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Unit 7: Using Water
Outline
This project was funded by the Department of Sustainability and Environment.
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Unit 7: Using Water
Outline Time allowance: 3 hours Key themes:
• Understanding global water availability • Calculating water use • Devising ways to reduce our water use
VCAL Unit Level:
• Personal Development Foundation 1 • Personal Development Foundation 2 • Personal Development Intermediate • Literacy: Oracy Foundation & Intermediate • Numeracy: Foundation & Intermediate
Outline ...........................................................................................................................2 Overview of Learning Activities .....................................................................................2 Session Plan....................................................................................................................4 Learning Outcomes ........................................................................................................5 Resource Requirements.................................................................................................6 Extension Activity: The Water Alert! Game...................................................................6 Main learning objectives................................................................................................6 Further Resources..........................................................................................................6
Overview of Learning Activities Access to clean and safe drinking water is a central issue in global equity. “Global water” is a short presentation to stimulate discussion about the global issue of water provision. Some students may have come from different countries or have travelled to developing countries and so may be familiar with some of the issues. Then an experiment is undertaken to measure how much time it would take to move the water we use on average each day by bucket. A short DVD selected from UNESCO’s web based program “The Water Channel” will help connect the students with real life examples of people living in a permanent state of water crisis. The next part of the session is designed to assess domestic water use. The activity “How do we use water?” is designed to assist students to calculate their daily household water use. Students can then compare their use with the state government’s current target of 155 litres per person per day. This activity can be extended to enable students to calculate and compare percentages. Many of the students will be aware of water saving measures because of recent water awareness campaigns. A summary activity, “Ways to Reduce Water Use”, will
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help students identify ways that they can reduce their personal use and help them prepare for the personal eco‐challenge. Showing students “How to Read a Water Bill” will enable them to check their actual average water consumption rates compared with their estimated water use in the previous activity. An extension activity, “The Water Alert Game”, enables students to use an “interactive educational resource on water, environment and sanitation where young people are engaged in an adventure of strategy and survival”. This is set in a fictional village in Africa that is usually drought ridden but about to face a flood event. The game challenges students to provide clean and safe drinking water for the village. Internet access is required. Refer: www.unicef.org/voy/explore/wes/explore_1818.html and http://www.unicef.org/voy/media/EngWaterFG.pdf for the facilitators guide. An alternative activity is also provided, which could be used in the place of one of the activities in the session plan. “Mission H20” is an internet resource based on domestic use of water. You can move through eight areas of a house to discover various water saving tips. Each area also has a related game for students to play if they wish.
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Session Plan
Unit 7
: Using
Water
Date:
Start tim
e: 9.00am
Finish time: 12.00
pm
Time allowance: 3.00h
rs
Key them
es:
• Und
erstanding
global w
ater availability
• Calculating water use
• Devising ways to red
uce ou
r water use
SS = slidesho
w
AG = te
ache
rs’ activity
Guide
HO = stude
nt hando
ut
WS= stude
nt workshe
et
Time
Topic
Learning
Outcomes
(As a result of th
is unit, stude
nts
shou
ld be able to
…)
Activity brief d
escription
Re
sources
10 m
inutes
1.
Team
building
game
• Have fun
• Work together
Optional activity
if time allows, using
any
team
bu
ilding game
Team
gam
es boo
k or internet
resource
70 m
inutes
2.
Global w
ater
• Und
erstand differen
t access
to water and
con
sumption
rates
• Co
mpare water haulage
times fo
r their d
aily
consum
ption
• Describe exam
ples of the
glob
al water crisis from
arou
nd th
e world
Slidesho
w on water use aroun
d the glob
e, th
en
stud
ents calculate how
long
it ta
kes to haul 175L of
water from
a ta
p 100m
away using
a 9L bu
cket.
Finally, the
y watch a video
from
UNESCO
’s “The
Water Chann
el”.
AG: G
lobal W
ater
SS: G
lobal W
ater
Compu
ter &
data projector
20 m
inutes
Break
30
minutes
3.
Our water use
• Und
erstand ho
w and
whe
re
we use water in Australia
Get stude
nts to estim
ate their daily water use, and
to com
pare th
is to
average daily water use figures.
AG/W
S: Our W
ater Use
20
minutes
4.
Ways to red
uce
our use
• Gen
erate a list o
f be
haviou
rs to
redu
ce
person
al water
consum
ption
Discussion on
ways to red
uce water con
sumption.
