A weekly chat covering topics related to teaching with a global perspective. A rotating cast of guest hosts include education experts and influencers. A must-follow for all educators who would like to open their classroom to global opportunities! Hosted by @HSingmaster and sponsored by @AsiaSocietyEDU
Hello all! Matt from Utah. Right now I am trying to find ways to incorporate water and conservation discussions in my classes. I have taught a few water conservation books before. #globaledchat
Hi it's Nina, thrilled to join #GlobalEdChat tonight. This year, #GlobalScholars ages 10-13 are looking at the link between the global food system and water. Next year, we'll dive deeper into #WorldofWater. Here's our 2018-19 curriculum: https://t.co/f5z1KWVn6j
Hi All! I'm Dave 1st grade teacher from Delaware and my favorite thing to do with water is take a shower.... not very good at conservation! #GlobalEdChat
A1: Like most of the United States, lack of water is an issue that 20% of Oregonians are currently facing. Drought in the U.S. is at its highest level in 4 years! #globaledchat#TeachSDGs
#globaledchat A1 Here in my community water wastage is a huge problem. People are selfish and think there is always going to enough water. If they only saw what others were experiencing around the world.
A1 #globaledchat My students tell me we need to stop people from throwing trash in the water. I. Worry about animals dying because of lack of responsibility 🌏
A1 - My community borders a desert and is prone to water shortages. Students are often unaware of how quickly water can disappear and how our community could be in trouble. Also being in the Colorado basin we think about downriver issues as well. #globaledchat
A1: In my community the greatest water issue is flooding. There are often roads under water and certain areas that constantly have issues. #Globaledchat
I’m Jennifer, author of @globaledguideans head of a PreK-12 #pbl school in Bogotá, Colombia. I love snorkeling and have swum with amazing wildlife—including sharks—in Belize, Costa Rica, Cuba, the Galapagos, the Bahamas, Hawaii, and Florida... maybe more? #Globaledchat
A1: in Seattle, we have a wet climate, but we do a need for conservation. We draw our drinking water from the Cedar River and there is a legal cap on how much we can use (22%) to protect salmon and floating bridges. #globaledchat
A1: drought is an issue in California. Especially for our Central Valley that grows most of our crops. Infrastructure to retain water and rainy years like we had last year is not good enough, and even failed to hold high levels of water for a long period of time. #GlobalEdChat
A1: Well, a few years ago Duke Energy had a coal ash leak in a nearby lake. I haven't been keeping up with it lately, but the last I heard people in the area were still having to drink bottled water. #globaledchat
A1: We have a really stinky river and smelly water treatment plant that make Chia (suburb of Bogota) a little unpleasant on certain days. Water quality and access in Colombia depends on elevation and sanitation services; I’m lucky to be at altitude with safe water. #globaledchat
It has been amazing/horrifying to look at the images over the past few years of the green to brown to yellow of the Central Valley. I show them to my students when we talk about conservation and water issues. #globaledchat
A2: I have been in schools where we did water tests and then shared with our students. Good discussions came from that. Got kids very interested in the topic. #Globaledchat
A2: When I taught SS we talked about human and children’s rights which included access to clean water. We also worked with @ablfk_ghana to help build a well in a northern village in Ghana. I will be headed there to see it in two weeks!#Globaledchat
A2: As an ELA teacher, I haven't personally taught sanitation. I could find an informational article to give students on the subject, though. #globaledchat
A2 - I have not touched this issue, other than to discuss it in pairs with novels like The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind. I have not considered discussing this, but I should add it to future discussion about water. #globaledchat
A2: We have a field trip to the Solid Waste Authority and discuss recycling vs. sending things to the land fill. We also discuss pollution and its effects on habitats when we do our unit on organisms. Not littering is also a part of being a good citizen. #GlobalEdChat
A2 - I have not touched this issue, other than to discuss it in pairs with novels like The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind. I have not considered discussing this, but I should add it to future discussion about water. #globaledchat
A2: It can be difficult to find good resources for teaching about toilets. Here’s an article I wrote a few years ago with some ideas. https://t.co/BBXquZza3H#globaledchat
Q2 One year I had a lot of kids in Foster care and they weren't allowed to have pets, so i wrote a grant and got them all a Beta fish to keep in the room and I used them to teach schedules and clean water #globaledchat
In those conversations we also talked about the importance of hand washing and how just having clean water is not enough. We provided soap and instructions to make sure people knew how to clean wounds and keep the water source viable for all. #globaledchat
Thank you for doing that for them! I hate that they are not allowed to have pets in foster care, but I guess I understand the issues involved. #globaledchat
Daily feeding, weekly half water change, monthly big water change and cleaning. The kids really understood how extra food and waste dirtied the water and it was easy to transfer that knowledge to rivers, lakes, oceans....I've had a tank in my room pretty much ever since!
