https://padlet.com/stevenmoney/cxf1wmd5j4se Investigation - gathering information about a community need....potable water en-us 2018-06-05 01:57:22 UTC 2023-05-19 12:42:13 UTC hello@padlet.com steven52money https://padlet.com/stevenmoney/cxf1wmd5j4se/wish/934972964 2020-11-18 04:23:58 UTC https://padlet.com/stevenmoney/cxf1wmd5j4se/wish/934972964 https://padlet.com/stevenmoney/cxf1wmd5j4se/wish/949587003 1) Media - 
a) research different aspects of potable water issues in the World Health Organisation website
b) Look on internet about potable water issues and statistics about different countries.
c) Research about climate change and how that aspects affect potable water in different countries.
d) Find organisations that are involved in solving this matter.
e) Read different newspapers and find news related with this topic.
f) Research about government policies related to environment in those specific areas.

2) Interview

a) Get in touch with an organisation that is involved with this matter or a leader of one of those communities that are in need and set an digital/online interview
b) Find a teacher or someone at school that is knowledgeable about this topic or have seen these issues with his/her own eyes. 
c) Ask questions related to the main issues and how those issues affect the community (and if that issue is due to other issues).
d) if possible, Interview elders of a community, and ask them how the issue started  and in their opinion how could this be solved.
e) Depending on the geographical position of the school, get a face to face interview with someone, if this is an issue that affects the close by community.



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a) Create a survey, using google forms, that could be sent to other students and parents, where they could give suggestions or share their knowledge about this topic.
b) Extending the reach of this process, create a survey that gathers information and asks about the main issues to the local community (affected by this issued) feel that they need help with.
c) If not possible to send it by email or google form, this could be adapted to the local community, in their own language, in a hard copy, where they could answer to the different questions (this could be only sent to community leaders).

Observation

a) This could be done, by setting a first trip to the affected/chosen area, and allowing students to analyse in the field, why there's a lack of/contaminated water and start setting realistic steps to solve those issues, involving of course, the local community. 
b) In this step, further interviews could be done with locals and collaboration could be started to be set.

]]> 2020-11-22 12:24:34 UTC https://padlet.com/stevenmoney/cxf1wmd5j4se/wish/949606174 sihamomar8 https://padlet.com/stevenmoney/cxf1wmd5j4se/wish/951084306 - Find any videos, articles, Tedtalks, organization that talk about Potable water.

Interview
- Find people who worked on Potable projects to interview such as people working at the UN, NGO's, Government offices.
_ Find people who have been affected  by not having safe cleaning water. Find out the reason, for how long this has been going on. When the problem started.

Survey
-  Create a survey  for people who have been affected by not having clean drinking water.
- Create a survey for organization who are making potable water a possibility.

Observation
- Go to places that are affected by water scarcity, see how they are managing. Find out if they are getting help from other organizations.
- If possible go and observe organizations that help make potable water a reality, find out how they work,  what is making them successful, do you see a gap there that the organization is not feeling? Could you see things that you can adapt to make your work easy?

]]> 2020-11-23 05:45:16 UTC https://padlet.com/stevenmoney/cxf1wmd5j4se/wish/951084306 https://padlet.com/stevenmoney/cxf1wmd5j4se/wish/951353159 1.Media:
search for global and local problems to compare them and try to figure out what is most likely the problem is and how to solve it.
2. Interview:
interview the responsible governmental municipality, what happened, consequences, results.... Did they seek for international or local support. 
Interview environmental NGOs to find solutions and to check which  NGO is the most reliable, experienced and has sustainable solutions.
3. Survey:
create a survey for the neighborhood who is living in the area, check the problem, how in their opinion can it be solved, anyone from this community suggested a solution, anyone would like to volunteer ,who is affected, what are the reasons , what result they are expecting(their engagement in the process, especially in the results is highly important, and will comfort them)
create a survey to check with hospitals how many are checking in to the hospital resulting from this water, and what are the symptoms
4.Observation:
after checking the survey, observation might find gaps that where not mentioned or tackled by organizations, municipalities or any local authority.