AG: W
ays to red
uce water use
30 m
inutes
5. Reading
water bills
• Analyse th
e inform
ation on
water bills and calculate
percen
tages
Calculate the pe
rcen
tage of e
ach compo
nent of
water bill and
discuss differen
t water services.
AG/W
S: Reading
water bills
Copy of a
water bill fo
r each
stud
ent
3.00
hou
rs
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Learning Outcomes PD F1‐2 = Personal Development ‐ Foundation Unit 1 Outcome 2 RW3 = Reading and Writing Outcome 3; O= Oracy; N = Numeracy Session/Activity Learning Outcomes
(As a result of this unit, students should be able to…)
VCAL Learning Outcomes (foundation level listed only – for intermediate see the learning outcomes matrix)
2. Global water
• Understand different access to water and consumption rates
• Compare water haulage times for their daily consumption
• Describe examples of the global water crisis from around the world
PD F1‐2: Solve problems specific to an established goal PD F1‐3: Demonstrate knowledge specific to an established goal PD F1‐5: Demonstrate teamwork skills RW6: Reading for practical purposes 04: Oracy for exploring issues and problem solving N2: Numeracy for practical purposes – measurement N6: Numeracy for interpreting society – figures in texts
3. Our water use
• Understand how and where we use water in Australia
PD F1‐2: Solve problems specific to an established goal PD F1‐3: Demonstrate knowledge specific to an established goal RW6: Reading for practical purposes RW7: Reading for knowledge 02: Oracy for self expression 04: Oracy for exploring issues and problem solving N2: Numeracy for practical purposes – measurement N6: Numeracy for interpreting society – figures in texts
4. Ways to reduce our water use
• Generate a list of behaviours to reduce personal water consumption
PD F1‐2: Solve problems specific to an established goal. PD F1‐3: Demonstrate knowledge specific to an established goal PD F1‐4: Demonstrate skills specific to an established goal PD F1‐5: Demonstrate teamwork skills RW6: Reading for practical purposes RW7: Reading for knowledge 02: Oracy for knowledge 04: Oracy for exploring issues and problem solving N6: Numeracy for interpreting society – figures in texts
5. Reading water bills
• Analyse the water services detailed information on water bills and calculate percentages
PD F1‐2: Solve problems specific to an established goal PD F1‐3: Demonstrate knowledge specific to an established goal PD F1‐4: Demonstrate skills specific to an established goal PD F1‐5: Demonstrate teamwork skills RW6: Reading for practical purposes RW7: Reading for knowledge 02: Oracy for knowledge 03: Oracy for practical purposes N2: Numeracy for practical purposes – measurement N6: Numeracy for interpreting society – figures in texts
Alternative activity: Mission H20 computer game
• Better understand water consumption patterns and water saving measures
PD F1‐2: Solve problems specific to an established goal PD F1‐3: Demonstrate knowledge specific to an established goal PD F1‐4: Demonstrate skills specific to an established goal PD F1‐5: Demonstrate teamwork skills RW6: Reading for practical purposes RW7: Reading for knowledge 02: Oracy for knowledge 04: Oracy for exploring issues and problem solving
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Resource Requirements
Facilities and Equipment
Computer and data projector
Unit Materials
2. Slideshow: Global water Activity Guide: Global water
3. Activity Guide: Our water use Worksheet: Our water use 4. Activity Guide: Ways to reduce water use 5. Activity Guide: Reading water bills Worksheet: Reading water bills Alternative activity (Mission H20 game)
Internet access for www.savewater.com.au/mission‐h2o‐game On opening the game it offers eight options to choose from, each for differing parts of the house. You can take a guided simulation tour of the sections of the home and read tips on water saving ideas. You can then launch the game by selecting the “launch … game” tab.
Extension Activity: The Water Alert! Game This can be found at www.unicef.org/voy/explore/wes/explore_1818.html. There is a facilitator’s guide to the game at: www.unicef.org/voy/media/EngWaterFG.pdf.
Main learning objectives • Create an awareness of the inequities in water availability in different countries • Have students work out where they use water on a daily basis • Summarise the ways individuals can reduce water consumption in the home • Understand the different charges on water bills • Calculate percentage contribution of each of the water charges
Further Resources Team games books:
• Funn ‘n Games • Silver Bullets • Quicksilver • No props
Team games internet resources: http://wilderdom.com/games/InitiativeGames.html www.group‐games.com/ www.businessballs.com/teambuildinggames.htm