Water Management

Students will explore how topography and landscape features affect water movement travels and develop an understanding of sustainable water management practices.

They will investigate how water flows through the Garden and undertake water quality tests to examine how natural processes and human interference can alter water quality.

Students will also participate in a role-play debate.

• Examine factors influencing water flows and the availability of water resources in different places e.g. topography.
• Conduct water quality tests at significant zones in the Garden to examine how natural and human interference can affect water quality.
• Participate in a stakeholders role play and examine the role of governments, individuals and communities in sustainable water management.

• Exploring the way that topography and landscape features affect water movement across a landscape.
• Identifying human features and uses of water.
• Undertaking fieldwork to investigate how natural processes and human interference can alter water quality.
• Investigating water conservation measures to develop an understanding of sustainable management of water resources.

Focus Syllabus Outcomes

Geography

• Locates and describes the diverse features and characteristics of a range of places and environments (GE4-1)
• Discusses management of places and environments for their sustainability (GE4-5)
• Acquires and processes geographical information by selecting and using geographical tools for inquiry (GE4-7)