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**Lesson 2 - Water conservation and recycling**


This lesson focuses on the importance of water conservations. To start off the lesson ask the students if they know what crisis modern day Australia is facing. Then give the students some facts about the drought that Australia is facing and ask them for some reasons why it is important to save water. Then ask students how effective they think their house hold is at using water. Organise students into mixed ability groups of about 4 students and get them to complete a work sheet about what uses more water and what uses less water then think of some ways they can save water around the home and at school. They can research this on the internet if computers are available in the class room, other wise bring some books to school that they can use to research. Once this is done get students to go outside to an already prepared area of the garden (If this is not possible the activity can be done in the classroom). Where they will make their own self watering plant. Show the students how this is done, and then get them to make their own, help where needed. Once students have done this head back inside and discuss the answers of the worksheet and get students to report back on the different strategies they came up with to save water in their groups. Have a short discussion about the different strategies. Then hand out a worksheet that students can take home to see how effectively their householdes use water, and encourage students to impliment some of their strategies at home. Also encourage students to check up on there plants during the following weeks.

By the end of this lesson students should understand that the way they use water at home affects the environment.



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