Water Water Everywhere! but not a drop to drink ? Rippling Water (Basic) Note: This video template is optimized for Microsoft PowerPoint 2010. In PowerPoint 2007, video elements will play, but any content overlapping the video bars will be covered by the video when in slideshow mode. In PowerPoint 2003, video will not play, but the poster frame of the videos will remain in place as static images. The video: Plays automatically after each slide transition. Is 15 seconds long. Seamlessly loops for infinite playback. To add slides or change layout: To add a new slide, on the Home tab, in the Slides group, click the arrow under New Slide, then click under Motion Background Theme, then select the desired layout. To change the layout of an existing slide, on the Home tab, in the Slides group, click Layout, then select the desired layout. Other animated elements: Any animated element you insert will begin after the slide transition and the background video has started. Layouts with video effects: The “(Green) Title and Content” and “(Purple) Title and Content” layouts are creating by using a color overlay on the video. With the video selected, under Video Tools, on the Format tab, in the Adjust group, select Color and choose Teal, Accent Color 6 Light (third row, seventh option from left) or Periwinkle, Accent Color 5 Light (third row, sixth option from left). Dr. Ruthanne “Rudi” Thompson UNT Associate Professor Biology & Environmental Science Principal Investigator: Dallas EEI

Water and Life The amount of water is stable. It is found in different forms. It is necessary to sustain all forms of life. Thompson

What does this mean? There are approximately 326 million trillion gallons of water on Earth 98% is in the oceans 1.6% is in polar ice caps and glaciers .36% is groundwater .036% is in lakes and rivers remaining .004% is in clouds, living things, in our foods, bottled water, etc. Thompson

Life and Water Population is NOT stable. Urbanization alters the natural water cycle. It is possible to run out. Thompson

What the Data Tells Us Average Population growth rate = 1.17% average of 82 million people per year Current world population 7+ billion Expected Population of 9+ billion by 2050 Thompson

A Growing Gap Average family of 4 = 400 gallons a day of which 70% is used indoors Thompson

Remediation "In the end, we will conserve only what we love, we will love only what we understand, and we will understand only what we are taught.“ Baba Dioum Dallas Environmental Education Initiative www.dallaseei.org Beginning 2006 In class hands-on, inquiry-based water conservation lessons 45,000+ students 98.7% commitment to water conservation Thompson

Results 2008-2010 – largest decrease in water use occurred in Zip Codes that received education (p<.001, ANOVA) 2011 – Education zip codes used statistically significantly less water when compared to control zip codes (p<,001, t-test) Twice is nice but thrice?? Ongoing research Thompson

Thank you to the Science Education Research Team! Alice Coe; Victoria Faubion; Christina Reeder; Leslee Moorehead; Shane Heffley Thompson