Assignment: You and your colleagues are required to complete a class project on the topic of water in our area, which was inspired by our reading of the book Blue Death. I encourage you to build upon your previous brainstorming session to help you narrow down your focus. Your group must consist of at least 4 and no more than 7 people. Check to see if your schedules match up with other members of your proposed group, because this may help you decide which group to join. Other factors for which group you want to join include the topic, as well as the type of presentation or publication. Your project must include elements of writing and research, and the final product must be something that you could present to the public. You and your group members must include at least 7 sources of information from books, magazines, newspapers, government files, scholarly journals, or other sources. You must cite these sources in the final product of your project.

Four Exempleary Student Projects:

			WSU Football Team's Help for Flood Victims - Interview with Coach Sawyer
Winona Water (Requires Internet Explorer)	Children's Book	Legacy Amendment	Winona Flood 2007

The WSU Environmental Club held a dumpster dive in the middle of campus as part of “Materialistic Economy Day” on Oct. 14.

"Everyone has the right to clean and accessible water, adequate for the health and well-being of the individual and family, and no one shall be deprived of such access or quality of water due to individual economic circumstance." http://article31.org/

Organize a petition drive to have the above wording added as the 31st article to the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Organize a taste-testing survey comparing Winona tap water to various bottled waters.

How many plastic water bottles are used by your organization in one day, week, month, year? Are any of them recylcled? Design a way to count the bottles and display your results.

Prepare a presentation that explains how water gets from the city well to your kitchen facucet, and from your kitchen sink to someone else's kitchen faucet.

There are very few public outside drinking fountains in Winona today. Has this always been the case? Research the history of the drinking fountain here in Winona or in your own home town.

This November, Minnesotans will vote on adding the Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment to Minnesota's Constitution. Research this amendment and organize a presentation or performance about the relevant issues to inform your fellow students.