Wrapping Up Water Review of facts Questions Ideas

Wrapping Up WaterReview of facts

QuestionsIdeas

Health

Developing Country

• A country that is poor and whose citizens are mostly agricultural workers but that wants to become more advanced socially and economically

• List of Developing Countries

Statistics

• World has 2.2 billion children• Developing countries – health care for children

is poor• Malnutrition, malaria, diarrhea and pneumonia

are some of the major causes of death • Children in developing countries are thirteen

times more likely to die in the first five years of life than those in developed countries.

Deaths

• About 25,000 children die per day• 1 out of 6 children in the world die before their 5th

birthday• 2 million children under five die of diarrhea each

year• One child dies every 5 seconds as a result of hunger• Children in developing countries are thirteen times

more likely to die in the first five years of life than those in developed countries.

Health VideoWhen finished, write three questions you’d like

to know more about.

Food VideoWrite five facts you learned.

Writing a Summary

• Topic Sentence – introduces main idea• Supporting Details – offer specific details that

support the topic• Concluding Sentence – re-states the main idea

• Write a summary of the Food Video.

Choose a Topic

Water• Is there enough clean water for all of us on the planet? Are

there better ways to make it available?

Food• How can we make sure everyone has enough to eat?

Transportation• How can we find new ways to transport ourselves

without relying upon fossil fuels that give off pollution such as gas?

Choose a Topic (cont.)

Health• Can we get rid of all diseases in the world? What and

where are the deadliest diseases?

Economy• Is it possible to somehow make all countries have good

finances so that no countries are poor?

Education• How can more people gain access to a better education?

Choose a Topic (cont.)

Energy• There are enough renewable energy sources to power

our planet indefinitely. How can we make better use of them?

Shelter• How can more people gain access to adequate shelter

and safe, livable communities?

Choose a Topic (cont.)

War• What is the full cost of war?

Waste• With so many people on the planet, aren't there better

ways to recycle or dispose of our waste?

Choose a 3 TopicsWrite 2 complete sentences on why

you chose each one

• Water• Food• Transportation• Health• Economy

• Education• Energy• Shelter• War• Waste