Water Shaping Places

Students will learn the value of water, how water interacts with its environment and the importance of sustainable management. 

Students will gain an understanding of how an urban stream works, how natural and human actions affect them and how we can apply sustainable environmental management practices to our water systems.

• Conduct water quality tests at a significant site in the Garden and use their data to assess the health of the aquatic ecosystem.  
• Use maps to describe the movement of water around the site and discuss water management strategies for the Garden.  
• Visit the nursery and other Garden sites to see how water is used and how this information is recorded.

• Investigate through fieldwork how natural and human processes influence the quality, distribution, and availability of water as a resource.  
• Discuss approaches that can be used to sustainably manage water resources and reduce water scarcity. 
• Learn about sustainable water management practices. 

Focus Syllabus Outcomes

Geography

• Describes the diverse features and characteristics of places and environments (GE3-1)
• Explains interactions and connections between people, places and environments (GE3-2)
• Compares and contrasts influences on the management of places and environments (GE3-3)
• Acquires, processes and communicates geographical information using geographical tools for inquiry (GE3-4)