School Water Conservation Project

School Water Conservation Project

Lesson 7 of 11 in this unit

  • Primary
  • Year 3 - 4
  • Science
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Lesson summary

Students decide on a project to help their school waste less water. They design and implement their project within a negotiated time frame. They explain what their project is meant to achieve and gather some data to find out if they were successful.

Learning intentions:

Students will...

  • design and implement a project that helps the school community waste less water
  • attempt to evaluate the effectiveness of their project.

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Australian Curriculum content descriptions:

Year 3 Science:

  • Represent and communicate ideas and findings in a variety of ways such as diagrams, physical representations and simple reports(ACSIS060)
  • Science knowledge helps people to understand the effect of their actions (ACSHE051)

Year 4 Science:

  • Represent and communicate ideas and findings in a variety of ways such as diagrams, physical representations and simple reports(ACSIS071)
  • Science knowledge helps people to understand the effect of their actions (ACSHE062)

Syllabus Outcomes: ST2-11LW, ST2-4WS. 

Indoor or outdoor activity: Indoor.

Time required: 60 + mins.

Level of teacher scaffolding: Assist students with project design and evaluation.

Resources required

  • Computer equipment

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