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Thought-starter: What can we do to stay safe when playing around water?

Now that you have played a game with the class, get into a group of 3, 4 or 5 and create an original group game. Your game must be related to the topic of water, with a focus on one or more of the ideas mentioned in the stimulus text below. Read it as a class.

First ... an introduction to Hydro Tasmania

Hydro Tasmania provides electrical energy for the people of Tasmania, Australia’s island state.

The word ‘hydro’ means ‘water’. Hydro Tasmania has thirty hydropower stations in Tasmania and a wind farm on an island in Bass Strait. Hydro Tasmania operates two wind farms on mainland Tasmania under a joint venture. Hydro Tasmania catches the electrical energy from these sources and sends it to places where it is needed, to power people’s homes and businesses. The information below focuses on water.

Stimulus Text

Read the text below, which has been taken in part from Hydro Tasmania’s website.

Water

It’s the most precious resource on earth. As the largest manager of water in Australia, we know first hand just how vital it is.

Hydro Tasmania has a responsibility for 45 of Tasmania’s major lakes and at least 1200 km of natural creeks and rivers are influenced by our hydropower operations in some way. That’s why we’re fully committed to the sustainable use of this shared resource.

It’s a natural balance

In practice, this means actively looking after our waterways, as well as maintaining a workable balance between electricity generation and other needs, including:

Irrigation (watering farmlands)
Town water supply
Aquaculture (farming aquatic creatures – e.g. fish)
Recreation
Fishing
Maintaining and making beautiful landscapes
In-stream biota (animal and plant life in streams)
Aquatic habitats (homes for water creatures)

Caution

River flows and lake levels can change rapidly in Tasmania, because of rainfall and inflows throughout the state and the operational requirements of hydropower stations. Hydro Tasmania is unable to guarantee or provide predictions about river flows or lake levels. People using rivers and lakes for recreation should exercise caution.

Create your own game

Complete the Group Game Planning Table below. If possible, make a game that can be played by the whole class at once.

Your game must be related to the topic of water, with a focus on one or more of the ideas mentioned in the stimulus text above.

You have 20 minutes to come up with the game and 5 minutes to test it. Write the details of your game below:

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