| Time needed for the activity: | approx 30 minutes |
| Students profile/age of the student: | 8-10 years old |
| Climate change topic | Water resources |
| Connected subject in the curriculum | Civic education, English, Art |
| Skills and competencies to be developed | critical thinking, content knowledge, listening skills, decision making, brainstorming |
| Terminology, keywords | Water consumption |
| Teaching techniques and tools: | storytelling, brainstorming |
| Methodological recommendations for the implementation | Explain to your students the importance of their choices and how they can make the difference. |
| Materials needed: | Downloaded activity book |
| Materials offered | Download the short activity book: https://2vy9q736xwbl3dhmvk1tb0ot-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/WayneActivityBook.pdf In Where’s Wayne, students can learn how to save water by following Wayne, showing them how we use water in our everyday life. |
Activity description, instructions for teachers
Download the proposed material and provide a copy for each student.
Introduce the topic, and tell the story of Wayne the Drop.
Run a brainstorming exercise on what each child can do to reduce water consumption, and help the children understand what to do by following Wayne’s example, and helping them translate the materials.
You can adapt it to the English lesson, or to the art lesson by deciding to project the book and asking them to draw Wayne doing one of the actions described in the book.
Water resources/ save water