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Focus Area Details
Biodiversity Network
Target 1
Target is to educate learners about the diverse eco-systems and how their attributes are an essential part of our lives. The target is to focus on animals according to the Special Days Calendar for 2023, as we educate our learners about various animals’ qualities and their importance and purpose on earth.
Target 1: Goals
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WORLD WETLANDS DAY |
Design a wetlands model |
School grounds |
• Discuss what the word wetland means. Explain that wetlands are amazing natural resources. They are basically ‘land’ that is ‘wet’ with shallow water. Wetlands can be swamps, ponds, lakes, rivers or even coral reefs. They are an amazing resource in our environment because they have the ability to clean dirty water. They are able to clean our water for free! • Create a list of adjectives to describe a wetland and/or draw what it might look like. Discuss your experiences of visiting a wetland. What do you think the features of a ‘true’ wetland are? You might like to use 1.4.1 to support this. • Think about the benefits of wetlands and the benefits they have for people and the environment. Why is it important for people to look after wetlands? Wetlands are currently facing challenges across the world. Since 1900 more than half of the world’s wetlands have been destroyed. • What challenges do you think wetlands are facing in your country? Use 1.4.2 to number the top three issues facing your country. Create a model wetland so that you can see how it filters water, you could use 1.4.3 as a guide. Why not go further and display it in your school for everyone to see? Alternatively, you could create a wetland awareness poster, write an acrostic poem or create a rap to encourage people to look after this important environment. |
Please see https://www.waterexplorer.org/files/2_Water_Explorer_Resource_Pack.pdf Pg24-28 |
Ms Cawood (Enviro-club co-ordinator) |
2 February – World Wetlands Day Energy & Climate Action and Water & Sanitation themes can be used for continuation lessons during the month of February. To further celebrate Wetlands Month, Informative posters can be made and displayed with wetlands models within school. |
WORLD PENGUIN DAY CELEBRATION |
Play a fishing game |
Grass quad outside hall |
• Introduction – a 5-minute clip about Penguins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8qilxaBR20 • Quick discussion – Potential threats/cause of penguin extinction: Global warming, pollution, alien invasion and over-fishing discussion. (15 minutes) Play “fishing management” game (45 minutes) • Get a tub of wrapped chocolates or an everyday bag of wrapped sweets, which will be used as the ‘fish’ in this activity. Select four types of sweets to represent four commonly caught fish species of differing commercial value – eg tuna (highest value), mackerel (high value), herring (medium value), and anchovy (low value) (https://wwfsassi.co.za/sassi-list/?_ga=2.23027186.813205777.1680958898-69581396.1680958898) Place the four types of sweets on a large table, but deliberately place fewer high-value sweets than the lower value ones, to reflect the natural differences in the abundance of these species in the environment. • Divide the class into four different teams, representing different fishing boats. Provide everyone with a ‘fishing net’ each, which could be a stick/ruler attached to a paper box. Get students to make a circle around the table with sweets, which represents the ‘open access fishery’ where everyone can catch as much fish as they want, but will consequently show the negative effects on fish stocks if fishers do not cooperate. • During the game, you should add sweets back into the pile to allow fish to ‘regenerate’ after a certain amount of time and stagger this for each species – anchovy (every 2 seconds), herring (every 4 seconds), mackerel (every 8 seconds) and tuna (every 12 seconds). This will reflect the natural growth of the fish stock. • There are three rounds to this game, and the first round should have no rules where each fishing team can fish for as many sweets as they want – this should quickly show the students that some kind of management is needed when the sweets quickly disappear. After each round, allow students to have an open discussion about their tactics and what rules they should make to allow them to fish for the higher value fish. • With each round, the aim of the activity is for the students to realize how a collapse of a fishery can occur, and think about what measures will allow them to continue to fish in a sustainable way. |
https://www.sciencejournalforkids.org/articles/lesson-ideas/overfishing-game-for-students/ chocolate sweets, rulers. |
Ms Cawood (Enviro-club co-ordinator) |
