– Students choose a country to champion– Balance countries so diversity is represented– Develop a Powerpoint presentation to describe
the country (There is a list of statistical data that must be in the presentation)
– Data must be in Excel format
After Introduction to Gapminder
• Students should explore some of the relationships in Gapminder
• Students will form a hypothesis that they thinks is supported by Gapminder data which demonstrates an important idea about their chosen country and present that to the class.
Google World
Lake Naturu
Measure Lake Size
• Use Image J or other (Coastline Java Applet) to collect data to support or reject the ideas that the lakes in Kenya are shrinking.
• Lakes in Kenya other than Naturu: Baringo-Bogoria; Turkana, Victoria, Magadi, Logipi, Kamnarok, Elmenteita, Naivasha, and Chala
Sources
• http://www.gapminder.com• Google Earth• http://rsbweb.nih.gov/ij/download.html•