I pushed for my school to adopt it during my student teaching and now it is taught to all eight graders in our school and we are pushing for district wide. It is a great novel that teaches water issues, famine, global views, and innovation in really great ways. #globaledchat
A2: in 2013 students in my school planned a weeklong festival that focused on toilets and sanitation. You could do a one-day event in your school. Maybe around November 19th (World Toilet Day)! https://t.co/3H0a4mna0D#globaledchat
I currently sit on the Board of Directors. It’s a small totally volunteer run nonprofit with big impact. We are currently building family homes in Ghana as the government is closing orphanages with no plan in place. #Globaledchathttps://t.co/0fYz2TAnPA
A3: The ocean provides 200 billions pounds of fish for food each year. It is used for transportation, recreation, & minerals. Students have to understand it's importance and the threats it faces. They need to value the ocean and work to save it! #globaledchat
A2 I am fortunate to be in a private school in the Phils where we can have maintenance help out. The public schools need more help. It is a growing concern. #globaledchat
A2: In my opinion I have always learned about topics like this best when testing things... such as water. It is a great way for students to get their hand on something which provides a visual for them to refer back to when they need to recall that information. #GlobalEdChat
A3 - Oceans are the baseline for so much of our ecosystem and students need to understand how and why it functions. Most importantly they need to learn what challenges oceans face so that they can help fight them over their lifetimes. #globaledchat
The cool thing was, after caring for them all year at school with training, most of them got to keep their fish since we had data to show they could take care of them independently! #globaledchat
A3: The ocean gives us a whole other world to explore and learn from. The diversity in aquatic and plant life is amazing. We are only beginning to discover what is down there. #globaledchat
A3: Water is our most valuable resource and the one that so many take for granted. The oceans are connected to everything from food to transportation to life itself. If it’s not healthy then neither are we! #globaledchat
In DE, a lot of revenue is generated by the ocean including tourism and fishing. The ocean in DE is also important for migratory birds who eat the horseshoe crab eggs. #GlobalEdChat
Foster kids often lose their dogs and cats when they get moved. So, a portable little fish is a good option. They all had a plant for the same reason--they had something that depended on them, you know? #globaledchat
One of my friends does research on Dhaka (he is from there) and does water conservation research. What issues with water did you see while you were there? #globaledchat
A3 the interconnectedness of all of our ecosystems and hydrospheres have impacts even beyond what we anticipate. This video is a great example of that interconnectedness. https://t.co/dNgtUAh25n#GlobalEdChat
Exactly. There is so much innovation to be learned from the ocean and how it can change life above and below the surface. I think about that girl in Canada who developed wave energy harnessing tech. #globaledchat
#globaledchat A3 I'll let one of my Ss Tarlee answer this one for you all https://t.co/9HvT7ohJEI Protecting our wildlife and reducing pollution is something Ss can develop real call to actions to change. They can start in their community with local water ways.