April 25 – World Penguin Day |
WORLD DAY TO COMBAT DESERTIFICATION AND DROUGHT |
Learn about secret water |
Outdoors |
• Discuss desertification and drought and how we can combat the causes and effects thereof. (10 minutes) • Play a flash card game whereby learners sort water uses activities into descending order, the team who gets it correct first is titled “winner”. (15 minutes) • Begin to explore how “secret water” is used. Introduce flash cards for foods and other items that use secret water. See if teams can guess the amount of hidden water in items. • Discuss the facts about water that is hidden in products. (20 minutes) • Hand out “challenge your family worksheets for learners to take home. Learners must challenge their families to save water in ways that can be seen, as well as secret water. Learners return sheets after 4 weeks. (15 minutes) |
flash cards, challenge your family sheet https://www.waterexplorer.org/files/2_Water_Explorer_Resource_Pack.pdf) Pg 130-135 |
Ms Cawood (Enviro-club co-ordinator) |
June 17 – World Day To Combat Desertification And Drought |
ENDANGERED SPECIES DAY/ INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR BIODIVERSITY |
Play endangered species tag |
Computer lab and school playground |
• Discuss alien invasives and look at some of the types of invasive plants (20 minutes) • Play Invasive Species game. Please see – https://sustainableschools.natureconnect.earth/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/LESSON_Invasive-Species_Invasive-Species-Tag_Gr-4-6_Lesson-Plan.pdf (40 minutes) |
data projector, speakers, internet connection, ribbons/tags |
Ms Cawood (Enviro-club co-ordinator) |
May 20 – Endangered Species Day/ 22 May International Day for Biodiversity |
SHARK AWARENESS DAY |
Make a shark bookmark |
Computer lab |
• Discuss species of sharks, and how they are endangered, for what do people hunt sharks? (10 minutes) • Watch a short clip about sharks (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BolYvL35UaA) (10 minutes) • Make a shark bookmark (Shark Bookmarks.pdf) |
data projector, speakers, internet connection, cardboard, glue, scissors |
Ms Cawood (Enviro-club co-ordinator) |
14 July – Shark Awareness Day |
NELSON MANDELA DAY (NELSON MANDELA BAY) |
Identify animals at Nelson Mandela Bay |
Computer lab |
• Ask the students if they have ever heard of Nelson Mandela Bay and what they know about it. Introduce the topic by explaining the geography and history of the Bay. Show pictures of Nelson Mandela and explain his significance to the Bay. https://blog.nmbt.co.za/blog/entry/nelson-mandela-bays-rich-marine-biodiversity (20 minutes) • Divide the class into groups of 3-4 and ask them to research one animal in the Bay. They should gather information/significance of the animal, and prepare a poster to display within the school (30 minutes) |
data projector, speakers, internet connection, |
Ms Cawood (Enviro-club co-ordinator) |
18 July – Nelson Mandela Day |
WORLD ELEPHANT DAY |
Write about glorious elephants |
Computer lab |
• Watch a video clip about elephants https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aw6GkiCvcWs (10 minutes) • Read up about how elephants positively affect biodiversity and eco-sytems https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/fandd/issues/2020/09/how-african-elephants-fight-climate-change-ralph-chami (15 minutes) • https://download.evan-moor.com/mkt/Social/2021-09/ElephantShapeBook.pdf Write a creative poem or piece about elephants. Make an elephant display (35 minutes) |
data projector, speakers, internet connection, elephant printouts, pencils crayons, pens and pencils |
Ms Cawood (Enviro-club co-ordinator) |
12 August – World Elephant Day |
WORLD RIVERS DAY |
Conduct a mini SASS |
Dusi River or another stream |
• Consent letters giving permission to take learners to the Dusi River/stream • Whilst holding a small net in the current, disturb the stones, vegetation, sand etc. with your feet or hands. • You can also lift stones out of the current and pick insects off gently with your fingers • or tweezers. • Do this for about 5 minutes whilst moving across the river to different habitats. • Rinse the net and empty the contents into a plastic tray. Identify each group using the • dichotomous key • Mark the identified insects off on the identification guide. • Fill in the site information and add up the sensitivity scores to determine the average • score (see scoring sheet on back page). • Remember to WASH your hands when done |
https://www.waterexplorer.org/files/2_Water_Explorer_Resource_Pack.pdf Pg 30-34, Net, White container / tray / icecream tub, Pencil, Shoes/gumboots, Hand wash / soap, Magnifying glass (optional), Large tweezers (optional) |
Ms Cawood (Enviro-club co-ordinator) |
24 September – World Rivers Day |
