WaterWise Teacher's Guide
ISBN : 1 86283 036 3
Published Date : 01 March 1992
Product Code : F 61P 1992
Format : pdf file for download
By Bob Moffatt and Kerry Kitzelman
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Teachers Information
This book contains 90 pages of classroom notes, activities and games for cutting and pasting however the pdf is a scan of the original book, so you will have to use adobe acrobat pro or similar for word recognition.
Suitable for upper primary and middle schools with lots of hands on activities.
Contents
Part A Classroom notes
- Objectives, did you know why we need to conserve water?
- Water catchment areas
- Our catchment area
- Our dams
- Why water needs to be purified
- Water purification plants
- Water supply and sewage
- Why be WaterWise
- The value of water, average water use
- What Govemments do to conserve water
- Research into water conservation
- Water distribution and conservation
- Domestic water use
- Where water is used jn the house
- Saving water in the house
- Water conservation and showers
- Water saving toilets
- Saving water in the garden
- Waste water
- Treatment processes
- Disposal of effluent
- Pollution levels
- Faecal coliforms and water
- Storm water
Part B Classroom Activities
Upper Primary program
- Overview
- Lesson sequence Councillors visit
- Worksheet Local Government The WaterWise Game Part A The WaterWise Game
Lower Secondary program
- The effect of water saving devices ... Class discussion questions WaterWise activities
Upper Secondary
- Lectures available
- Excursions
- Demonstrations and experiment
