Water

Identify how people affect the environment and recognise ways people try to manage it for the better; begin to realise the importance of location in understanding water distribution; recognise how the presence or absence of water can change the character of places.

Teaching Resources

Promethean Resource - (National Whiteboard Network)

Powerpoint Resource - (National Whiteboard Network)

Powerpoint Resource - (Cardiff Schools)

Powerpoint Resource - (Greenwich ICT)

Geography and Science Link
In Water, water, everywhere! (QCA website), children’s knowledge and understanding of water and its supply in geography (unit 11) and their investigations of solubility and water cleanliness in science (unit 6c) provided mutual reinforcement and a more coherent view of the complexities of water supply.

Water Diary ICT Link Unit 5D and 6B
Children record when they use water during the day/week. They work out how much water they used and enter the data into a spreadsheet. Can they work out how much they would use in a year?
Using the average amount of water used in the class on a particular day, can the pupils work out how much the whole school and/or UK population (60 million) would have used?

• Taking a bath : 80 litres
• Taking a shower : 7 litres a minute
• Flushing a toilet : 7 litres
• Washing face/hands : 9 litres
• Brushing teeth : a running tap uses 6 litres a minute
• Washing clothes : 65 litres per load
• Dishwasher : 50 litres per load
• Watering the garden with a hosepipe : 500 litres/hour.

Source of figures

BBC Water Calculator

Activity Sheets on saving water

Where does Water Come From? Show photos of places where water is found and ask children to name them and explain where the water comes from and goes to. Photos from Haringey LEA

Water Cycle activity - Drag the labels to their correct place

Water Cycle - BBC website Animated diagram of the water cycle A more sophisticated animated diagram including an activity is available here.

Geography Essentials Channel 4 -	Water Cycle Explorer	Teaching Resources e4s.org.uk

Fair Shares for All explores the theme of water and its links with poverty. This microsite supports work around the United Nations World Summit on Sustainable Development, and contains information, photos, children’s stories and classroom activities. www.savethechildren.org.uk

Water for All – Oxfam GB's online learning resource on water and change Water for All contains classroom activities and case studies on a range of water-related issues and their impacts, using Oxfam colour photographs.

Water Aid - Learn zone for the under 11s Play WaterAid’s game and see how you would help villagers build a water supply. Lots of other activities too.

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