WORLD HABITAT DAY/WORLD ANIMAL DAY |
School Biodiversity audit |
Outdoors |
Please see: https://sustainableschools.natureconnect.earth/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Audit_G4_5_Biodiversity-Network_Grey.pdf |
paper, pencil, eraser. |
Ms Cawood (Enviro-club co-ordinator) |
2/4 October – World Habitat Day/World Animal Day |
WORLD CHILDREN’S DAY |
The Water We Eat |
Computer lab |
• Start by telling the students the amount of secret water in a food item from the list below e.g. An apple has 70L of secret water. • Choose another food item from the list. • Do students think that it has a higher or lower amount of secret water than the previous item? (They could indicate their response by holding their hands up high or down low). • Give them the answer – was it higher or lower? You could make this more difficult by encouraging students to guess the exact amount. • Try this with a few different food types. • A flash card game can be played whereby learners sort foods from least water to most. |
https://www.waterexplorer.org/files/2_Water_Explorer_Resource_Pack.pdf Pg 136-139 |
Ms Cawood (Enviro-club co-ordinator) |
20 November – World Children’s Day |
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION DAY |
Wildlife research |
Classroom/computer lab/outdoors |
• Split learners into groups. • Give each group an animal (Tiger, lion, elephant, panther, cheetah, wolf, hyena, giraffe, deer etc) • Allow each group time to conduct research on their animal. • Learners design informative posters about these animals. |
Computers, posters, colours, pencils. |
Ms Cawood (Enviro-club co-ordinator) |
4 December – Wildlife Conservation Day |
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Sustainable Schools, teachers, learners and community. |
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Focus Area Details
Production, Consumption & Waste
Target 1
The focus area target is to implement recycling within our School and the community, whereby we educate and promote regular recycling. To illuminate litter and promote the three R’s. Identify learners who may be interested in participating in the Howick Trashion Show, and encourage them to design and make an outfit to model at the event in June 2023.
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WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION DAY |
Nature Walk |
Computer lab and school grounds |
• Introduce enviro-club by watching a short clip about environmental matters for children. Greta Thunberg, or other. (10 minutes) • Discuss why we should care for our environment, and our vision for enviro-club. (10 minutes) • Take a walk around the school grounds and identify and discuss any things that catch our attention – plants, litter, insects, birds, clouds, etc. (40 minutes) |
data projector, internet connection. |
Ms Cawood (Enviro-club co-ordinator) |
26 January – World Environmental Education Day |
COMMUNITY CLEAN UP DAY |
Eco-bricks competition |
School grounds |
• Host a competition between grades to see which grade can collect Eco-bricks the fastest. • Use eco-bricks to design and build a bench area. |
2 litre bottle and plastic/litter |
Ms Cawood (Enviro-club co-ordinator) |
4 March – Community Clean-Up Day |
WORLD HEALTH DAY |
Plan a garden |
Computer lab |
• To promote healthy eating, discuss types of foods available. Identify which foods contain European additives, artificial colourants/flavourings and other unhealthy ingredients. (10 minutes) • Discuss (or debate!) permaculture vs monoculture farming and the effects each has on the environment. (20 minutes) • Encourage each learner to submit a water friendly recipe that we can include in our very own recipe book. Think about publishing this book for learners and parents to buy. • Start our own garden, decide on a garden committee or team, whose responsibility it will be to care for the garden, perhaps work on a rotational roster. Responsibilities will include collection and use of grey water for watering of garden, de-weeding and upkeep of garden. • Decide what to do with the produce, e.g., sell to staff to make funds to replenish garden, etc. (30 minutes) |
https://www.waterexplorer.org/files/2_Water_Explorer_Resource_Pack.pdf pg 10-19 |
Ms Cawood (Enviro-club co-ordinator) |
Although 7 April is World Health Day, the garden project could offer many ideal practical, hands-on opportunities for many environmental lessons, including: an increased awareness of nutrition, healthy eating, environmental awareness, eco-systems, increased life skills, enhancing the outdoor learning experience. Therefore, there is no deadline for this project. The compost exercise (below) should be done in preparation of planting. |
INTERNATIONAL COMPOST WEEK |
Prepare soil for garden |
School Garden and compost heap |
