Informational Texts
- ABQ Journal article. “Deal Allows Farmers to Sell Irrigation Water” http://www.abqjournal.com/221194/news/deal-allows-farmers-to-sell-irrigation-water.html
- National Geographic article. “Parched: A New Dust Bowl Forms in the Heartland” http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/05/140516-dust-bowl-drought-oklahoma-panhandle-food/
Materials
- USGS poster – Navigation: Traveling the Water Highways http://water.usgs.gov/outreach/Posters/navigation/grade.html, and USGS Navigation Activity
- Optional: Water Ripples game. http://aces.nmsu.edu/ces/watertaskforce/water%20ripples%20gameshow%20quiz/index.html
- Optional: Water Rights
- Prior Appropriation Game
- Precipitation Map: http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/pcpn/us_precip.gif
- Ancient Irrigation video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUv2Tz1ayTc
- Ditch Cleaning at Arroyo Hondo video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyqxdbsEObU
