Mr. Seebach

The Alberta Tar Sands

Watch the following clips

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjjnEzoxEI8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eucr370Oz60&feature=fvw

Read the following article

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/03/canadian-oil-sands/kunzig-text

The Aral Sea

Watch the following video: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7709101645042932028#

Read the following two articles: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=1396

and http://www.orexca.com/aral_sea.shtml

Answer the following questions:

1. Where is the Aral Sea?

2. What has happened and is happening to the Aral Sea?

3. Who is responsible for what happened to the Aral Sea?

4. Why was water diverted from the Aral Sea?

5. What are 6 consequences of the misuse of this resource?

6. What are 3 things that could've been done differently to make the use of this resource more sustainable?

7. Could this happen here to the great lakes? Why or why not?