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Using Water - Uses of Water
Aims:
To enable pupils to recognise the different ways in which they use water
Materials:
Worksheet 1 - How do you use water?
Method:
Hand out worksheet at the appropriate level to each pupil
Ask them to complete the task
Discuss the different ways in which they use water - pick out those which are common and those which are more unusual
Discuss their estimates and explain that they will be finding out how much water they use through an investigation
1. How do you use water?
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1. Fill the water droplets with as many areas as you can where you use - or could use water.
2. Estimate in litres how much water you think you use each day. Think about all of the examples that you have put in the water droplets before you estimate.
_________ litres
Using Water - Worksheet 1
Hard level
How do you use water?

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Hard level
We use water for lots of things every day. Think about the ways you have used water today.
Imagine you are telling someone who cannot read about your day. Make a diary using pictures to show the ways you have used water since you got up this morning.
Show your diary to a friend and see if they can tell from your pictures what you have done.
Remember all the pictures must show you using water!
When I got up this morning I......
How do you use water?

Aim:
To allow pupils to examine how water is used in school and identify those staff who need water for particular aspects of their work
Material:
A copy of Worksheet 2 for each pupil
A two litre bottle filled with water
Method:
Explain that following their work on how they use water, you are going to consider how water is used in school
Hand out Worksheet 2 and discuss the tasks
Ask pupils to complete questions 1-3 and to write down the questions they would like to ask
As a class identify the staff members whom they have selected and the questions that they wish to ask
Arrange for these staff to visit the class to answer pupils questions. Following this pupils can complete question 4
Discuss the different ideas that they have for using the final two litres of water. Use the two litre water bottle to demonstrate how much waterthis is
2. How important is water?

Saving WaterUsing Water - Worksheet 2
How important is water?
Draw a picture of your favourite way of using water.
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1. List 3 ways that you have used water today. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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2. Look around your classroom or school. List 3 things you could use water for.
3. Many people in your school need water for the special jobs that they need to do.
Write the names of 3 different people that need water.
Think of 3 questions to ask each person about the water they use.In your group, think about all the ways people in your school use water. If there were only 2 litres of water left, which job do you
think is most important and why?
Water is very important to us.

Aim:
To enable pupils to find out how much water they use
Materials:
Copy of Worksheet 3a/3b for each pupil
Method:
This is a fun quiz to see how much pupils know about the amount of water that they use
Hand out Worksheet 3a to each pupil. The quiz can be completed individually, in pairs or in a small group. It can also be a homework task
Hand out answer sheet and see how pupils scored
Encourage them to use it on a member of their family
3a/3b How much water do you use?
The Quiz

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Circle the answer.
1. How much water is used by someone taking a shower?
18 litres 22 litres 27 litres
2. How much water is used by someone taking a bath?
3. How much water is used each time you flush the toilet?
4. How much water is used when you wash your face and clean your teeth?
5. How much water is used when you get a drink?
0.5 litre 1 litre 222 litres
6. Washing clothes in a washing machine uses on average:
80 lit res 100 litres 110 litres
7. Washing dishes by hand uses how much water?
7.5 litres 8 litres 8.5 litres
8. How much water does a garden sprinkler use each minute?
Check your answers with the Answer Sheet.
Using Water - Worksheet 3a
How much water do you use?
How much do you know about the amount of water you use? Try this quiz.

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Answer Sheet
1. 27 litres2. 80 litres3. 9 litres4. 4 litres5. 1 litre6. 80 litres7. 7.5 litres8. 9 litres
Give yourself two points for each correct answer.
If you scored:
12 - 16 pointsCongratulations! You know a lot about the amount of waterthat you use.
8 - 10 pointsYou know a little bit about the amount of water that you use. Look at the questions that you did not score any points and try to remember the answers.
Less than 8 pointsCould do better!
Try this quiz at home with members of your family to check how much they know about using water.
Using Water - Worksheet 3b
How much water do you use?

Aims:
To experience planning and undertaking an investigation
To practice producing and interpreting results in graphical form
To encourage informed attitudes on water usage
Materials:
Worksheets 4a/b/c Worksheets 5a/b
Method:
This investigation will take 7 days to complete including one weekend
Explain to pupils that this is a follow up investigation from the work that they have already completed on the use of water in school and other areas. They are to monitor the use of water in their home for 7 days
Hand out Worksheet 4a at the appropriate level and explain the investigation
Pupils should complete Worksheet 4a to identify the specific water use they will be monitoring before they take Worksheet 4b home
After 7 days pupils complete Worksheet 4c in class time and present their results on a graph
Worksheets 5a/5b provide an alternative way to present results
The data from this investigation will be useful to refer to when pupils consider how water can be saved
4a/b/c Water use investigation 5a/b How we use water

Saving WaterUsing Water - Worksheet 4a
This investigation should take 7 days to complete.
For this task you need to prepare a Water Record Sheet for each room or area of your home and garden where water is used.
1. Circle the rooms/ areas where you will need a Water Record Sheet:
livingroom kitchen garden bathroom bedroom garage
2. Think about how water might be used in the rooms/areas you have chosen. Fill out the table below.
Water use investigation
Room/Area Water Usekitchen drinking
3. Now write this information on to a separate Water Record Sheet for each room/ area of your home.
4. Tell your family about your investigation and ask them to mark a tally mark down on one of the Water Record Sheet whenever they use water.
5. If someone is using a garden sprinkler, record the number of minutes it is in use. Remember to leave a pen and pencil with your record sheet.
At the end of the 7 days bring back your tables to school.

Saving WaterUsing Water - Worksheet 4b
Water Record Sheets
Room/Area
Water use Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat Sun
Room/Area
Water use Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat Sun

Saving WaterUsing Water - Worksheet 4c
How much water does your family use at home?
Fill out the table with your results:
Average amountfor use
Number of times Total amount ofwater used
How you use water
taking a shower
taking a bath
flushing a toilet
washing face, hands, cleaning teeth
getting a drink
washing clothesby hand
washing clothes in a washing machine
washing dishesby hand
washing dishes ina dish washer
washing car witha bucket

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