LibGuides: Water in the World: Water in the World

Your Assignment

Water in the World research assignment

DK Findout

How we use water

Water cycle

How does the water cycle work? animation

Books in our Library on Water

A Water Report (series) by Michael and Jane Pelussey
six books: Natural Water; Water Conservation; Recycled Water; Water quality, Water Supply; Water Use
How Big is Your Water Footprint? by Paul Mason
Call Number: 304.28 MAS
Water by Louise and Richard Spilsbury
Call Number: 333.91 SPI
Water Use by Justin Healey
Call Number: 333.91 WAT
Rivers, Lakes, and Wetlands by World Book Inc
Call Number: 591.76 RIV
Saving Water by Neil Morris
Call Number: 333.9116 MOR
The Water Cycle by Cheryl Jakab
Call Number: 551.48 JAK
The Water Cycle by Rebecca Harman
Call Number: 551.48 HAR
Water Supplies by Jude Welton
Call Number: 333.91 WEL
The No-Nonsense Guide to Water by Maggie Black
Call Number: 333.9117 BLA
Polluted Waters by Jennifer Stefanow
Call Number: 363.7394 STE
Water Management by Justin Healey
Call Number: 333.91 WAT
Water Power by Neil Morris
Call Number: 333.914 MOR
Ecologic by Sandra McEwen
Call Number: 333.70994 MCE
Rain and Snow by Alan Rodgers and Angella Streluk
Call Number: 551.577 ROD
Australia's Rivers (series) by Jane Pearson and Katrina Sheppard
Call Number: 551.483 PEA
4 books in the series: Capital City Rivers; Dryland Rivers; The Murray-Darling River System; Wild Rivers

TigTag

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Online Books

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Lessons from ABC Splash

Visit ABC Splash for videos, interactive activities and digibooks on water.

Videos

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Books in our Library on Natural Disasters

Disaster in the Indian Ocean, Tsunami 2004 by John Albert Torres
Call Number: 909.09824 TOR
Raging Floods by Louise and Richard Spilsbury
Call Number: 551.489 SPI
Tsunami: the world's most terrifying natural disaster by Geoff Tibballs
Call Number: 551.4637 TIB
Drought in Australia by Justin Healey
Call Number: 551.5773 DRO
Floods by World Book, Inc Staff (Contribution by)
Call Number: 363.34 FLO
Spreading Deserts by Paul Rozario
Call Number: 333.736 ROZ
Hurricane Katrina and the Devastation of New Orleans 2005 by John Albert Torres
Storms by Sean Connolly
Call Number: 363.3492 CON
Disaster Alert! Cyclone by Lara Whitehead
Call Number: 363.34922 WHI
Floods by Sean Connolly
Call Number: 363.3493 CON
Disaster Alert! Flood by Lara Whitehead
Call Number: 363.3493 WHI
Australian Environmental Disasters by John and Jennifer Barwick
Call Number: 363.3497 BAR
Australia's Natural Disasters by Richard Whitaker
Call Number: 363.340994 WHI
Famine, Drought and Plagues by Jane Walker
Call Number: 363.8 WAL

For Teachers

Where Does Water Come From?
worksheets from Scholastic

Posters available in the SOSE map drawer:

Australia's Water Resources
A Thirsty Planet
What is a Catchment?

DVDs

Water: Australia as an international case study 333.91 WAT
World Water Resources 333.91 WOR

GeoWorld 7 by Susan Bliss et al
Call Number: 910 BLI
Pearson Geography 7 by Grant Kleeman et al
Call Number: 910.71 KLE
Geography/History 7 by Mark Easton and Maggy Saldais
Call Number: 910 EAS
Geography for Australian Citizens by Brian Parker et al
Call Number: 919.4 GEO
Physical Geography by Kerry Dent
Call Number: 910.02 DEN
blackline masters
Queensland Geography in SOSE 1 by Sue Parkinson
Call Number: 910 QUE
Geography for Global Citizens by Brian Parker et al
Call Number: 910 GEO
Queensland Geography in SOSE 2 by Sue Parkinson
Call Number: 910 QUE
Water by CSIRO
Call Number: 553.7 WAT
information book plus accompanying teacher resource book

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