A4: Hearing from peers around the world facing water issues in their own communities can help students connect local to global. One way is global #virtualexchange, bringing Ss together digitally to share perspectives & brainstorm solutions together. #GlobalEdChat
A4: Students can look to see where there is drought in their state/country and then compare w/other countries. Then look at how different regions are implementing solutions (South Africa would be a good comparison now!): https://t.co/oEmN88uqg7#globaledchat#globaled#TeachSDGs
A2) I am currently supporting two schools that want students to experience the personal sacrifice kids make for water. The idea is to carry cases of water around the track to simulate the journey that kids endure to have a glass of water. #GlobalEdChat
A4 - A lot of that work comes from the teacher curriculum design. Teachers being engaged locally to see local connections with their international material. Also connecting with classes/teachers in other countries to talk about these issues can be helpful. #globaledchat
Creating how to videos, making PSAs about the importance of hand washing, going to elementary schools and teaching little kids using songs and that soap that shows dirt under black lights, making posters for the bathrooms with information... #globaledchat
Hi. I am currently a student from Michigan who is studying to be a teacher. This is my first chat I have attended but I have read through ones from the past. These are so great and have provided me with a lot of information I had never thought of before. #GlobalEdChat
A4 For my 1st graders the biggest problem with water is I won't let them leave the room whenever they want to get a drink. Many children in the world can't leave the room for a drink because there is no clean water available. #GlobalEdChat
A4: Connect with an organization doing that work. I’ve already mentioned my work with @ablfk_ghana, but I also love @TheRyansWell and the work that he is doing. Ryan’s story is very inspiring for young students too. #Globaledchat
#globaledchat A4 We work with the local rangers on our current water situation involving conservation for our waterways and water shortage. I then place the students in someone else's shoes like in this lesson https://t.co/lI0MbFejXU We then compare the 2.
A4: The Next Generations Science Standards does a great job laying out the interconnectedness of earth systems. Green Ninja has some great curriculum for these issues! https://t.co/DHzFBRV1G7@OfficialNGSS#globaledchat
A4: A great exercise to help students think about global water scarcity is to have them brainstorm all of the ways that they use water. Then have them talk about which ones they would be able to give up if there was a water shortage. #globaledchat
open sewers, standing water in drainage canals and clogged gutters, garbage and dirt from gutters piled on the sidewalk several feet high in places, mosquitos... i was there for the dry season too! #globaledchat
It is connected to the economy and equitable distribution of wealth. Complex, but education and good leadership can provide long-term solutions. #globaledchat
In some US states kids can't leave the room to get clean water! My son's school here in Portland hasn't had drinking water for a year (lead in the pipes)! And of course, there's Flint :( #globaledchat
A5: One of my favorite water orgs is Water 1st International (https://t.co/SRPZiyNiTW) About 50% of water projects fail - Water 1st has a nearly perfect success rate because they combine water projects with sanitation and hygiene ed and work directly with women. #globaledchat
Wow. Most of my students have never experienced anything like this. Did you see anything with water sharing? One of the things I saw a few years back were lines for water pumps. So many people trying to get to one resource. #globaledchat
A4) A Ss lack of empathy correlates with our fixation for Ss to be enamoured by bold text in a textbook. We must counter this perspective by immersing students in authentic learning experiences that allow Ss to explore, create, and reflect on global issues. #GlobalEdChat
A5: We love resources on @WaterFootprintN to help Ss understand connections between personal food choices and global water use. One menu game shows the "price" of each food by liter of water consumed. Big shocker: hamburgers. https://t.co/ifOHzlWUhu#GlobalEdChat
A5: I just shared @WEMovement, @TheRyansWell, but I also think we should teach about Flint and the systemic issues that lead to issues right in our backyard, especially as their bottled water program ends without a solution. #Globaledchathttps://t.co/PXjQiWEAwJ
#Globaledchat i saw quite a few corners with big blue barrels of water that people on the street were opening to wash themselves, drink out of, brush their teeth. I wanted to yell, "DON"T PUT THAT IN YOUR MOUTH!!' so many times!
#globaledchat In all my travels some of the worst I saw was in Egypt. A dead, bloated water buffalo rotting in a drainage canal, all swollen and twice the size it should be... ten feet away, little kid swimming in the water. AAAAAAA!
