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=Lesson Five - Sorting out (Recycling Water)=

LEARNING FOCUS:
Students will be looking into more depth the ways in which human activities can affect our environments and the world we live in. They will develop a deeper awareness of environmental issues such as water saving and have experiences of this through participating in activities.

**OBJECTIVE(S):** The students will learn how and why recycling/saving water is important at both school and home. The students will start implementing the water recycling program into their school recycling program by washing their hands over a bucket to collect the water. __ ** Questions: ** __ These questions may be asked at both the start and end of the lesson. At the start you will find out what the students know and at the end of the lesson you will see what the students understood. Use the ‘Turn and Talk’ method, eg ask the question the advise the students to discuss the question with the person sitting next to them before discussing it as a whole class.
 * Why might we save/recycle water?**
 * How could we do this at home and at school?**
 * Do you think it is important to recycle/save water after this lesson? Why?**


 * Lesson Duration 30 minutes**
 * Timing || Learning Activities || Teaching Activities || Resources ||
 * 10 min

15 min

15 min || * Students will sit on floor ready to participate in the lesson. They will listen and discuss why it is iportant to save and recycle water and look at the picture and youtube clip to help them process this information
 * Students will think about where they use water at home and at school and will discuss ways in which they can help to save/recycle this water.
 * Students will explore the idea of having a bucket in their classroom sink and will each have their photo washing their hands and collecting the water.
 * Another photo will be taken of the children watering their seedling with the water that they have recycled.
 * Students will realise that these photos will help the teacher make a poster to go above the sink so they know exactly what they should be doing to save water.
 * Students will go to their tables and create a picture that explains how they will save/recycle water at home of at school.
 * Note: These picture could be made into a book about saving water for the class to read. || * ·Discuss ﻿information about the drought and how it affects us, show pictures on how drought affects farmers, plants, animals and people. Note that these pictures are for prep and grade 1 student’s so are not too severe as you do not want the students to become frightened.


 * Ask the class the following questions
 * Where do we use and see water at home?
 * How do you think we can save/recycle water at home?
 * Turn tap off when brushing our teeth
 * Save the water from our baths and bath with our siblings – get family member to help bucket it out and put the water on the garden.


 * Implement a water saving idea for the class. For example wash hands over bucket in the classroom sink.


 * As the class has a sink in their room and the students have to wash their hands before they eat explain to them that there is now a bucket in the sink and that the students have to wash their hands over the bucket which will collect the water.
 * Show the students the white bucket and get them to place it in the sink.
 * Explain that the water they safe/recycle will then be used to water their seedlings they planted earlier in the term.


 * Ask the students to draw a picture about them saving/recycling water, it may be how they will do it at home or at school. This will be a reminder to them as to how they can help save our environment.

Interactive - Whiteboard
 * Take photos of the students washing their hands over the bucket and carrying out the water to water our plants. Make a saving/recycling water poster and stick it above the sink. These photos will also be used in the powerpoint presentation that will be presented in the final lesson || Computer

-File - Photos on drought'

'youtube on saving water at home'

Didital Camera

White bucket

Paper and pencils ||