A Drop in the Bucket Workbook

A Drop in the Bucket

Every

20 seconds

a child dies from the water they are drinking

The average African woman walks

4 hours

each day to collect water

2,402

SCHOOLS

in South Africa have no water

With your help we can change this.

A Spring of Hope’s goal is to provide water to schools in rural South Africa so children like you can stay in school! There are a lot of schools that need help.

Your class is raising funds for school.

How do you and your family use water?

List as many uses as you can.

Then list your family’s “Top 5 Uses For Water”.1

The Ways My Family Uses Water:

My Family’s “Top 5 Uses For Water” 1.

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Some lesson materials drawn from http://static.water.org/docs/curriculums/WaterOrg%20ElemCurric2.pdf

How do you think people in developing countries who may not have toilets, washing machines, dishwashers or any running water might use water differently?

All living creatures, including humans, need water to survive.

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How many steps does it take you to reach the nearest water fountain? steps

People all around the world use water differently.

What is your favorite use for water?

Draw a picture of yourself enjoying water.

I learned

The Water Cycle

evaporation

condensation

collection

precipitation

What do I do now to conserve water

What I can start doing to conserve more water

Do you use bottled water or tap water??

How often do you drink bottled water?

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Cross Out Which One You Shouldn’t Use!

Explain your decision

Accessible - easy to approach, reach, enter, or use Agriculture - farming and/or raising livestock Aquifer - any geological formation containing or conducting ground water Contaminate - to make unsuitable by contact or mixture with something unclean Continent- one of the main landmasses of the globe Disease - extreme illness Glacier - a huge mass of ice Hygiene - the promotion and preservation of health Percentage - a rate of proportion per hundred Pollution - natural environment being contaminated with harmful substances Potable - fit or suitable for drinking Resource - a source of supply, support, or aid Rural - “of the countryside�

Sanitation - the application of measures for the sake of cleanliness Scarce - rare Well - a hole drilled or bored into the earth to obtain water