New Topic: Water sustainability

Starter: In pairs discuss reasons why water shortage has become a problem, and why it hasn’t necessarily been so

in the past.Extension: What do humans use water

for? List as many ideas as you can.

L.O: To list the different uses of water, and analyse why there are differences in water use globally.

What will we study this term?

• Differences in water supply and water use across the world

• Water and development• Problems with lack of clean water • Conflict over water• Moving towards a more sustainable water

future

What is the importance of water? What do we use water for?

• Watch the following short clip to try to answer the above questions.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW5eBfZhE4M

How much water do you use?All: Complete the table and questions 1, 2 and 3 on the

worksheet.Most: Complete question 4.Some: Complete question 5.

Homework – Diaries out!All: Complete a title page for Can Earth Cope –

Resource Use and Abuse. This must include images, using today’s lesson for ideas.

Most: Include keywords and definitionsSome: Include your own research

If you want to find out more about how much water your family uses, click on this link for a water in the home interactive.You can also type ‘BBC water calculator’ into Google

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/629/629/5086298.stm