Lesson 2 - Unit 2 - Water scarcity

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Unit 2 - Water everywhere

Today's Lesson 

To do:

- Lesson 1 - Read 

- Water scarcity 

- Worksheet

- Work on keywords

Goals: 

- Understand why not alle water on Earth can be used

-Learn what water scarcity is

Read together page 8

                          Is there enough water in the world?

What are some places you know, where they  might experience drought?

What might be some places, where there are a lot of floods?

Two areas with...
Drought =
Flood =

01:33

Where do they get their water from?

02:50

Name 2 problems for people using this river.

04:03

Why is the man so exhausted?

What do you think
is the biggest problem for Tariqs family?

Note: Water scarcity

Scarcity = Schaarste, gebrek, te weinig

Physical scarcity: Too little water in the area. There is nothing left.

Economical scarcity: There is some water but it is difficult to get to (expensive) . The water is dirty. Full of bacteria->sickness

Task: Water scarcity worksheet

Read the text and cut/paste it in your notebook. 

Check the words in the word list. Do you understand them all?

Now fill in the words at the right gap. 

Answers worksheet

When there is not enough of something, we say there is scarcity.  When looking at water availability on Earth there are two different types of water scarcity.

When the quality of water is not good enough, people get

illnesses. This is known as economic  scarcity.

There is enough water in many areas and water can be found, but people do not have the  acces (toegang) to it.

They need more resources to use this water. Resources like pumps and pipes are missing.

It is also time consuming and expensive. The second type of water scarcity is known as Physical scarcity.

 This is all about the quantity (hoeveelheid) of water.

There just isn’t enough water around. In these areas the climate is very dry.

A desert area is a good example of an area where people suffer from physical water scarcity.  

Homework

1. Write down the keywords from lesson 1.

2. Translate and describe each of the words.

example: Borehole - boorgat - a narrow shaft (hole) bored into the ground where people can pump up the water.