What happened to the Aral Sea

Introduction

These lessons will help students understand the interrelationships between lakes and rivers. By studying the changes in the Aral Sea, they will understand that:



one. Lakes are affected by both the quantity and quality of water that Slows into them from rivers;



two. Damming or diverting rivers, for irrigation and other purposes can have a significant impact on the size and water quality of lakes



three. The negative effects   including environmental, social, economic and health of disappearing natural resources are varied and complex



 four. Water is not an in Finite resource and must be consumed sustainably




These lessons will help students understand the interrelationships between lakes and rivers. By studying the changes in the Aral Sea, they will understand that:



one. Lakes are affected by both the quantity and quality of water that Slows into them from rivers;



two. Damming or diverting rivers, for irrigation and other purposes can have a significant impact on the size and water quality of lakes



three. The negative effects   including environmental, social, economic and health of disappearing natural resources are varied and complex



 four. Water is not an in Finite resource and must be consumed sustainably






 

Task

there are some tasks to solve the problem 



1 . Discussion 



Give answers the questions 



2. Drawing Aral Sea Picture 



  3. Debate 

Process

https://www.marineinsight.com/environment/aral-sea-disaster-why-one-of-the-biggest-inland-seas-dried-up/



https://iic-aralsea.org/en/my-garden-in-the-aral-sea/





After watching this videos the learners should talk about their ideas .



They should give information about Aral Sea



how can we save Aral Sea

What should we do to do this



What disaster id there by Aral Sea Problem



How can we find the solution together for this global problem?




What has happened to the Aral Sea?

Impact on environment, economy, and public health. The Aral Sea is considered an example of ecosystem collapse. The ecosystems of the Aral Sea and the river deltas feeding into it have been nearly destroyed, largely because of the salinity being dramatically higher than ocean water.



Why did the activities of the Soviet Union affect the Aral Sea?

The Aral Sea Crisis

By establishing a program to promote agriculture and especially that of cotton, Soviet government led by Khrushchev in the 1950s deliberately deprived the Aral Sea of its two main sources of water income, which almost immediately led to less water arriving to the sea.





1. Be sure to read the Introduction and Task before moving on to #2!

2. Look at the color card on your desk. Math the color with the role listed below to find out what point of view you will be researching from for today's activity.

  • Red= Local Cotton Farmer
  • Blue= Local fisherman
  • Green= Local parent of two young children
  • Yellow= Politician from town of Moyne

3. Using the sources provided, complete the WebQuest Guide with your partner. (Each person should fill out their own individual guide.)

There is information about how today's activity will be graded attached. Also be aware that you will have to search and read the provided information to make inferences to answer the questions. The future of the Aral Sea is up to you.

Happy Questing!

https://www.marineinsight.com/environment/aral-sea-disaster-why-one-of-the-biggest-inland-seas-dried-up/



https://iic-aralsea.org/en/my-garden-in-the-aral-sea/





After watching this videos the learners should talk about their ideas .



They should give information about Aral Sea



how can we save Aral Sea

What should we do to do this



What disaster id there by Aral Sea Problem



How can we find the solution together for this global problem?




What has happened to the Aral Sea?

Impact on environment, economy, and public health. The Aral Sea is considered an example of ecosystem collapse. The ecosystems of the Aral Sea and the river deltas feeding into it have been nearly destroyed, largely because of the salinity being dramatically higher than ocean water.



Why did the activities of the Soviet Union affect the Aral Sea?

The Aral Sea Crisis

By establishing a program to promote agriculture and especially that of cotton, Soviet government led by Khrushchev in the 1950s deliberately deprived the Aral Sea of its two main sources of water income, which almost immediately led to less water arriving to the sea.





1. Be sure to read the Introduction and Task before moving on to #2!

2. Look at the color card on your desk. Math the color with the role listed below to find out what point of view you will be researching from for today's activity.

  • Red= Local Cotton Farmer
  • Blue= Local fisherman
  • Green= Local parent of two young children
  • Yellow= Politician from town of Moyne

3. Using the sources provided, complete the WebQuest Guide with your partner. (Each person should fill out their own individual guide.)

There is information about how today's activity will be graded attached. Also be aware that you will have to search and read the provided information to make inferences to answer the questions. The future of the Aral Sea is up to you.

Happy Questing!

