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Water teaching activities

  • Carrying water (LP/MP)  : Students explore a variety of ways water is collected where there is no infrastructure to deliver it to people's homes.
  • Cleaning muddy water (LP/MP)  : Students will make a simple sand and gravel filter to clean muddy water and make it suitable for washing (not drinking).
  • Clogged waterways (MP/UP)  : Students will analyse the impact of the water hyacinth weed on the lives of people and how a partnership addressed the problem
  • Collecting water (MP)  : Students will examine the technology used to assist in making the collection of water easier and safer.
  • Controlling weeds (LS)  : Students investigate and evaluate various means of weed control
  • Dying for want of basic needs (MP/UP)  : Students learn how different factors help prevent death from diarrhoea.
  • Giving water a lift (UP/LS)  : Students will investigate the use of pulleys (simple mechanical systems) that can reduce the effort required to haul water from a well. Students will design a simple pulley system to assist in lifting water from a well.
  • Health education (U/Sec)  : Students compare methods used in health promotion programs and their effectiveness in changing behaviour.
  • Make a tippy tap (UP)  : Students will examine the technology and health benefits of a tippy tap
  • Oral Rehydration Solution (LP/MP)  : Students learn how a simple solution of sugar and salt helps overcome dehydration and possible death from diarrhoea.
  • Water and health (U/Sec)  : Students investigate the impact of water-related diseases.
  • Water and sanitation development (U/Sec)  : Students explore some of the difficulties in providing water and sanitation infrastructure.
  • Water safe to drink (MP/UP)  :  Students will compare two methods of making water safe to drink: using alum and boiling; and boiling and distilling.
  • Water supply (UP/LS)  : Students compare improvements in supplying water and sanitation in the Mekong Delta with their own community.
  • Water use (UP/LS)  : Students compare water usage in relation to different access.

 

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 Year levels

LP  Lower primary years
MP  Middle primary years
UP  Upper primary years
LS  Lower secondary years
U/Sec  Upper secondary years

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