To give pupils key facts about saving water and introduce them to the links between water and the environment

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1 Using Water - Saving Water 1. Fascinating Facts Aims: To give pupils key facts about saving water and introduce them to the links between water and the environment Materials: Worksheet 1 Method: This information acts as an introduction to the work on saving water Review the Water Cycle with the pupils and remind them that all water comes from the natural environment Hand out the Fascinating Facts Discuss where they think in the world people still have to collect water from the rivers or wells

2 Saving Water - Worksheet 1 Fascinating Facts In some parts of the world people do not live in houses with water. Many people have to walk to rivers or wells to get the water that they need. This may be a long way from their house. Water is a limited resource. All water comes from the natural environment. More water than ever is being used in our homes. It is important that we use water carefully. By saving water we save money and help protect the environment. If you save water in these ways you will help the environment: - take a shower instead of a bath - turn off the tap while you clean your teeth - use buckets of water instead of a hose to wash a car - use washing up water to water the garden

3 Using Water - Saving Water 2. Transporting water Aims: To experience carrying water across a distance To relate this experience to the reality of life for some people in the world Materials: Copy of Worksheet 2 at appropriate level Two buckets, a long tape measure and a piece of chalk for each pair Method: Pupils work in pairs Hand out worksheet and discuss the experiment with the pupils Pupils carry out the experiment and write up their results

4 Saving Water - Worksheet 2 Transporting water Whenever you want a drink of water all you have to do is turn on the tap. In some countries water has to be collected from rivers, ponds or wells and often carried over very long distances. Carrying water over long distances can make you feel very tired. Why not try it and see? How to find out: You will need: - a partner - two buckets - a long tape measure - piece of chalk 1. Fill up two buckets with water. 2. Choose a flat, straight part of the playground to work on. 3. Mark your start line with the chalk. With your partner, measure 10 metres from the start line and mark your finish line with the chalk. 4. Decide who will carry the water and who will measure the distance. 5. The water carrier should carry the buckets of water backwards and forwards between the start and finish lines until your arms get tired. Try not to spill any. The measurer will note down the number of times the distance is covered. 6. Change over and do it again. When you have finished find a useful way of using the water in the buckets. Write a short report of your results: Start like this: What you used What you did What happened What conclusions you came to Make a graph showing how far you and your partner carried the water and include it in your report.

5 Saving Water - Worksheet 2 Transporting water Whenever you want a drink of water all you have to do is turn on the tap. In some countries water has to be collected from rivers, ponds or wells and often carried over very long distances. Carrying water over long distances can make you feel very tired. Why not try it and see? How to find out: You will need: - a partner - two buckets - a long tape measure - a piece of chalk 1. Fill up two buckets with water. 2. Choose a flat straight part of the playground. 3. Mark a start line with the chalk. 4. Measure 10 metres from this line and mark the finish line with the chalk. 5. Decide who will carry the water and who will measure the distance. 6. The water carrier should carry the water between the two lines as many times as they can until their arms get tired. Tr y not to spill any water. 7. The measurer should write down the number of times 10 metres is covered. 8. Change over and do it again. Try to answer these questions: 1. How far did you carry the water? 2. How far did your partner carry the water? 3. How much water did you spill? If the nearest river or well was 1 kilometre from your house would you have reached home with the water?

6 Using Water - Saving Water 3. Water supplies Aim: To enable pupils to recognise the long term effects that a flood or drought can have on a community Materials: Worksheet 3 Internet access to newspaper archives Video camera (if available) Method: This is suitable as a homework task Hand out worksheet 3 and discuss where pupils might access information Set time aside for presentations and video

7 Saving Water - Worksheet 3 Water supplies 1. What is the difference between a flood and a drought? 2. What effect could long term drought have on a community? 3. What effect could large flooding have on a community? Write a news report for either radio or television on a recent flood or drought. Think what information your audience would want to know about. This item is allocated 2 minutes. Be prepared to present your report to the rest of the class.

