Waterwise educational resources for schools
A number of waterwise resources and curriculum activities have been developed to help students learn about water and living sustainably.
These lesson plans, activities and background information for primary and middle years support the Australian Curriculum. Waterwise toolkits for schools are designed to support teachers by providing easy-to-use stand-alone activities that develop student understanding about water issues.
Lesson plans and activities are grouped according to year level and subject area, along with relevant resources that support the activities.
Prep to Year 2
The Prep to Year 2: Waterwise schools toolkit (PDF, 602.1KB) provides an overview of the lesson plans and activities relevant to these year levels to develop student understanding about water issues.
Years 3, 4, 5 and 6
The Years 3 to 6: Waterwise schools toolkit (PDF, 581.2KB) provides an overview of the lesson plans and activities relevant to these year levels to develop student understanding about water issues.
Years 7 and 8
The Years 7 and 8: Waterwise schools toolkit (PDF, 600.3KB) provides an overview of the lesson plans and activities relevant to these year levels to develop student understanding about water issues.
Arranging site tours
Some local governments and service providers operate tours of their water and wastewater treatment plants that are suitable for school students.
The resources below might be useful for providing ideas when organising or undertaking site tours:
- Arranging a site tour – what you need to know (PDF, 390KB)
- Arranging a site tour – provide an information checklist to the teacher (PDF, 396KB)
- Conducting site tours of water and wastewater treatment plants (PDF, 541KB)
- Site tour outline template (PDF, 546KB)
- Organising a Waterwise poster or video competition (PDF, 554KB)
How to order classroom resources
Queensland councils and schools can order free copies of the Whizzy books, posters, activities (PDF) and stickers by emailing their contact and postal details to: waterwise@dlgwv.qld.gov.au
Acknowledgements
We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Australian Academy of Science and the Toowoomba Regional Council in the development of these resources.
Downloadable Whizzy images are royalty-free. They may be used for non-commercial educational purposes. For other uses, please acknowledge the Queensland Government.