]]> 2020-11-23 07:51:19 UTC https://padlet.com/stevenmoney/cxf1wmd5j4se/wish/951353159 mgholam1 https://padlet.com/stevenmoney/cxf1wmd5j4se/wish/951377057 Media :
Identify the problem and define the focus of the investigation .
Make a list of questions and concerns about the area of investigation.
Identify a plan to  effectively study and answer the questions you've developed .
Identify the research tools and media resources ( TEDtalks, documentaries ) you will be using to answer the questions you have established.
Interview:
Interview is another tool for data collection
It allows the clarification of certain points and allows the researcher to understand the problem at hand from different perspectives.
One can interview parents in the school who are professionals in the domain , alumnus , and NGOs who have worked in this field, environmental activists .....
Interview people who do not have potable water and try to identify the problem from their point of view.
Survey :  
Surveys are also tools to collect data.
After having prepared the questions and concerns that arose from the investigation of the problem, a survey will come in  handy to collect data and understand the issue further.
Researchers should design two types of surveys ,one targetting the community who is suffering from the lack of potable water and another targeting NGOs municipalities  and professionals who can help .
The objective of the first is to identify their concerns and how they can be helped , while the objective of the second is to understand their perception  of the matter and identify the  different ways in which they can help before taking any action.
Observation :
Observation can vary with student's age group .
Ror the upper classes , students can observe  in the  science lab the diffence  between potable water and polluted water and document their findings that will be used to further investigate the topic.
In The Middle school and Elementary classes , Teachers can organise field trips to areas with polluted and stagnated rivers and compare them to rivers with flowing fresh water take notes of their observations and investigate the topic further . They can also visit the people who do not have potable water running in their taps and observe their life style and challenges as they go fetching water from different sources in their commmunity .











]]> 2020-11-23 08:00:56 UTC https://padlet.com/stevenmoney/cxf1wmd5j4se/wish/951377057 https://padlet.com/stevenmoney/cxf1wmd5j4se/wish/953141570 Media
Using the media to highlight the importance of potable water and fixing the questions that need to be addressed.
Determining the tools to raise awareness of the related subject (TV, Radio, articles, advertisements appearing on youtube videos and other applications)


Interview
Researching and preparing a list of questions related to the topic in general moving forward to more specific questions related to the country and going there case by case.
Dividing these questions into categories according to each guest's expertise which will vary from a government employee, NGO’s, experts.

Survey
Creating a public survey that will be spread on the social media platforms in order to gather as much as needed information related to the affected areas and concerns, in addition to suggested solutions and recommendations from the affected people and the experts.


Observation
Site visit to the affected areas.
Catching up with the facts and the circumstances.
Collecting further information to take action.]]> 2020-11-23 16:59:42 UTC https://padlet.com/stevenmoney/cxf1wmd5j4se/wish/953141570 https://padlet.com/stevenmoney/cxf1wmd5j4se/wish/954669451 Media: Do research on potable water issues and communities that face them; are there experts in this area? what technologies are currently being used to help solve this problem? 
[Reflection: what can I do that isn't already being done? Are there people in my community being impacted by these issues in some way, too? In what ways does lack of potable water globally translate to local issues on water access/clean water?]
Interview: Read first hand accounts; email or communicate with representatives/leaders; groups with ties to communities in need of resources
[Reflection: how can I leverage these interviews and connections to help make an impact?]
Survey: gather information on what others know about this issue; 
[Reflection: what does this tell me about how to educate people about this issue and get them invested in making a difference?]
Observation: Delving into research around the topic-first hand accounts; looking at science/technology - experiments?; visit organizations looking to make a difference? ]]> 2020-11-24 02:36:36 UTC https://padlet.com/stevenmoney/cxf1wmd5j4se/wish/954669451