Hydro Tasmania - Water games

Australian curriculum content descriptions: 

Year 3 & 4 Drama:

• Use voice, body, movement and language to sustain role and relationships and create dramatic action with a sense of time and place (ACADRM032).
• Shape and perform dramatic action using narrative structures and tension in devised and scripted drama, including exploration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander drama (ACADRM033).

Syllabus Outcomes: DRAS2.2, DRAS2.3

Time required: 60 mins.

Level of teacher scaffolding: High – oversee sample game, assist students with creating and testing games, facilitate discussion.

• Sample Game Worksheet  (the Animal Race Cards should be cut up and placed in a hat/bag)
• Student Worksheet (one copy per student OR computers/tablets to access the online worksheet)

This lesson has been developed in partnership with  
Hydro Tasmania.

Hydro Tasmania has been at the forefront of clean energy innovation for one hundred years. It is Australia’s largest producer of clean energy – generating hydro and wind power – and the largest water manager. Hydro Tasmania has 55 major dams, operates 30 hydropower stations and has built some of Australia’s largest wind farms.

Hydro Tasmania also sells energy in the National Electricity Market through its retail business Momentum Energy, and sells its expertise internationally through its consulting business Entura.

Visit the Hydro Tasmania website to learn how the business is working towards Australia’s clean energy future.