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Overview
Collecting water It's World Water Day on 22 March. The United Nations General Assembly designated this day each year as the World Day for Water.
The event reminds people that globally there are still almost 1.1 billion people without adequate access to water and 2.4 billion without proper sanitation.
Learning aims
Do we take clean water for granted? Working individually make a list of ten things they use water for: Start with drinking.
Here, are some more suggestions:
Drinking, showers and baths, brushing teeth, washing clothes, watering garden, swimming, washing cars, washing dishes, cooking, flushing toilets.
In small groups, compare their answers. See if they have left anything important out
As a whole class, use voting to rank the answers into an order that shows which the students think are the most important.
Main activity
Research a documentary to be shown on World Water Day. Sketch a story board or write a script.
It will be transmitted at 8pm on BBC 1, so should appeal to a wide audience. The film will be in 2 parts.
For groups with class internet access the links on this page are good starting points for research. If not you can print and hand out copies of our guide to water.
Teachers' background
select this link for our guide to water
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