Activity 1: Daily water use ‘Students calculate thelr personal water use to gain Ineights into the relationship between access and water Preparation + Household water bills + Measuring tape (trundle wheel or laser beam) Buckets to carry 10 litres Calculate your water use with your households last water bil What is your households total water use? How many days does the bill cover? How many people live in your house? Calculate the average use per day in your household. 5. Calculate the average use per day per person in your household. ‘Match the facts with thelr statements, pees “Total of world's population living in rural areas without safe drinking water in 2011 Number of ftres of water used for drinking, washing and flushing by the average Australian each day ‘Number of people ho have gained access to a latrne, flush toilet or other improved sanitation faciity between 1980 and 2013 Calculate how long It will take you to carry 5 ltras of water 5 ldlometres and 500 metres. ‘Mark out 50 metres and put 5 lites of water in a container. (Carry the contalnar 50 matres ane record the time it takes you to walk the S0 matres. Find the average time of four lnaths, clther on your own of as a group of four. Calculate how many times would you have to walk the 50 metres to walk 500 metres. Multiply your time by this. Calculate how many times would you have to walk the 50 metres to walk 5 kilometres. Multiply your time by this. Calculate how much time would be saved by having a shorter walk. Name | Time taken | Time taken to carry | Time taken to carry) Difference between time Peer) Peer) pee ae eee road Pee Rata a) emg) Average + Are there any other factors to consider when comparing the time for 500 metres and 5 kilometres?Activity 2: Length and breadth ‘students calculate surface areas of excavated pathways for various designs. ays ig Calculate the total surface area of the pathway to each village from the water ‘source ifthe pathmay is 1 metre wide and 6 centimetres deep. COO Oe ee Coe i) 5) cS ao 1 1100 em, oom 2 4100 em oom 3 1100 cm oem 4 100 cm oom Caleulate the total surface area of the ditch forthe pipe to be laid to each village ifthe citch is 15 centimetres ‘wide and 30 centimetres deep.Calculate the total surface area of the ditch for the pipe to be laid to each village ifthe ditch is 15 centimetres Wide and 20 centimotres deep. ee eras ed nerd ce) ) ) pa Calculate the area of the footpath around the tank (ie the area around the inner shapes in the diagrams below’ First, calculate the total area. Nest, fin the area ofthe base of the tank. Then subtract the area ofthe base from the foal area, Cece as rant cs footpath Tmity 3: Volume of the water tank Students calculate the volume of various shaped water tanks to datermine the shape that provides the greatest storage capacity and smallest surface area, Use the dimencions In the table below to calculate the volume and surface area of the various shaped tanks. Use the blank row beneath each shape to calculate the dimensions of a similar shaped tank that wil ft on 3 ‘3-metre square base and hold 20,000 litres. For a eo ed ae ee Cylinder 240m) 380cm Cone 460m) 500em 20,000 L145 cm Trlangular prism 3500 220cm 403 an ‘Roctangular prism 70cm 1606m _250Em with half cylinder on each end Cube mith a square 270m 200m pyramid lid ‘Cylinder with a cone 260cm 280 em 420m ha ‘Own composite shape‘Make an observation about which shape gives the best volume for surface area. What shape would you recommend and why? Make an observation about how improving access to water would reduce poverty. ‘Scurce: Thanks to Cartas, sivana Pavia, Fadl elbarbar and St Monica's Collage, Epping. See School case sy Walking for water,