Unit 11: Water Section 3: Who uses water? What do they use it for?
Objectives
Children should learn:
how water is used in the world
to investigate similarities and differences
about land use patterns
to use ICT to record data
Activities
Outcomes
Children:
As a class, compile a list of the various uses of water. Divide the children into groups and ask them to sort the list into categories - home, farms, industry, leisure, others.
Read to the class Bringing the rain to Kapiti Plain by Verma Aardema.
Ask the children to keep a diary of water use in the home for a week. Explore the issue of wasting water and discuss what happens to water once it has been used.
Ask the children to record their use of water in the home on a spreadsheet. Discuss with the children the patterns of water consumption and how reducing consumption might improve the environment.
understand that water is a universal need
understand that access to water varies in different parts of the world
understand the issue of wasting water and what happens to water once it has been used
Points to note
Literacy: children could compare their water usage diaries with other diaries. They could think about the impact the audience and purpose of the activity has had on their use of language.
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