LESSON 2: COMPARISON TO NORTHERN COMMUNITY
Once students have a good understanding of the quantity and frequency of water they are using each day, they can be introduced to the reality that this is not the norm for everyone.
OBJECTIVES:
• Explain and appreciate the importance of clean air and water for humans, plants and animals.
• Identify substances that pollute air and water, and describe ways of reducing such pollution. Examples: car exhaust, smoke, carbon monoxide, oil, house paints, and sewage...
• Recognize that clean water is an increas- ingly scarce resource in many parts of the world, and describe consequences of a shortage of clean water.
ACTIVATE: Take the children’s four quad- rant drawings and post them on the wall, board or somewhere visible to students. While they are watching, tell them that they are going to learn about all of the ways that people in Northern communities use water in their daily lives. Go through each draw- ing and using a Post-It note, cover up the pictures that are not possible in Northern Communities.
Examples:
Drinking water from tap – could get ill Having a bath – contaminants could hurt your skin
Water Fights- no extra water available for recreation use
ACQUIRE: Don’t supply the students with the ‘why’ of the Northern Communities water deficits. Instead, have them generate questions based on the spots that the Post-It notes are covering. Ie. Why can’t they drink from the tap? How do they get water they can drink? Can they play any water games? How do they wash the dishes?
APPLY: Using Skype, connect with a Northern Community that is under a boil water advisory and have the children ask a member of the community their questions. Have students use their individual blogs to write about what they have learned from the answers, how this makes them feel and anything else they still wonder about.
SUPPLEMENTARY READINGS, VIDEOS AND WEBSITES BOOKS
Sandy’s Incredible Shrinking Footprint Written by: Femida Handy and Carole Carpenter Sandy loves going to the beach at her Grandpa’s house. One day she comes across a pile of garbage that is ruining the beautiful beach. Through “Garbage Lady”, Sandy learns about an ecological footprint and everyone’s responsibility to shrink it.
Save Water Written by: Kay Barnham This easy to read book with lots of great pictures explores where water comes from, how water can be polluted and why we should save water.
Splash! Water – Taking Care of Your Planet Written by: Nuria and Empar Jimenez In this colourful picture book, children learn about the importance of water in the lives of all people, plants and animals. Children discover ways to conserve water.
Love your world – how to take care of the plants, the animals and the planet Written by: Dawn Sirett This beautiful book is full of photographs of children taking care of the Earth. Kids learn how they can make a big differ- ence through activities such as growing a garden, recycling trash and reusing.
10 Things I Can Do To Help My World Written by: Melanie Walshj This colourful and engaging picture book gives young kids ten simple things that we all can do to help the world.
VIDEOS
Wonder Grove Kids
https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=rl0YiZjTqpw
This is a great kid-friendly video that talks about why water is a valuable resource, the importance of conserving and ways kids can help.
Water – Who Needs It? By Cal Water
youtube.com/watch? v=tulDfG-8bjU&t=31s This 14-minute video geared toward very young children talks about the importance of water. It discusses what would happen without water, ways people use water, how people waste water, problems with polluted water and ways to save water.
TEACHER WEBSITES
partselect.ca/Resources/Teaching-Kids- About-Water-Conservation.aspx
thewaterpage.com/
water-conservation.htm
resources4rethinking.ca
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