Introducing the Package

What will it do?

Understanding Healthy Waterways provides structured learning sequences which include teacher background information, ideas for hands-on activities, and prompts for inquiry based learning opportunities packaged in a professional, well designed, and colourfully presented way.

How does it work?

The learning sequences are written using the 5Es learning model
ENGAGE
EXPLORE
EXPLAIN
ELABORATE
EVALUATE
made popular, in Australia, by Primary Connections.

Worksheets are provided for many activities, as well as extra teacher information to assist in presenting the science.

If used as a complete product, Understanding Healthy Waterways would form part of the basis for a primary school curriculum. Or teachers can choose to use part of the package as it fits in with their own science plan.

Assessment suggestions linked to the national Statements of Learning are included as well.

Students will learn about some of the parameters used by Waterwatch to monitor waterway health:

• TURBIDITY
• TEMPERATURE
• SALINITY
• HABITAT

Each parameter is covered by a separate sequence of lessons (view contents page - as a pdf file 505Kb) containing outlines for hands-on activities to help them understand the importance of water to life, and the impact of the physical environment on our natural waterways.