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Students suggest what kind of actions different groups can do to address the issues concerning water use and stormwater pollution. They list the actions they as individuals, their school, a typical home, water company and politicians can do. In rural areas, farming activities can also be included.

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describe solutions to less water consumption and stormwater pollution from a variety of perspectives.
understand problems and solutions still relate back to working with the water cycle.
understand even renewable resources have to be managed sustainably.

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Australian curriculum content descriptions:

Year 7 Science:

Summarise data, from students’ own investigations and secondary sources, and use scientific understanding to identify relationships and draw conclusions (ACSIS145)
Communicate ideas, findings and solutions to problems using scientific language and representations using digital technologies as appropriate (ACSIS148)

Year 7 English:

Use comprehension strategies to interpret, analyse and synthesise ideas and information, critiquing ideas and issues from a variety of textual sources (ACELY1723)

Year 8 Science:

Summarise data, from students’ own investigations and secondary sources, and use scientific understanding to identify relationships and draw conclusions (ACSIS130)
Communicate ideas, findings and solutions to problems using scientific language and representations using digital technologies as appropriate (ACSIS133)

Year 8 English:

Use comprehension strategies to interpret and evaluate texts by reflecting on the validity of content and the credibility of sources, including finding evidence in the text for the author’s point of view (ACELY1734)

Syllabus Outcomes: SC4-7WS, SC4-9WS, EN4-2A.

Indoor or outdoor activity: Indoor

Time required: 30 mins

Level of teacher scaffolding: Keep activity oopen-ended bring students ideas together at the end of the activity.

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