Sit back, relax and enjoy the show. A Room 4 Production

What you need to know… Sit up please and listen carefully. No cell phones on please. No loud music at school. Do the ‘T’ sign if you need to go to the toilet. We will help you find it. No biting or hitting. Please put your hand up if you have a question. Make sure you are well and healthy and your brain is working well.

The first part of Inquiry is called Immersion Miss Robertson got our brains hooked into water thinking.

Water Discovery Walk We went for a walk around the school and discovered all the places where there is water.

Water Photos We have all the photos from our water walk. Come and have a water tour with Maggie and Rhiannon.

We put our ideas on paper and wrote where we thought water came from. Where does water come from?

Sharing our ideas about what we first thought Cordell and Ella will come and share their ideas with you.

We looked at many pictures about water.

This really got our brains thinking.

We tried some experiments to do with water. We didn’t even blow up the classroom!

Experiment Number One Take a sip of your water. Tell the person next to you how old your water is.

Did you know your water has been around for millions of years? It just gets used over and over again. Lucky it gets cleaned after it goes down the toilet!

We talked about where our water comes from at home. Miss Robertson shared with us that her water came from a bore in the ground. Sandra’s came from the rain on the roof. Cordell’s farm was on a water scheme.

Where does yours come from? Tell the person next to you.

We wrote down everything we could think of that uses water.

You should listen to them all.

Can you think of any different ones?

Experiment Number 2 Making the water cycle Come and stand around the back desk group with us.

We were really starting to wonder about where it all began and how we got our water in Tapanui.

We started looking at the Water Cycle.

We even watched a video off You Tube about the water cycle. Watch and learn.

What are the main parts of the water cycle? I will give you a piece of the water cycle can you come and put in in the right place?

The Water Cycle

Miss Robertson had us act out parts of the water cycle in groups of 3.

Now it is your turn… Remember to include the four main parts to the water cycle.

We went on a trip to Whiskey Gully to find out where our water came from.

We made a collage to explain how we get the water in Tapanui.

We had so much information! We had to put it somewhere… We made a wall display to show all of our learning. We sorted all of the information out. Go and take a look.

Finding Out Is the next stage of the Inquiry We now had many questions that we wanted to know the answer to and find out about.

We had to really think hard about where we would get the answers from.

The questions we wanted to find out about. Why does Africa not have clean water?

Why does it rise into the sky?

Why does it come from Whiskey Gully?

Why does it evaporate?

How do we get water?

Why does it go up the mountain?

How do they get the fish out of the pipe?

Why don’t some people get much water?

How do we get it from the river?

Why does it go in a cycle?

Why is there different types of water?

Why does it go through the pipes?

Sorting Out is the next stage in the Inquiry Process.

We had to sort out all of our new learning.

We put all of our questions up on the wire so we could look back at them.

Going Further We really were interested in how Africa was short of water and we wanted to help out.

It shocked us when we found out that one in six people struggle to get clean water in the world.

It takes an average African 5 hours to walk to a clean water supply.

We rang World Vision to find out why we don’t ship our nice water to Africa?

A really nice lady rang us back at school and told us that the reason we do not ship our water to Africa is because it is too far and too expensive. She told us that they are building wells in communities so you don’t need to send water to them.

So What Now? This is the last part of the Inquiry process.

What will we do with all this new information? We came up with many ideas.

We could… Make signs about not wasting water. It is precious lots of other people need it to survive. Print photos to grab peoples attention. Make posters. Have a water school.

Don’t waste water! We found out some facts to back up what we were saying.

Did you Know? Our body is made up of two thirds water.

Did you know? A lot of water can be saved if you water plants using a watering can.

Did you know? If clean water is available from a tap please use it instead of buying bottled water. It is a waste of energy!

Did you know? A washing machine uses 60 litres per load. So only use it when you need to.

Did you know? A bath uses 80 litres of water and a shower uses only 30 litres. I know which one I would use more often!

Did you know? How many litres do you think the toilet uses every time you flush? Tell the person next to you?

10 whole litres We have a bucket of water from the toilet to share with you. Think twice before you flush!

Please try not to leave the tap running at home when you are brushing your teeth. If you leave the plug in and the tap running when you brush, you will be amazed with how much water you will be wasting.

Clean the car using a bucket it will only use about 30 litres. If you use the hose it will use 6 times as much water.

FACT SHEET We have made a fact sheet for you to take home and put on your fridge. We are going to share the information with you.

PLEASE SAVE WATER! Thank you for attending our water school. You have been very good students.