An exploration of water as a basic need, covering how plants and animals use it and water pollution. Includes audio, videos, activities, weblinks, slideshows, transparencies, maps, quizzes, and supplementary resources.
Explains the important role water plays in plant and animal life, how water moves in animals, how plants turn water into food, and how animals have adapted to life in water.
This eye-opening look at life in an African village is narrated by Asale, a little girl whose family struggled to find enough water until a charity built a well in their area. Quotes from Asale illustrate life before and after the life-saving construction. Closes with a blunt conservation warning, followed by a plaintive comment from Asale that if people in rich countries keep using so much water, "there will not be enough for people in poor countries like mine.".
