A 5-day lesson plan focusing on water conservation. Kids investigate saving water, leak-proof bags, yesterday/today/tomorrow concepts, and sorting with blocks.
What children learn
- Explain why water is important to people, plants, and animals and identify everyday uses.
- Distinguish actions that waste water from actions that save or reuse it.
- Locate common leaks and identify safe ways to stop or report water wastage.
- Predict and observe how punctures and stoppers affect leaks in a water-filled bag.
- Sequence yesterday, today, and tomorrow and match or sort objects by function, colour, shape, and size.
Key activities
- Discussing the value of water and painting on paper with water only
- Sorting picture cards into water-waste and water-saving groups
- Conducting a Leak Hunt around the school and demonstrating a pipe repair
- Washing toys while discussing responsible water use
- Testing leak-proofing solutions with water-filled zip-lock bags and pencils
- Collaborating on water-conservation posters for Show and Tell
You’ll need
water containers, cloth, brushes, sponges, earbuds and coloured paper, water-waste and water-saving picture cards and sorting sheets, short plastic pipe and waterproof tape, tubs, soap, brushes and toy clothes, zip-lock bags, water and sharpened pencils, chart paper, pencils, markers and crayons
Structure: 5 days; each day includes a Thought of the Day, Tuning-in Time, GMD, Cognition/Literacy, FMD, and Numeracy activities.