Topic 3 | Water in the world

13.10 The aesthetic and social value of water

Student: Zayna Haoushar Class: 8A Due date:

1. The word aesthetic refers to the way something looks and the way it makes a person feel or respond.
Brainstorm the features of environments that make you feel calm, relaxed, and happy. How many can
you think of? Share your ideas with a partner.

Flowers

Lakes Breeze

Waterfalls Plants

Dandelions Trees

Sunset Butterflies

Greenery Rain

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2. Write some ways that people use water to improve their mental wellbeing.

Water keeps our brain from having to struggle against the effects of dehydration, allowing us to
Think more clearly than if we let ourselves get dehydrated.
3. Do you think it is important or valuable that some environments make people feel positive? Give
reasons for your response.

I think that is very important and valuable that the environment makes people feel positive because
it increases employee happiness by as much as 33%.
4. Do you think these environments should be protected? Give reasons for your answer.

It is important that the environments should be protected and it’s because protecting our
environment is the foundation for sustaining our planet, community, and economy.
5. Examine the photos of Fitzroy Island below and try to imagine you were there. Complete the scale in
the table below, rating how you think your experience of this place would be for each of the measures.
Compare your ratings with a friend.

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Beautiful Ugly

Fresh Smelly

Healthy Chaotic

Moving Motionless

Quiet Noisy

Clean Dirty

Light Dark

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