“The Challenge of Poisoned Waters”
A CONSERVATION EDUCATION PROGRAM
TFGC has received 10 free copies of POISONED WATERS Learning Kits for use by its members.
Produced by Hedrick Smith Productions and PBS, the kits are based on a two-hour documentary aired on April 29, 2009, on FRONTLINE/PBS.
The documentary explores the Chesapeake Watershed in the East and the Puget Sound in the West to examine the "Challenge of Poisoned Waters" - the causes and consequences of the contamination in our waterways as well as examples of local solutions to those problems.
Especially designed for educational organizations and titled POISONED WATERS Discussion Guide, each kit contains a DVD with excerpts of the documentary and a guide for teachers/discussion leaders.
The DVD is divided into ten 5 minutes segments, each titled in question form to encourage discussion; it may be used in parts at club meetings or in its entirety in large events.
The discussion leaders’ guide follows the same format with a summary of each segment, followed by four discussion questions pertaining to that segment.
Each District now has copies of “The Challenge of Poisoned Waters”.
To borrow a copy, contact your District’s Liaison:
District I:
M. Cecilia Cordeiro
TFGC Club Programs/Illustrated Lectures Chair
3269 Windshadow Cove
Memphis, TN 38125
901-748-3409 or (cell) 901-488-9294
mcgc@comcast.com
District II:
Pam Dowd
District II Club Programs/Illustrated Lectures Chair
1161 Georgetown Lane
Murfreesboro, TN 37221
615-896-8663 615-542-2409 (cell)
pamldowd@aol.com
District III:
Caren Ruffner
District III Conservation/Environmental Concerns Chair
1174 Ware Farms Road
Spring City, TN 37381
423-365-2708
carenruffner@earthlink.net
District IV: Connie Wallace
District IV Water/Wetlands Chair
10426 Bob Gray Road
Knoxville, TN 37932
865-966- 8695
conniewallace@tds.net
by M. Cecilia Cordeiro, Club Programs and Illustrated Lectures
