"Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink."

That's an quote from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Imagine being surrounded by water at sea and not being able to drink any of it (side note: Thor Heyerdahl tested this theory during his voyage on the Kon Tiki).

We've been talking about H2O so much in our chemistry unit, I wanted to take a little time to focus on water as a resource. Students read information about countries facing a water crisis in one form or another. We also discussed the issues Flint, Michigan is currently facing with their lead-contaminated water.

Here are some resources about both of these topics:

www.water.org

http://www.livescience.com/53168-michigan-lead-poisoning-health-effects.html

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/daily_videos/poison-water-in-flint-affects-everyones-health-especially-kids/