Water & Sanitation Audit

Activity Introduction

A sustainability audit is a powerful tool to evaluate how your school is managing resources and impact on the environment. Think of it as taking a snapshot of your school’s current sustainability practices, helping you to establish a baseline and identify areas for improvement. By investigating, measuring, and analysing key aspects of environmental sustainability including energy use, water conservation, or waste management, you can reveal opportunities to implement impactful action projects that drive meaningful and lasting change in your school community.

Prior Knowledge: Tally system, basic mathematics (operations & measurement), percentages

Resources Required: Audit sheets (downloadable below), pens/pencils, clipboards (if available), water metre/school water bills, measuring jug, watch/timer, Internet access and mobile devices if using the online Audit forms.

Key Concepts & Skills: Water Awareness, Analysing, Interpreting, Recording, Measuring, Planning, Creativity & Innovation, Communicating, Collaborating.

Extra Notes: The audits are available as both a PDF and a Google form. Choose which version would be best for your school context or do both!

Duration: 1-2 Hour (including time for discussion and gathering evidence)

Level of teacher facilitation: Moderate-High

Curriculum links: Social Sciences (Geography) – Map Skills; Mathematics – Basic Operations & Data Handling; Life Sciences – Environmental Studies (Human Impact on the Environment).

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