8 Using Water - Saving Water 4. Collecting water Aim: To design and build a way of collecting water from an underground source Materials: Worksheet 4 Junk material Method: Pupils find a partner Remind them that people who live in hot countries do not have the rainfall that Scotland has (show comparison rainfall figures if available) Hand out Worksheeet 4 and discuss the task. Set a deadline for completion Arrange an exhibition/demonstration of pupils' designs

9 Saving Water - Worksheet 4 Looking for water Many countries have lots of sunshine and very little rain. This sounds lovely to people living in Scotland but living with hot dry weather can be very difficult. 1. If no rain comes from the sky, where do you think people in very warm countries have to look for water? 2. With a partner, make two drawings of ways of collecting this water. 3. Choose one of your ideas and build it using junk material Your model should have at least one moving part. Write a set of instructions which explains how it works.

10 Using Water - Saving Water Saving Water Campaign Aims: For pupils to design and run a real Saving Water Campaign in school and their community To increase their knowledge and understanding and develop informed attitudes to the use of water and the need to save it Materials: Worksheets 5a - 5f Art materials Computer graphics package Video cameras Method: Hand out Worksheet 5a to each pupil and as a class discuss the campaign (You could ask Scottish Water to write to the class asking them to undertake the campaign on their behalf and invite them in to see the results) Note ideas for all parts of the campaign on a central board or large sheet of paper Pupils select which part of the campaign they would like to work on and are given related task cards at the appropriate level Agree deadline and allocate time during the week for pupils to work on their task Encourage pupils to speak to the Headteacher about how they could run the campaign in school Discuss with the pupils what could be circulated in the community and how this might be done. NB This could be run as an enterprise project using materials from the 'Go for Enterprise' resource pack. (Schools Enterprise Programme) Decide how you will organise the campaign with the class. A group of pupils can be allocated a specific task within the campaign or small groups could produce the whole campaign and the class decide which are the best elements of each and create the class campaign for this

11 Saving Water - Worksheet 5a Saving Water Campaign Scottish Water wants to start an advertising campaign in schools and the community to encourage people in Scotland to save water. They would like to use a number of different ways of advertising to support the campaign: - posters - newspaper advertisements - magazine advertisements - radio advertisements - TV advertisements - talks/ displays The Task: Your group will be asked to work on part of the advertising campaign. You must prepare this part of the campaign by the deadline set by your teacher.

12 Saving Water - Worksheet 5b Saving Water Poster Campaign The Poster Your task is to produce a poster which will encourage people to save water. The poster will be displayed in school and in the community. Your poster should try to create: Here are some helpful tips: - Before showing the poster introduce your work in a lively way. - Say what your ideas were when planning the poster. - Display your poster and point out to the class the ways in which it creates: Attention Interest Desire Action A - for Attention It should be eye catching. The use of colours/graphics is important. I - for Interest It should be interesting to look at and be read quickly. D - for Desire It should make the people who read it want to help save wate r. A - for Action It should encourage the people who read it to make changes and save wate r. Presentation When you have planned, drawn and coloured your poster you will have to present it to the rest of the class. Try to involve all your group in the presentation.

13 Saving Water - Worksheet 5b Saving Water Poster Campaign The Poster Your task is to produce a poster which will encourage people to save water. The poster will be displayed in school and in the community. When you design a poster, remember to: Here are some helpful tips: - Before showing the poster, introduce your work in a lively way. - Say what your ideas were when planning the poster. - Display your poster and point out how it gets the 'save water' message across. - give all the information that is needed - use pictures and different colours - try to arrange things in a bright and eye-catching way Here is the information that should be on the poster: the name of the campaign why people should save water what people can do to save water where to get more information Presentation When you have finished your poster you will have to present it to the rest of the class. Try to involve all your group in the presentation.

