The Dynamic Duo --
The Salt Fork and Double Mountain Fork of the Brazos on the
Texas High Plains Brazos River Watershed
MOTIVATION
"To note that our present world is a strange one is tepid and is becoming a little untrue, for strangeness and change are so familiar to us now that they are getting to be normal. Most of us in one way or another count on them strongly as other ages counted on the green shoots rising in the spring. We're dedicated to them; we have a hunger to believe that other sorts of beings are eyeing us from the portholes of Unidentified Flying Objects, that automobiles will glitter with yet more chromed facets next year than this, and that we shall shortly be privileged to carry our inadequacies with us to the stars. And furthermore that while all rivers may continue to flow to the sea, those who represent us in such matters will at least slow down the process by transforming them from rivers into bead strings of placid reservoirs behind concrete dams..."
From John Graves Goodbye to a River 1957Our Brazos River Watershed and the Ogallala Aquifer below us are far more important resources than the fossil fuels we crave to fuel our modern conveniences. We should preserve, protect, and use conservation measures to assure we have water when we need it! Are more damns on the Brazos River Watershed needed to create more lakes for the Texas High Plains the answer? Do we need to continue to rely on Lake Meredith water from far North Texas? Do we need to have pipelines from the Brazos River's latest lake, Lake Allen Henry to carry the water to Lubbock and surrounding areas? How do cities across the Texas High Plains get permissions to cross farmer and rancher's lands to lay the pipeline?
How do you create motivational scenarios for study?
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ACTIVITIES
Complete Motivation Activities as outlined in the motivational scenario.
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