Years 6 to 7 (Unit 1)
Water Journeys
In this unit, students investigate where our water comes from and where it goes. They examine their own and their family’s water use, and identify ways in which they can use water more efficiently. They undertake a design challenge to create a promotional product, such as a magazine advertisement or digital media product, for the Waterwise marketing campaign targeting the home.
The unit is available as a complete PDF for ease of printing. It has also been split into sections for faster downloading.
Years 6 to 7 Unit 1: Water journeys (PDF, 806K)*
Content of Unit 1 in sections
- Cover and contents (PDF, 485K)*
- Introduction (PDF, 446K)*
- Lesson 1: Water - a precious resource (PDF, 426K)*
- Lesson 2: Saving water at home (PDF, 445K)*
- Lesson 3: Water journeys through our town - part 1 (PDF, 481K)*
- Lesson 4: Water journeys through our town - part 2 (PDF, 406K)*
- Lesson 5: Exploring your catchment (PDF, 432K)*
- Lessons 6a, b and c: Catchments and water cycles (PDF, 479K)*
- Lesson 6a: Catchments and water cycles (PDF, 442K)*
- Lesson 6b: Resource 6—The water cycle (PDF, 51K)*
- Lesson 6c: Resource 7—The water cycle with human impacts (Concept map) (PDF, 30K)*
- Lesson 7: Water cycle adventure (PDF, 411K)*
- Lesson 8: Designing the product (PDF, 451K)*
- Lesson 9: Creating the product (PDF, 408K)*
- Lesson 10: Evaluating the product (PDF, 440K)*
More resources
A digital version of the Water: Learn it for life! curriculum resources and Whizzy's Incredible Journey's-Pick-a-Path Book is avaialble on our Water: Learn it for life! curriculum resource CD-ROM. To order the 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