FAQ
- What is First
Lego League? (video
answer)
- What does
"First" stand for? "For
Inspiration and Recognition of Science and
Technology"
Video Resources for the Challenge
Information provided
by FirstInspires.org --
hydro-dynamics-challenge-guide-letter.pdf
(link)
Books for
the Challenge
Information provided by
FirstInspires.org --
hydro-dynamics-challenge-guide-letter.pdf
(link)
- How Did That Get to
My House? Water
By Nancy Robinson
Masters, Cherry Lake Publishing (2014)
- What’s Up® With
Conserving Water
Channing Bete
Company
- National Geographic
Kids: Water
Melissa Stewart,
National Geographic Society (2014)
Other Resources for the Challenge
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Websites and Articles for the Challenge
Information provided by
FirstInspires.org --
hydro-dynamics-challenge-guide-letter.pdf
(link)
- Aquapedia (link)
Check out the Aquapedia or Water Topics sections
of the Water
Education Foundation website to learn about water
topics in
California, USA and beyond.
- Calculate Your Water
Footprint (link)
Answer some questions to estimate how much water
you really
use every day (and learn some fun facts along the
way). You
might be surprised by what you discover!
- Learn About Water (link)
The US Environmental Protection Agency provides
resources
to learn about bodies of water, drinking water,
wastewater, and
water quality.
- Water Science Glossary of
Terms (link)
The United State Geological Service (USGS) has a
list of
water-related terms that might help you understand
our
water resources.
- Melbourne Water (link)
Melbourne (Australia) Water has numerous resources
that
describe the water supply, infrastructure and
resources.
- The World Bank’s Water
Global Practice (link)
Launched in 2014, the World Bank’s Water Global
Practice site
discusses the knowledge and implementation of
water projects
from around the world.
- The UN and Water (link)
This United Nations sites explores the global
crisis caused by insufficient
water supply to satisfy basic human needs and
growing
demands on the world’s water resources to meet
human, commercial
and agricultural needs.
- National Geographic’s
Environment: Freshwater Site (link)
This site includes numerous case studies from
around the
world to help you understand the global challenges
faced in
finding and protecting water for human use.
- The Water Sustainability
and Climate Project (WSC) (link)
University of Wisconsin-Madison's project is an
integrated
effort to understand how water and the many other
benefits
people derive from nature could change over time.
The project
is focused on the
Yahara Watershed in southern Wisconsin,
but has many scenarios and case studies that are
useful for
exploring a variety of water issues.
- What is an Environmental
Engineer? (link)
EnvironmentalScience.org’s site contains
information about
environmental science education and careers, as
well as vetted
research on water and other environmental issues.
- Water Resources Research
Center, University of Arizona (link)
A research and extension unit of the College of
Agriculture
and Life Sciences, the WRRC is the designated
state water
resources research center for Arizona established
under the 1964
Federal Water Resources Research Act. The site has
a wealth
of resources for teachers and students on all
types of water
resource issues.
- National Academy of
Engineering (NAE) (link)
The NAE has compiled a list of fourteen “Grand
Challenges for
Engineering.” Providing access to clean water for
the one out of
every six people living today who do not have
adequate access
to water, and the one out of every three who lack
basic sanitation,
for which water is needed, has been designated as
a “grand
challenge.” This site contains resources and
videos that describe
the global nature of these issues.
- US Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) (link)
The water topics page of the US EPA site provides
detailed
information on preventing water contamination,
water treatment
and water conservation.
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