Water and Life

post has two assignments

1:Organizing Text Information (discussion)

Order Description

Instructions:

focus on reading comprehension as you work through this Discussion assignment.

1. First, choose a page in Chapter 10 of our textbook (yes, the next chapter): Orientation to College Learning. Read the page of text without using any marking techniques.

2. Second, read another page from Chapter 10 and highlight as you read.

3. Third, choose yet another page from Chapter 10 and take notes as you read.

4. Describe any differences you notice in each experience.

Were you more focused when using one strategy over another? Why?
What did you find to be the most beneficial for you?
Was it easier to retain the information when you used a specific strategy?

5. How do you think you could improve your comprehension of material through using the Tips for Organizing Text Information (in our Unit 9 texbook chapter)?

6. Choose three of the tips that you believe will help you and explain why/how these will benefit you.

2: Water and Life

“Without water, life would not exist.” (Water.org). As humans water is paramount to our survival. Majority of us have access to clean water but many of us take it for granted. Whenever we feel like we can just go to the store and purchase bottled water or we can just go to our taps in our kitchens and even to out front lawns to our hoses. We take advantage of this everyday while most people around the world don’t have the same amenity. Just about one billion humans have no access to clean, drinkable water (Stcyr, 2012).
Only 13 percent of Afghanistan has clean drinking water readily available, according to Nation Master. Many areas of Afghanistan have no water at all, but the majority of the population has no access to clean water. Inadequate infrastructure to supply water, increased pollution, neglect and destruction from turmoil in the country has all created a greater need of water for the ever growing population.
Introduce and market a new water-filtration system to the people of Afghanistan that are in need of safe drinking water. The system I will offer is able to collect and filter rainwater, unclean water or other water sources that have been contaminated by human fecal material. As we continue to implement this system in a third world country my team will continue research so that we can expand this to other places that are facing the same hardships.
There is a water crisis happening, and with this technology my goal is to help the world become a better place.

College Learning