 

Evaluation

 

 

Your performance today will be graded using the following rubric. This activity is also where you will gather the information needed to help you answer an open response question.

Rubric

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Use of Class Time

Stayed on task the entire time.

Stayed on task most of the time. Was redirected once to return to task.

Had to be redirected back to the task a couple of times.

Did not participate in the activity.

___/25

Completed the WebQuest Guide

Student completed the WebQuest Guide and work clearly showed research.

Student completed the guide, but there were slight misconceptions that could have been fixed with more thorough research.

Student completed only half of the Guide OR there were several mistakes. Care was not taken in researching.

Student did not attempt to answer any of the Guide questions OR all answers were incorrect and showed NO research had been attempted.

___/25

Cooperation

Worked well with partner to complete the activity.

Worked well with partner most of the time.

Did not assist or attempt to act as a team with partner.

Did not cooperate.

___/25

Use of Role

Student clearly took on their role's point-of-view when answering Guide questions.

Student attempted to take on role's point-of-view but showed misconceptions or gaps in thinking.

Student's answers were complete but not accurate representations according to the assigned role.

Student's answers have nothing to do with role that was assigned.

___/25

 

 

Conclusion

Today you have learned how our choices to change, or modify, the environment can have long-term effects on various groups of people. Use what you have learned today to help you answer an open response question.



What is being done at Aral Sea?

What happened to change the Aral Sea?

Why did the activities of the Soviet Union affect the Aral Sea?

What is the main problem of the Aral Sea?

Credits

·        Aladdin, Nikolay Vasilyevich; Gondar, Valentina Ivanovna; Zhukova, Lyubov Vasilievna; Plotnikov, Igor Stojakovic; Smirnov, Alexey Omerovic; Rzewski, Piotr; Liassic, Piotr (27 November 2018). "The zoonosis of the Aral Sea: six decades of fast-paced change". Environmental Science and Pollution Research International. 26 (3): 2228–2237. doi:10.1007/s11356-018-3807-zPMC 6338704PMID 30484051.

·        Bissell, Tom (April 2002). "Eternal Winter: Lessons of the Aral Sea Disaster"Harper's. pp. 41–56. Retrieved 17 May 2008.

·        Bissell, Tom (2004). Chasing The Sea: Lost Among the Ghosts of Empire in Central Asia. New York: Vintage BooksISBN 978-0-375-72754-2.

·        Briffa, Nikolaus G.O. (2010), "Archaeology and Its Relevance to Climate and Water Level Changes: A Review", in Kostanay, Andrey G.; Kosrae, Aleksey N. (eds.), The Aral Sea Environment, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, pp. 283–303

·        Carteaux, Jean-François; Laetoli, René; Berge-Nguyen, Muriel (2013). "History of Aral Sea level variability and current scientific debates". Global and Planetary Change. 110: 99–113. Bibcode:2013GPC...110...99Cdoi:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2013.05.006. Retrieved 8 June 2020.

·        Ellis, William S (February 1990). "A Soviet Sea Lies Dying". National Geographic. pp. 73–93.

·        Erbakan, Azoalkane K.; Plotnikov, Igor S.; Aladdin, Nikolay V.; Macklin, Philip (28 February 2012). "Changes in the Aral Sea ichthyofauna and fishery during the period of ecological crisis". Lakes & Reservoirs: Research and Management. 17 (1): 3–9. doi:10.1111/j.1440-1770.2012.00492.x.

·        Ferguson, Rob (2003). The Devil and the Disappearing Sea. Vancouver: Raincoast Books. ISBN 1-55192-599-0.

·        Rizzared KapuscinskiImperium, Grant, 2019, ISBN 9781783785254

·        Casperson, Jeanne; Casperson, Roger; Turner, B.L (1995). The Aral Sea Basin: A Man-Made Environmental Catastrophe. Dordrecht; Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers. p. 92. ISBN 92-808-0848-6.

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Digital citizens 

They will learn that how solve the problem and how can they save the world.

What is life and how should we save it?

 

Innovative designer

They develop into protecting because the work calls for understanding the fundamentals of problem-solving.

Students must also study solution design, which requires them to identify issues, suggest fixes, and even create those fixes using digital tools.

 

Computational thinker

To engage in this kind of thinking, students will learn about protection and saving our nature.