David Rogers

I wanted Year 10 pupils to actually interact with the issues of water conservation before tackling a DME on the subject. I hope that personal experience will give them an insight into this important issue and some perspective when it comes to studying water resource issues in LEDC countries. I've decided to use the department blog in order to record the experiment. I've asked pupils to work out their personal daily consumption of water; then research ways in which to cut this down. The final stage the pupils have to put this into practise, using the blog to report on progress. I used this with the first class today, and it seemed to go down well, although I'll see how many pupils carry the whole project through! I'm hoping that some pupils will find it very difficult to cut down their use of water, allowing them to gain some perspective on this issue. The activity is based on this PowerPoint which guides the pupils through. Has anyone else tried this style of activity...

I'm on a misison at the moment trying to gather as much information about Water Resources as possible for new KS3 and KS4 units. There is alot of great information out there. On my travels I have found the Wateraid site great, especially the fre video download that can be found here . The site also has excellent games and teaching resources aimed at all Key Stages. When I get home tonight I plan to create a list of online water resource sites, and hope to get the new learning material here soon! That is if I surviev the extra whole staff meeting tonight!