I do not blame you. I would have a hard time as well. However, it does give motivation to help change the world and water issues for the better. #globaledchat
#globaledchat A6 In my school we incorporate the issue of water into our inquiry process whole school. Juniors starting with water in our school, then Yr 1/2's water conservation, Yr 3/4 water and the world, Yr 5/6 The Global Water Crisis - https://t.co/FNx70WfmW7
A6: A few years ago, we create a grade-wide interdisciplinary project (9th grade) in our school that focused on water. SS, science, LA. It can be a challenge to find time to meet, but totally worth it. Students presented their projects at an evening symposium. #globaledchat
I don’t think you can teach about water issues without understanding the systems and structures that lead to certain people having access to resources while others do not. #globaledchat
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@PhilipWagener, @WEMovement, @TheRyansWell
A6 - I have not taught it with interdisciplinary projects, but this would be great opportunity for a science essay and green technology design project. Makes me think about this kind of project https://t.co/QAE6hDd1mY Although not water based, instead conservation #globaledchat
#globaledchat A7 The #SDGs promote a world where we want our Ss 2 b inventors,innovators and campaigners having the global water crisis discussed in classrooms Ss have the opportunity to support in real life scenarios, designing pumps, innovating toilets & campaigning for change
Not off the top of my head. So much of that conversation, learning and action comes from making the connections within current events and what we are studying in class. #globaledchat
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@hsingmaster, @PhilipWagener, @WEMovement, @TheRyansWell
Not off the top of my head. So much of that conversation, learning and action comes from making the connections within current events and what we are studying in class. #globaledchat
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@nzeichner, @PhilipWagener, @WEMovement, @TheRyansWell
A few people have mentioned the need to teach about the systems in place that lead to water-related problems. Here’s a great resource to learn more about systems thinking education: https://t.co/Md9Ew2mslb#globaledchat
A6 I have not done so but am starting to do some project based learning activities - just finished one about sharks. This could be a great idea with reading about a problem then trying to come up with solutions. Can use South Africa as a real world example #GlobalEdChat
A7: Students can raise awareness about water issues and share simple solutions in their schools and communities. #GlobalScholars Ss ages 10-13 created this website to urge peers to turn off the tap, eat less meat, and do more to save water https://t.co/IBhhcdml9y#GlobalEdChat
A6: The science is already there, the history/social studies can study how cultures throughout history have engineered various technologies to harness water, current events, and current perspectives help build empathy and relevance, reading & writing in everything!#globaledchat
A7: Introduce students to lots of issues and themes around human rights. Give them the opportunity to think about how they can support the work and break down barriers that led to the issue in the first place. Kids need to see that they can make an impact. #globaledchat
A7: For one thing, students can write their local congressmen to lobby for the billboard water contraptions to be installed in areas with water issues OR they can raise money to have them installed in these same areas. #globaledchat
A7: Create shared experiences in your school for World Water Day (March 22), World Toilet Day (November 19), or World Oceans Day (June 8). Students can educate their peers and their communities. Here’s what we did in Seattle: https://t.co/Soclf2wm5s#globaledchat
Glad to have even just a short time to join these two amazing chats. Thank you and have a great day! Will definitely add to my following list. Now back to school operations. #ILAchat#globaledchat
A7 For 1st grade we can talk about our own water use and how we can conserve and why conservation is important. If we just turn off the tap when we brush our teeth, how much water will we save? #GlobalEdChat
I love that you just took the idea you learned about and made it into a project! Let's get all the students of #globaledchat teachers campaigning for billboard water contraptions!
A7 - Email representatives, bring in speakers, work with individuals/groups. Spark students that want to see change and give them the resources to be a change agent on water conservation. #globaledchat
A7: And don’t forget about sanitation. Start helping students (and ourselves) become more comfortable talking about toilets! If we can’t talk about it, we won’t see change. #globaledchat
