Objectives

As a result of this lesson, students will investigate why water is so important to all living beings.
 * Knowledge Objectives- Generalisations, concept, facts **

In particular students will investigate the different water environment, the living things that depend on them and the different reasons to and ways of protecting those environments.

Students investigate the importance of water for all living things: - Students recognize the different animals that rely on different water environments to sustain life and what those water environments are, including fresh water and salt water environments. - Students understand why water is so important for sustaining all life, including humans as living things can not perform vital bodily functions with the absence of water. - Students understand reasons why we should protect our water environments to allow for the sustainability of our planet for future generations and ways of protecting them by reducing human waste and pollution. - Students examine the affect that humans and natural impacts have on our water environments by examining the human impacts, such as litter, pollution and netting as well as also the natural impacts such as flooding, storms and droughts.


 * Skill Objectives: Inquiry/ Academic/ Social **

- Students will be able to question why water is so important for sustaining all human life - Students will be able to develop discussions based on the information they have learnt about water, the different water environments, uses for water and reasons why and how to protect our water environments.
 * Inquiry: **

- Students will be able to understand the importance of brainstorming and creating rough drafts in order to create a good copy. - Students will use their English skills, such as reading, writing, spelling and comprehension, to help create sentences, slogans for their posters, un-jumbling of words, filling in question sheets etc.
 * Academic: **

- Students will be able to work cooperatively in pairs, respecting one another and their opinions. - Students are able to work independently in the class room, whilst not distracting others, using numbers and acting in a courteous way towards others. - Students will be able to share their work with each other whilst respecting each others work and using polite manners and only positive comments. - Students will be able to listen to other students’ opinions and suggestions and respect and accept their ideas, if they may be different from their own.
 * Social: **


 * Attitudes/ Sensitivities/ Value Objectives **

Students are aware that water is a valuable commodity for all life and that it is important to protect our water sources. Students will understand that they help protect our water ways and will take the initiative to do so.

Students are aware that there is always going to be a need for the use of water environments but they understand there are ways that can help protect the water environments to help prevent the negative affects that humans have on them. Students will respect the various water environments and the need that us as humans and all life have for them for the dependence of our survival. Students will have more awareness of the consequences of their actions on our water environments.


 * Social Action Objectives **

Whilst working on this unit of development and studying the importance of water to sustaining all life. Students will develop many of their skills. They will further develop their English skills, Art skills as well as their Humanities skills with the possibility of furthering many more of the important educational skills.

Students will participate in many class room activities as well as producing a poster that will be displayed throughout the school to encourage students, as well as the wider school community, to protect our water environments.

Students will use their Art skills to enable them to create the poster ant decorate it to ensure it is eye catching and that they can therefore spread their message to a wider audience.