Year 1
My friend Whizzy
The Year 1 unit, My friend Whizzy, is designed to help students develop an understanding of how precious water is, and how it can be conserved.
The unit aligns with the Science and SOSE (Studies of Society and Environment) Essential Learnings and uses Whizzy's Incredible Journeys Pick-a-Path book as one of the core foundations for the lesson plans and activities. Whizzy the waterdrop features throughout this unit and plays a major role in introducing the Waterwise message and water science concepts.
This unit incorporates four mini-inquiries which are designed to be engaging, stimulating and challenging, providing meaningful hands-on experiences for Year 1 students.
The unit is available as a complete PDF for ease of printing. It has also been split into sections for faster downloading.
Complete PDF
My friend Whizzy (PDF, 2.3M)*
Content in sections
- Cover and Content (PDF, 483K)*
- Introduction (PDF, 456K)*
- Mini-inquiry 1: Why is water unique? (PDF, 450K)*
- Mini-inquiry 2: Where do we find water? (PDF, 434K)*
- Mini-inquiry 3: Why do we need water? (PDF, 453K)*
- Mini-inquiry 4: How can we save our water? (PDF, 470K)*
- Resource 1: Water messages (PDF, 104K)*
- Resource 2: Whizzy's picture talk cards (PDF, 473K)*
- Resource 3: H2O expert cap (PDF, 47K)*
- Resource 4: Observation checklist for year 1 (PDF, 46K)*
- Resource 5: Predict, Observe, Explain POE cards (PDF, 65K)*
- Resource 6: How a tap works (PDF, 25K)*
- Resource 7: Water sources investigation (PDF, 31K)*
- Resource 8: Pre-test water use list (PDF, 58K)*
- Resource 9: Whizzy's letter and card (PDF, 45K)*
- Resource 10: Reflection cards (PDF, 36K)*
- Resource 11: Cloud identification chart (PDF, 40K)*
- Resource 12: No water pictures (What's wrong) (PDF, 1.7M)*
- Resource 12a: Drinking water (PDF, 1.0M)*
- Resource 12b: Vegetation (PDF, 806K)*
- Resource 12c: Animal life (PDF, 728K)*
- Resource 12d: Recreation (PDF, 539K)*
- Resource 13: Whizzy's Waterwise song (PDF, 28K)*
- Resource 14: Charades-Rubric assessment sheet (PDF, 27K)*
- Resource 15: Are we saving water yet? Rubric assessment using pictures (PDF, 24K)*
More resources
A digital version of the Water: Learn it for life! curriculum resources and Whizzy's Incredible Journeys Pick-a-Path book is availabel on our Water: Learn it for life! curriculum resource CD-ROM. To order teh CD or a printed hard copy, go to the online order form.
For additional Whizzy resources, including Whizzy's Song, go to Whizzy's Resources. For other online water educational resources see the Resource Bank.
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Last updated: 13 August 2009