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Where does tap water come from? [includes spoken instructions]

Learning objects Where does tap water come from? [includes spoken instructions]

TLF ID L19

Look at water cycles in both city and country areas. For each area, assemble a jigsaw puzzle illustrating the water cycle. Arrange components such as rainfall, runoff, collection, storage, pumping, treatment, household usage and wastewater disposal. Follow instructions to make cardboard versions of the jigsaws.

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Educational details

Key learning objectives
  • Students arrange components of urban and rural water cycles.
  • Students explore water quality, treatment and transport within water supply systems.
Educational value
  • Provides jigsaw puzzles of country and city water cycles for students to put together.
  • Includes a print option for printing out the jigsaw pieces with instructions for constructing the jigsaws out of cardboard.
  • Includes audio instructions.
Year level

F; 1; 2

TopicsAustralia; Cities; Dams; Domestic water use; Phonemes; Pipelines; Rain; Rural areas; Septic tanks; Sewage; Surface runoff; Stringed instruments; Wastewater; Water cycle; Water quality; Water resources; Water treatment; Water transport
Learning area
  • science
Strand
  • Science/Science as a human endeavour
  • Science/Science understanding
    Concept
    • Science/Natural resources
    • Science/Built Environment
    Skill
    • Application;
    • Comprehension;
    • Knowledge
    Student activity
    • Interactives;
    • Modelling;
    • Practical activity;
    • Comprehension activity
    Learning design
    • Experiential learning;
    • Independent learning;
    • Visual learning

    Other details

    Contributors
    • Subject matter expert
    • Technical implementer
    • Publisher
    • Date of contribution: 20 Sep 2013
    • Organisation: Education Services Australia
    • Address: Melbourne VIC 3000 Australia
    • URL: http://www.esa.edu.au/
    Access profile
    • Colour independence
    Learning resource type
    • Interactive Resource
    Browsers
    • Microsoft Internet Explorer - minimum version: 8.0 (MS-Windows) - maximum version: 9.0 (MS-Windows)
    • Firefox - minimum version: (MS-Windows)
    • Safari - minimum version: 5.1 (MacOS)
    Operating systems
    • MacOS - minimum version: 10.6
    • MS-Windows - minimum version: XP - maximum version: 7
    Rights
    • © Education Services Australia Ltd, 2013, except where indicated under Acknowledgements.