Our first heat wave of the year seems to have broken and we are on our way to more normal temperatures for early June. I can’t tell you how thankful I am. Fiona was drinking a lot more and I was awoken through the night all week as she lapped up water in the middle of the night. The tomato plants I just potted needed extra watering. I let the kids drink at will in my classroom and more water bottles appeared on desks.
This morning, the air is cool and fresh as I air out the house and share with you this way cool book:
Your Water Footprint: The Shocking Facts About How Much Water We Use to Make Everyday Products, by Stephen Leahy, is an amazing collection of info graphics that tell just what the title says. The book gives ab overview of the world’s water situation in the chapter entitled “The Big Picture”. Subsequent chapters focus on specific areas of water usage: home, food production, farming and manufacturing.
I am wearing a different school t-shirt everyday this week. Here are some shocking stats about t-shirts
As much as I hate polyester, should I give up the cotton tees I love so much? And the food stats might make you think twice about what you eat.
This is an excellent book for focusing on Common Core standards that emphasize the integration of text and graphics in both reading and writing.
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