WATER
CONSERVATION
SESSION ONE
• Think/Pair/Share (use padlet to brainstorm)
• What does the word ‘Conservation’ mean to
you?
Conservation
is ...
Introductory Song
• http://www.savethesea.org/STS%20ocean_fac
ts.htm
Talk to your neighbour about something you
learnt from this song.
Classroom Definition
• Conservation is ...
What is the ‘Trash Vortex’?
• http://www.treehugger.com/corporateresponsibility/today-on-planet-100-thepacific-trash-vortex-explained-video.html
(2.42 Planet 100)
Images of damage from Trash Vortex
• http://www.treehugger.com/slideshows/natur
al-sciences/the-great-pacific-garbagepatch/page/9/#slide-top
Definitions
• There are a whole bunch of ocean currents
around the world. Some of these ocean
currents form a gyre, or swirling vortex of
water – kind of like when the water goes
down the plug in the bath but the water
doesn’t go anywhere, it just swirls!
• There is a huge gyre in the North Pacific
Ocean. As it slowly swirls, it collects all the
rubbish that ends up in the ocean from the
wet coast of the USA.
• As a result, there is a huge floating pile of
garbage in the middle of the ocean. It is just
DISGUSTING! It is another example of how
human beings are destroying the planet!
Map of the Trash Vortex
What is the Trash Vortex?
• The Great Pacific Garbage Patch (also
known as Trash Vortex) is located in
the North Pacific Gyre. It is literally a
giant floating patch of garbage, twice
the size of Texas, and made up of
millions of pounds of plastic,
chemical sludge and other debris.
How do you think the garbage
got there?
In your groups, think of 3 to 5 ways that the
garbage has ended up in the Trash Vortex.
Independent Work
• Map continents and oceans
• Map the trash vortex areas
• Write a three sentence summary on the back
of the map to explain what Trash Vortex is.
SESSION TWO
Lord Howe Island
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Extinct volcanic island, 10 km long
In the Tasman Sea
Between Australia and NZ
Sheltered coral reef lagoon
Case Study: Lord Howe Island
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwTDvqa
qPlM (12.18) Lord Howe Island
• In your groups, discuss 3 main issues from this
documentary to share with the class.
Independent Work
Complete Think Charts
• Physical
• Behavioural
• Environmental
Mapping and questions
• Label the map of Lord Howe Island
• Answer the questions that relate to the video
(12 mins)
A good documentary
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• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ge4TN5jl
JDU
• (Lord Howe Island (28 mins approx)
• (Team work / working as a community / faxing
/ conservation)
Look at Google Images of posters on
Conservation
SESSION THREE
Water Shortage
A global crisis!
• What is a crisis?
• How effective do you think this poster is?
Water Shortage – A global issue!
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCHhwxv
Qqxg
• http://www.dropinthebucket.org/
• (go into this, then scroll down to the video by
by Henry Rollins in South Sudan)
If Earth were an apple ...
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We can only live on a small
part of our planet.
It is really important to
look after our environment.
• Whole Class Activity
1. Let’s pretend this apple is our Earth.
2. Cut into quarters. ¾ of Earth is covered in salty water.
3. Of the last ¼, 1/3 is desert. We can’t live there.
4. Another 1/3 is mountains. We can’t live there.
5. We are left with 1/3 of the remaining ¼.
6. What does this tell us about our Earth?
How much water can we use?
SESSION FOUR
Fen River pollution
Water shortage
What do YOU think this means?
Think/Pair/Share
Contaminated water jeopardises both the physical and
social health of all people. It is an affront to human dignity.
Kofi Anna, United Nations Secretary-General
World’s Access to Safe Water
Water Wealth
Water Brings Change!
Water Brings Change!
Water Brings Change!
Water Brings Change!
Water Brings Change!
Case Study
• http://watermatters.worldvision.org.nz/sectio
ns/abidasWorld/family/
• Abida and her family
• Look at Abida’s photo album.
• Prepare a compare and contrast report to
show the differences between her life and
your life.
SESSION FIVE
What is Global Warming?
The Greenhouse Effect:
Plants that would not be able to survive outside can grow in a
greenhouse. Greenhouses are made from glass. They work by
trapping heat from the sun, like a car that’s parked in sunlight. The
glass allows the heat energy and light from the sun to enter the
greenhouse but prevents it from escaping, so the plants stay warm
enough to live through the winter.
Let’s go and see the Greenhouse at our school
Acid Rain
• Factories, homes, cars, trucks and buses burn
fuels that send some poisonous gases into the air.
• These poisons combine with water in the
atmosphere and become part of rain, snow or
fog.
• Then, when the poisoned water, called acid rain,
falls to the ground, it damages the environment.
• Acid rain can destroy the leaves of plants, kill
trees, pollute the soil and change the chemistry
of lakes and streams.
• When that happens, animals, fish and other
wildlife die.
