1. New Topic: Water sustainability Starter: In pairs discuss reasons why water shortage has become a problem, and why it hasn’t necessarily been so in the past. Extension: What do humans use water for? List as many ideas as you can. L.O: To list the different uses of water, and analyse why there are differences in water use globally.

2. What will we study this term? Differences in water supply and water use across the world Water and development Problems with lack of clean water Conflict over water Moving towards a more sustainable water future

3. What is the importance of water? What do we use water for? Watch the following short clip to try to answer the above questions. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW5eBfZhE4M

4. How much water do you use? All: Complete the table and questions 1, 2 and 3 on the worksheet. Most: Complete question 4. Some: Complete question 5.

5. Homework – Diaries out! All: Complete a title page for Can Earth Cope – Resource Use and Abuse. This must include images, using today’s lesson for ideas. Most: Include keywords and definitions Some: Include your own research If you want to find out more about how much water your family uses, click on this link for a water in the home interactive. You can also type ‘BBC water calculator’ into Google http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/629/629/5086298.stm