[Edu] Eco-thoughts - and Playing with/for Water

[Pat]

That is so awesome! Thank you for that one!

_pat

On 2/20/07, Carol Townsend <carol at looneylabs.com> wrote:
>
> Hey folks,
>
> I got this video tossed to me the other day and I wanted to share it with
> you:
>
> http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rough/2005/10/south_africa_th.html
>
> It's a video about how one product has changed the lives of people.  This
> product is called Play Pump - and kids do what kids normally do - they just
> play - and the pump (on which they're playing) pumps clean water from deep
> underground into holding tanks for the community or school's use.
>
> Wow.
>
> Next time you play EcoFluxx with your students, toss this video up on the
> screen for them to watch - and take some time to emphasize how important
> that Water is in real life - Model it by taking Water out of the deck - and
> seeing what it would affect - how many cards (besides the obvious Goals that
> contain water) would it affect?
>
> Rainbows
> Clouds
> Mud
>
> Fish (no water, no Fish) - and therefore any Goals that require Fish would
> be out.
> Frogs (no water, no Frogs... no goals that require Frogs)
> Worms (require moisture for breathing thru their skin.... no water, no
> Worms, etc...)
> Tadpoles....
>
> in more advanced classes - what processes require water to happen?
> Photosynthesis (CO2 + H2O --> C6H12O6)
> Ferns (they grow in moist places because of their reproduction
> requirements....)
> Composting (can it even happen without moisture?)
>
> Anyway... these were just a jumble of thoughts that I wanted to toss out.
>  Great teachers find lots of ways to get the same point across multiple
> times - and here's just one more way you can use EcoFluxx - in your "Water
> is IMPORTANT!!" section of your curriculum.
>
> Thanks for teaching with Looney Labs games!
>
> Carol
>
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