• Visit the school’s compost heap, and discuss what compost is, how it is used in a garden and its’ benefits. (20 minutes) • Learners collect a handful of compost each, and using a recycled container, transport the compost to the school garden. (20 minutes) • With the use of the school’s garden tools, and hands, learners get down and dirty to prepare the garden. Tossing up soil and mixing a 50/50 ratio of soil and compost to prepare the garden bed. (20 minutes) • Seedlings are planted in rows and labelled. (1 hour) |
Old clothes and takkies, recycled container, garden tools. |
Ms Cawood (Enviro-club co-ordinator) |
7-13 May – International Compost Week |
WORLD OCEANS DAY |
How can we prevent litter in the oceans? |
Computer lab |
• Review Global Goal 14: Life Below Water • Introduce and Explore the Problem – How plastic trash effects marine life • Discover Solutions – What is currently being done to address this issue? • What will you do? – A Writing Activity • Sharing and Debrief |
Please see http://cdn.worldslargestlesson.globalgoals.org/2017/05/WED-Lewis-Pugh-Marine-Litter-Lesson-Plan-Final.pdf Data projector, paper and pens. |
Ms Cawood (Enviro-club co-ordinator) |
8 June – World Oceans Day |
WORLD NATURE CONSERVATION DAY |
Scavenger hunt |
School grounds |
• Discuss World Nature Conservation Day and how this day/celebration encapsulates many environmental themes, as well as the importance of protecting our planet’s natural resources: air, sunlight, soil, minerals, fuels, and water. (15 minutes) • Host a scavenger hunt, whereby learners are split into teams and must try find (collect where possible) each item on the list. |
Scavenger hunt sheet, pencils/pens. |
Ms Cawood (Enviro-club co-ordinator) |
28 July- World Nature Conservation Day |
WORLD WATER WEEK STARTS |
Water saving pledges |
Outdoors |
• Discuss how water is used at school and ways in which we could save water. • In groups, make informative water-saving posters to place strategically around the school to remind staff and learners to save water. • Make cardboard water droplet water saving pledges and select leaders to distribute droplets to each class, asking the teacher to allow their learners in each class to make a water-saving promise or pledge. • An “idea sheet” could be distributed also, to give learners ideas and correct spelling. • Ask younger learners to paint their finger print onto their droplets. Their teacher will need to explain the pledge to them as they do this. • Leaders will collect water saving droplets from each class once done. • Create a display using these droplets. Use ribbon to attach 4 back-to-back droplets and drape on a tree. |
Water shaped cardboard, ribbon, poster paper, stationery. |
Ms Cawood (Enviro-club co-ordinator) |
23 August- World Water Week starts |
WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DAY |
Swap party |
Outdoors |
• Discuss energy and water used in the process of manufacturing of products, such as clothing (jeans, T-shirts, etc.), toys and books. (15 minutes) • Send letter home in advance to parents, indicating purpose of swap party. Plan a party, what resources we will need, will we have anyone entertaining (a rap, dance or song about environmental health) (15 minutes) • Host a swap party whereby learners bring items to school that they no longer use, wear, or want. Learners may swap items as many times as they wish. (30 minutes) |
https://www.waterexplorer.org/files/2_Water_Explorer_Resource_Pack.pdf pg 158-160 |
Ms Cawood (Enviro-club co-ordinator) |
26 September – World Environmental Health Day This activity can be carried out over 2 lessons, as learners prepare for the event. Healthy snacks and lunches may be brought to snack on during the party. |
E WASTE DAY |
The E-waste issue |
Computer lab |
• Discuss e waste and the potential destruction that technological items have on the environment, i.e., e waste filling landfills, not being recycled and potential toxins contaminating soil and water. (10 minutes) • Create a space within our recycling area for e-waste (if not already established by then), and create awareness posters to inform people about e-waste recycling. (50 minutes) |
Poster paper and stationery. |
Ms Cawood (Enviro-club co-ordinator) |
14 October – E Waste Day |
Potential Partners
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Sustainable Schools, JK Recycling, Central Waste, Enviro-timbers, teachers, learners and community. |
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Focus Area Details
Energy & Climate Action
Target 1
Planned target is to educate and inform learners of the energy crisis and global warming. Encouraging active involvement in day-to-day activities in reducing our carbon footprint, but also inspiring thoughts about potential developments in sustainable and natural energy.
