In a nutshell
We start by examining why we should all have a basic understanding about the freshwater resources and, as a class, we jointly decide which water topic we wish to know more about.
Where do I begin?
Water-readings
All life depends on water
Water is an essential resource for all living organisms. Animals, plants, insects, micro-organisms, and, of course, humans cannot live without it. We drink it and use it in so many activities, e.g. for washing, cooking, watering, producing goods, etc. Farmers need it to their crops. Water is used in all sorts of factories for product processing and machine operation. Discover the water uses/users in our homepage!
However, freshwater of good quality is eventually becoming less and less due to over-consumption (e.g. in agriculture, tourism & leisure activities, etc.); pollution as well as climate change. We should never forget that water resources are limited, fragile and under pressure.
This is why we need to protect them in every way we can!
Group activity
The water diamond of our class
- Cut 12 cards of A5 size (half a page A4).
- Divide in small groups of four and use two cards in each group.
- Discuss and decide in your groups on two issues related to water that you are interested to learn more about.
- Write these topics on the two cards: use key-words and avoid long sentences.
- Present the cards to your classmates. If two cards (topics) are repeated, keep only one.
- As a class, arrange the selected cards in a diamond shape, placing the most important topic on the top, continuing with the topics of less importance as you move downwards, and ending with the least important on the bottom. With the help of your teacher, keep changing the positions of the cards until you reach consensus for the final content of your diamond.
- Place your diamond on the wall. Give it a title and take a photo!
As a next step, search for answers for all the issues of your diamond, in whatever order you have chosen, starting with your top-ranked, most urgent priority.