Global Warming clips
• http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/videos/earth/gl
obalwarming.html
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0kIaCKP
lH4
• (Experiment by a boy)
Global Warming Diagram
So what?
• Our atmosphere is like a greenhouse.
• When the sun heats the Earth’s surface, the
Earth radiates that heat back into space
BUT
• like the glass in a greenhouse, gases in the
atmosphere trap some heat.
• This causes our planet to heat up!
What do the scientists say?
• Many scientists believe human activity has
created the increase in greenhouse gases:
• Burning coal, oil and gas to heat buildings, run
cars and power factories.
• Burning these fuels releases greenhouse gases
into the atmosphere.
What does this mean?
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Glaciers could all melt
Ocean rises
Planet could flood
Our animals are in
danger of surviving
And so are we!
What can YOU do?
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You can help!
Walk, use a bike, carpool or take the bus
Turn off lights, TV and computer when not using them
Plant more trees – they absorb Carbon Dioxide from the air
Recycle cans, plastic bottles and bags, newspapers,
cardboard, metal and glass
Learn more about renewable energy resources like wind,
solar and wave power.
Encourage people you know to buy products that are ecofriendly and that are specially made to save energy.
Teach others about this colossal problem.
Draw a cartoon
• Draw a cartoon showing the activities you can
do to help slow down Global warming.
• Use hexagonal templates
SESSION SIX
Closer to Home!
List three features you can think of
to describe ...
A mountain
A river
A lake
A mountain is ...
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Large landform
Stretches above the ground
Usually has a peak
Steeper than a hill
Caused by volcanoes
Aoraki / Mount Cook
Erode because of action of rivers, weather conditions
and glaciers
• Cold
• Highest mountain in NZ – Mt Cook 3,754 m, whereas
• Highest mountain in World – Mt Everest 8,848 m
A lake is ...
• Lakes form when water finds its way to a basin.
• Lakes need a continual source of new water,
otherwise they will eventually dry up.
• Lakes mostly contain fresh water.
What is a river?
• http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/rivers.html
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A natural waterway (sometimes diverted by man)
Moves water from higher to lower levels
Important part of The Water Cycle
Water in a river comes from
surface runoff from precipitation,
from groundwater,
and from release of water from stored reservoirs
Mapwork
Some Major Land Features in
New Zealand
Map the following using a key:
(Blue – river, Green, mountain)
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North Island
South Island
Stewart Island
Chatham Island
Southern Alps
Lake Taupo
Lake Rotorua
Manukau Harbour
Waitemata Harbour
Pacific Ocean
Cook Straight
Tasman Sea
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Waikato River
Wanganui River
Buller River
Clutha River
Clyde River
Southern Alps
Mount Taranaki
Mount Cook
Auckland
Wellington
Christchurch
Dunedin
Session Seven
School Journal Level 2, October 2013
• Kaitiaki of the Stream
• By Pataka Moore and Monique Lagon
Water - Wai – a taonga
Play the clip below
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Identify ourselves as 100% pure
https://www.youtube.com/user/PureNewZealand
Necessary for life
Protect for future generations
Keep the ecosystems healthy – restore their health
Hauora – well-being (boating/wading)
Maintain natural form – colour, clarity, flow
Kai – safe to eat
Fishing – reduce overfishing
Clean for recreation purposes
Sacred for baptisms, karakia (prayer)
Postcard
• Write a postcard to Sally at Watercare telling her
what you know about the importance of streams
for Maori people.
• Or write to a friend telling them what they can do
on our waters if they come to NZ.
• Design a poster:
• Ma pango, ma whero, ka oti ai te mahi
• When we co-operate and work together, we can
get the job done.
SESSION EIGHT
and
SESSION NINE
Our Drinking Water
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bvZCdMecEo
• Clean Water – A long journey from the source to our
tap
• Map water tanks in the school
• Draw the water tank and label it. Explain how it
works
SESSION 10
• Water Animals
• What types?
• What can we find out about them to write an
interesting information report?
• Design a think chart together (this will form basis
of own research project)
SESSION ELEVEN
• Show Google Images of NZ landscape artists
• Detect the erosion
• What is the difference between human and nonhuman threats to waterways.
• Venn diagram
• A Model River ...
Session Twelve and Thirteen
• Drinking Water Session with Sally Smith from
Watercare
• Follow up from Sally Smith’s lesson
Session 14
• Prepare for Conservathon Day
Session Fifteen and Sixteen
• Eco-friendly products
on the market ...
• What does it mean to
be environmentally
friendly?
• What are supermarkets
doing / selling?
Sessions 17 and 18
• Riparian Planting
• Meet a real scientist!
DOC
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pS13o1CUgg
• (Aotearoa Waters 90 secs)
• http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/marine-conservation
(short story)
• http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/marineconservation/page-1
• http://www.doc.govt.nz/conservation/marine-andcoastal/new-zealands-marine-environment/
In New Zealand!