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QCA

Geography at key stages 1 and 2    (Year 5)

Unit 11: Water

QCA

Outcomes

Section 1: Where can we find water locally? Where can we find water in the world?
Children:
  • obtain information from a map
  • locate the main desert regions on a world map

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Section 2: How does water get to where it is needed?
Children:
  • record information on a map
  • draw a flow chart to show where water enters and leaves the school
  • understand how water can be transported

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Section 3: Who uses water? What do they use it for?
Children:
  • 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

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Section 4: Is all water usable? How can water be made usable?
Children:
  • know about times when people did not have clean water and how changes were brought about
  • know what is meant by usable water
  • understand the comparative importance of clean water and plentiful supply

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Section 5: Who owns water? Who pays for water? What jobs are involved in providing our water?
Children:
  • understand the difficulties associated with the notion of owning water
  • know about aid agencies' work on water provision in less economically developed countries

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Section 6: General
Children:

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1. Where can we find water locally? Where can we find water in the world?
2. How does water get to where it is needed?
3. Who uses water? What do they use it for?
4. Is all water usable? How can water be made usable?
5. Who owns water? Who pays for water? What jobs are involved in providing our water?
6. General