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Target 3: Goals
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SOLAR APPRECIATION DAY |
Renewable vs non-renewable energies |
Computer lab and outdoors |
• Show a presentation on energy and explain various types of energies used and their advantages and disadvantages/effects on the environment (renewable and non-renewable energy). • In teams, learners use various insulation materials to insulate a box as best as possible. • Place frozen water bottles into completed, insulated boxes and leave for the day (boxes placed in direct sunlight). • The winning team’s water will have melted most. |
bubble wrap, tin foil and any other types of insulators (learners may bring materials from home), water bottles, freezer. Data projector. |
Ms Cawood (Enviro-club co-ordinator) |
10 March – Solar Appreciation Day |
EARTH DAY |
Craft a cloth bag |
Outdoors |
• Learners bring an old T-shirt to school (prepare letter to parents in advance) • Using scissors, learners cut strips into the bottom of shirt, and tie knots to close bottom • Cut off sleeves, leaving vest part as bag handle |
Old T-shirrt, scissors |
Ms Cawood (Enviro-club co-ordinator) |
22 April – Earth Day |
WORLD BEE DAY |
Make bee hotels |
Outdoors |
• Explain: Large bees, such as bumblebees, have lower heat tolerance, making them more susceptible to climate change and the warming climate. This decline in bees can cause “cascading” effects on plant pollination, affecting many ecosystems, including humans. Insects are the world’s top pollinators. • Cut equal lengths of bamboo, tie together with rope or ribbon. • Place under sheltered area. |
bamboo, ribbon or rope |
Ms Cawood (Enviro-club co-ordinator) |
20 May – World Bee Day |
WORLD RAINFOREST DAY |
Deforestation |
Computer lab |
• Discuss and define deforestation. • Explore the effects of deforestation on the environment, and the effects of deforestation on specific people. • Complete questionnaire within. |
Please see: https://www.earthday.org/wp-content/uploads/5-8-Lesson-Plan-2.pdf |
Ms Cawood (Enviro-club co-ordinator) |
22 June – World Rainforest Day |
WORLD WATER WEEK STARTS |
Water saving pledges |
Outdoors |
(Continuation lesson) • Discuss how water is used at school and ways in which we could save water. • In groups, make informative water-saving posters to place strategically around the school to remind staff and learners to save water. • Make cardboard water droplet water saving pledges and select leaders to distribute droplets to each class, asking the teacher to allow their learners in each class to make a water-saving promise or pledge. • An “idea sheet” could be distributed also, to give learners ideas and correct spelling. • Ask younger learners to paint their finger print onto their droplets. Their teacher will need to explain the pledge to them as they do this. • Leaders will collect water saving droplets from each class once done. • Create a display using these droplets. Use ribbon to attach 4 back-to-back droplets and drape on a tree. |
Water shaped cardboard, ribbon, poster paper, stationery. |
Ms Cawood (Enviro-club co-ordinator) |
23 August- World Water Week |
ARBOUR DAY |
Plant an indigenous tree |
Outdoors |
• Plant an indigenous tree at school • Discuss the importance of trees • Learn about the paper-making process and act it out |
indigenous tree, spade and water |
Ms Cawood (Enviro-club co-ordinator) |
September (1st week) – Arbour Day |
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF CLIMATE ACTION |
Climate change vs weather |
Outdoors |
• Have one learner to place several jackets on at the same time. Ask the learner to describe how they feel. • Discuss climate change and the devastating affects thereof. • Make informative posters on climate change |
Jackets, poster materials and stationery |
Ms Cawood (Enviro-club co-ordinator) |
24 October – International Day of Climate Action |
WORLD TSUNAMI DAY |
Natural Disasters |
Computer lab |
• Watch a video clip on Destructive Tsunamis • Discuss the cause of tsunamis and other natural disasters (earth quakes, floods, droughts, wild fires, etc) • Have a quiz based on the video watched |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wx9vPv-T51I&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fsouthern.libguides.com%2F&feature=emb_logo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnwnLI3K5ss |
Ms Cawood (Enviro-club co-ordinator) |
5 November – World Tsunami Day |
WORLD SOIL DAY |
Soil Experiment |
school garden |
• Gather 3 types of soil (sandy, clay & loam) • View and discuss the properties of each soil type • Explore how soil can purify water • What lives within the soil? Worms – explore the importance of worms in our soil • Watch a clip about soil if time |
soil in jars, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7h6psLfYA7w and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JXOP9Xrvd4 |
Ms Cawood (Enviro-club co-ordinator) |
5 December – World Soil Day |
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Focus Area Details
Water & Sanitation
Target 1
Target is to teach learners the importance of Water & Sanitation. Access to safe drinking water, toilets and good hygiene keep children alive and healthy. Exploring water facts and water saving techniques.