14 Saving Water - Worksheet 5c Saving Water Newspaper Campaign Newspaper Advertisement Your task is to produce a full page A3 size newspaper advert for the Saving Water Campaign. Your advert should: Here are some helpful tips: - Introduce the advert in a lively way. - Tell the class why you think that it will make people save water - grab people's attention when they are reading the newspaper - be interesting to look at and read - make people want to save water - tell people how to save water Presentation When you have finished your advert, you will have to present it to the rest of the class. Try to use all your group in the presentation. Island Times Create an A3 Advert

15 Saving Water - Worksheet 5c Saving Water Newspaper Campaign Newspaper / Magazine Advertisement Your task is to produce a full page (A3) newspaper/magazine advertisement for the Saving Water Campaign. Your advertisement should try to create: A - for Attention It should grab people's attention when they are reading the newspaper/ magazine. I - for Interest It should be interesting to look at and be read quickly. Island Times Create an A3 Advert D - for Desire It should stimulate readers to want to save water. A - for Action It should inform readers how they can save water. Presentation When you have planned and created your advertisement you will have to present it to the rest of the class. Tr y to involve all your group in the presentation. Introduce the advertisement in a lively way saying why you think it gets the message across.

16 Saving Water - Worksheet 5d Saving Water Radio Campaign Radio Advertisement Your task is to produce a 30 second radio advert for the Saving Water Campaign. Remember to include: - the name of the campaign - information about why we need to save water - how we can save water The advert should make listeners sit up and pay attention and be interested in what you are saying. You might want to use sound effects or music and perhaps even a jingle. Presentation When you have planned your radio advert you will have to present it to the rest of the class. Try to involve all of your group in the presentation. Perform your advertisement 'live' to the class.

17 Saving Water - Worksheet 5d Saving Water Radio Campaign Radio Advertisement Your task is to produce a 30 second radio advertisement for the Saving Water Campaign. This advertisement should tr y to create the following reactions: A - for Attention It should make listeners sit up and listen. I - for Interest It should create interest in what is said and how it is said. D - for Desire It should stimulate listeners to want to save water. A - for Action It should tell readers how to save water. Presentation When you have planned your radio advertisement you will have to present it to the rest of the class. Tr y to involve all of your group in the presentation. Perform your advertisement 'live' to the class.

18 Saving Water - Worksheet 5e Saving Water TV Campaign TV Advertisement Your task is to produce a 30 second TV advertisement for the Saving Water Campaign. One way of planning it is to use a storyboard. Look at the worksheet creating a storyboard to see how to do this. Your advertisement should try to create the following reactions: A - for Attention It should make viewers sit up and pay attention. I - for Interest It should create interest through what is said and how it is said. D - for desire It should stimulate the viewers to want to save water. A - for Action It should inform viewers how to save water. Presentation When you have planned your TV advertisement you will have to present to the rest of the class. Either act out your advertisement or film it and show the video.

19 Saving Water - Worksheet 5e cont. Saving Water TV Campaign TV Advertisement - Creating a Storyboard One way of producing an advertisement for TV is by writing a stor yboard like the one below. Each box should show/tell a different part of the stor y used in the advertisement. You may need to use more than 6 boxes.

20 Saving Water - Worksheet 5e Saving Water TV Campaign TV Advertisement Your task is to produce a 30 second TV advert for the Saving Water Campaign. One way of planning it is to use a storyboard. Look at this example: Each box shows/tells a different part of the story used in the advertisement. Your advert should make viewers sit up and pay attention and want to save water. Presentation When you have planned your TV advert you will have to present it to the rest of the class. Either act it out or film it with a video camera and then show it.

21 Saving Water - Worksheet 5f Saving Water Talk Giving a talk Your task is to prepare a five minute talk about the Saving Water Campaign. It is important that you get the message across about saving water. To help you in your talk you may want to use support material e.g. flyers, posters. Important points to include in your talk: Here are some helpful tips: - Introduce your talk in a lively way - Tr y to include all of your group in the presentation - Tr y to answer any questions - your name - information about the campaign - why we need to save water - what people can do to save water - where people can get further information Presentation When you have prepared your talk you will be asked to present it to the rest of the class.