CLOUD SEEDING

INTRODUCTION

Will you have enough water to swim, water ski, wash you car this summer? How do we increase the water in our area to accomplish all of these tasks and be able to have enough left to drink? One way this can be accomplished in West Texas is by cloud seeding.

TASK

You will be one of the four members of a cloud seeding team in our area that will help determine if cloud seeding is in our best interest. It is your job to convince the citizens of West Texas that cloud seeding is a cost effective way to increase our water supply. You will inform the public about the history, process, economics, and the effects (both pro and con) of cloud seeding.

Week 1:

Gather information and compile list of possible people to interview.

Schedule field trips.

Week 2:

Conduct interviews/field trips

Gather information from other sources, i.e. Internet, books, magazines,

newspapers, etc.

Week 3:

Compile information into a finished product.

Products:

These products must include at least 2 of the following:

Oral presentation

Written report

Brochure

Power Point presentation

News broadcast

Compare and contrast chart

PROCESS

The cloud seeding team will consist of four members. Each member will have a specific responsibility to collect information about cloud seeding. The team will consist of a historian, economist, politician and geographer.

HISTORIAN The historian will be responsible for who, what, when, where and how of cloud seeding in general and in West Texas.	ECONOMIST The economist will be responsible for the cost and economic benefits of cloud seeding in West Texas.
POLITICIAN The politician will be responsible for who to contact about cloud seeding, government support available, and success or downfall of previous projects.	GEOGRAPHER The geographer will be responsible for maps, graphs, tables and other illustrations of West Texas as well as the best place for launching the program.

RESOURCES

Maps of Cloud Seeding

Click on Cloud Seeding to Enhance Rainfall

http://www.tnrcc.state.tx.us/permitting/waterperm/wrpa/weather.html

Does Weather Modifications really work?

http://twri.tamu.edu/twripubs/WtrResrc/v20n2/text-0.html

http://twri.tamu.edu/twripubs/WtrResrc/v20n2/text-2.html

The Science of Cloud Seeding

http://twri.tamu.edu/twripubs/WtrResrc/v20n2/text-1.html

Legal and Policy Issues

http://twri.tamu.edu/twripubs/WtrResrc/v20n2/text-3.html

Facts About Cloud Seeding

http://twri.tamu.edu/twriconf/w4tx98/papers/bomar.html

Cloud Seeding

http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/nhurr97/CSEED.HTM

Additional Information – Books and/or Articles

http://twri.tamu.edu/twripubs/WtrResrc/v20n2/text-6.html

EVALUATION

This rubric will be used to evaluate any of the products listed above.

Process	Below Avg.	Satisfactory	Excellent
1. Has clear vision of final product	1, 2, 3	4, 5, 6	7, 8, 9
2. Properly organized to complete project	1, 2, 3	4, 5, 6	7, 8, 9
3. Managed time wisely	1, 2, 3	4, 5, 6	7, 8, 9
4. Acquired needed knowledge base	1, 2, 3	4, 5, 6	7, 8, 9
5. Communicated efforts with teacher	1, 2, 3	4, 5, 6	7, 8, 9

Product (Project)	Below Avg.	Satisfactory	Excellent
1. Format	1, 2, 3	4, 5, 6	7, 8, 9
2. Mechanics of speaking/writing	1, 2, 3	4, 5, 6	7, 8, 9
3. Organization and structure	1, 2, 3	4, 5, 6	7, 8, 9
4. Creativity	1, 2, 3	4, 5, 6	7, 8, 9
5. Demonstrates knowledge	1, 2, 3	4, 5, 6	7, 8, 9, 10
6. Other:	1, 2, 3	4, 5, 6	7, 8, 9

CONCLUSION

Once this project has been completed, a better understanding of cloud seeding will be obtained. The importance, use, and advantages or disadvantages of cloud seeding will be realized.

Heather Middleton, Christoval HS

Georgette McManus, Wall HS

Jaxine Boling, Wall HS

Avanel Siler