Target 1: Goals
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WORLD WATER DAY |
Rap Tap Tap |
Outdoors |
• Discover how people access and use water across the world (10 minutes) • Read some raps and explore the English language and its’ attributes (5 minutes) • In groups, write a rap and make a beat to go with it. Perform your rap during enviro-club or assembly (45 minutes) |
https://www.waterexplorer.org/files/2_Water_Explorer_Resource_Pack.pdf pg 41-47 |
Ms Cawood (Enviro-club co-ordinator) |
22 March – World Water Day |
WORLD AQUATIC ANIMAL DAY |
Ocean mobile |
Outdoors |
• Previous week, learners bring a shoe box to school • On scrap paper, print out various ocean animals and hand out sheets • Learners colour in and decorate their sea creatures and paint shoe box • Learners make an ocean mobile |
shoe box, string, cut outs, paint, colours |
Ms Cawood (Enviro-club co-ordinator) |
3 April – World Aquatic Animal Day |
WORLD TURTLE DAY |
Turtle art and quiz |
Outdoors |
• Ask learners questions about turtles • Hand out turtle pictures for learners to decorate using recyclables (this is a reminder of why litter should be kept out of the sea!) |
https://www.twinkl.co.za/blog/8-world-turtle-day-activities-for-kids glue, recyclables, scissors |
Ms Cawood (Enviro-club co-ordinator) |
23 May – World Turtle Day |
WORLD REEF DAY / WORLD MANGROVE DAY |
My book |
Computer lab |
• Watch a video clip about coral reefs and mangroves • Discuss what was learned • In groups, learners write and illustrate short books that explain to younger children how the animals that inhabit coral reefs and how mangroves are uniquely suited to their environment. |
Data projector, internet connection, paper and stationery, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwJDlDZvJ-0&t=2s and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxIWYC9KE0M&t=4s |
Ms Cawood (Enviro-club co-ordinator) |
1 June – World Reef Day and 26 July – World Mangrove Day |
WORLD WATER WEEK |
Thirsty paper |
school grounds |
• Start a paper saving campaign • Conduct a paper audit • Create paper saving awareness posters |
https://www.waterexplorer.org/files/2_Water_Explorer_Resource_Pack.pdf pg 145-148 |
Ms Cawood (Enviro-club co-ordinator) |
23 August – World Water Week |
WORLD WATER MONITORING DAY |
Clean up that water |
Outdoors |
• Place sand and gravel inside your bottle of muddy water. Stir the sand and gravel in. • Observe the sand and gravel sinking to the bottom. This is called sedimentation. • Cut the top third off your empty bottle. Use the top of the bottle as a funnel and the bottom as a beaker. • Place the funnel on top of the beaker. Fold a piece of paper towel (or filter paper) into the funnel. • Slowly pour the dirty water through the filter and into the funnel. |
: 1 bottle of muddy water, 2 clear plastic bottles, Sand and gravel, Filter paper or kitchen roll, something to stir the water. Please see https://www.waterexplorer.org/files/2_Water_Explorer_Resource_Pack.pdf pg 3-9 |
Ms Cawood (Enviro-club co-ordinator) |
18 September – World Water Monitoring Day |
WORLD TOILET DAY |
Flushed away |
School grounds |
• Conduct a toilet audit. • In groups, count and record the: number of toilets in each bathroom, how many toilets have a water saving device installed and the number of leaking toilets and/or urinals. • Record your results. • Calculate how much water is used every day to flush all of the toilets in the school. • Report leaky toilets to the site manager at your school • Place 500ml bottles in your toilet cisterns • Create posters in the bathrooms and announce at school assembly, encouraging people to save water. |
https://www.waterexplorer.org/files/2_Water_Explorer_Resource_Pack.pdf pg 124 – 129 |
Ms Cawood (Enviro-club co-ordinator) |
19 November – World Toilet Day |
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