Water works addresses the AC Science Understanding ACSSU032 Earth’s resources are used in a variety of ways, in the context of water use at school and home.

Water works provides students with hands-on opportunities to:

  • develop an understanding of, and appreciation for, a precious natural resource
  • explore how water is used and how to use it responsibly
  • increase awareness of where water comes from, and how it moves across the landscape

Students apply their new learning by:

  • planning and conducting an investigation of people’s use and management of water

Linking science with literacy

In the Primary Connections approach, students are supported to create representations that draw on and strengthen their literacy development. In Water works students represent and explain their understanding about how Earth’s resources are used in a variety of ways, by creating these representations:

  • Map
  • Labelled diagram
  • Role-play
  • Storyboard
  • Factual text
  • Graph
  • Interview
  • Factual recount
  • Word wall

External resources

An interactive sustainability resource for kids, with games and movies.

Website for kids and teachers including information on energy, water, sustainability and communications.

Information about water and sustainability designed for adults.

Information about water for Sydney adults.

Information about water and sustainability designed for adults.