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The Journey of Water: From Reservoir to Tap

Explore the invisible process of water management and transportation, from reservoirs to pipes, in an engaging and interactive way. Learn about the infrastructure involved and the effort it takes to bring water to our homes. Activities include mapping a town's water circulation, creating a collaborative banner, and experiencing a water walk.

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The Journey of Water: From Reservoir to Tap

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  1. The invisiblee made visible – Water management and The invisible made visible –Water management and the transportation of water from Papplewick Pumping Station to Nottingham Town

  2. Resources: • Slide show images and local maps • Pipes etc from Severn Trent • Buckets and bath tub • Recycling materials- lids, lolly sticks, CDs, art straws, milk bottle tops • Banners: Sticky back plastic (sign makers for scraps or Amari Plastics 0115 942 5110) • Blank banners from ‘Blank banners’ 0115 9550808

  3. For background and further ideas please see 2. Mellers Overview and Evaluation of Get Wet Project Year 2 With Year 3 Teacher at http://www.getwet.org.uk/primary-school-stories or via https://vimeo.com/83675260

  4. Exploring the journey of water from pipe to tap

  5. Activity 1 Use this slide show of reservoirs and pipes to show how water is transported: • Slides of Elan Valley reservoir and journey of water from Elan to Birmingham (73 miles over 3 days) • Pump and pipes at Papplewick • Map of the layout of pipes in the local streets of Mellers Primary School, Radford, Nottingham • Photographs of dug-up streets and exposed water pipes

  6. Elan Valley reservoirs and the journey of water to Birmingham

  7. It takes 3 days for water to travel 73 miles using the natural force of gravity.

  8. Gradients and gravity e.g. how long does it take for a marble to travel down a pipe held at different heights?

  9. Bringing water from underground wells at Papplewick Pumping Station

  10. Papplewick Engine House and Boiler House

  11. Detail of pipes at Papplewick Pumping Station

  12. Detail of the water pipes around Mellers Primary School in Radford Nottingham

  13. How pipes travel underground…

  14. Laying pipes at Papplewick Pumping Station in the 1880s

  15. tobringwater…

  16. …into our homes

  17. Looking at the different types and sizes of pipes

  18. Activity 2   Map a town (imagined) in small groups and show the circulation of water from the storage source to the tap. Use a box of random recycled objects e.g. – CDs, lolly sticks , art straws, corks, lids to create the town plan.

  19. Pupils create water infrastructure for their own towns

  20. Activity 3 • Create a collaborative banner to illustrate the journey of water from Papplewick (or other source) to your school. • Revisit the key landmarks from your journey to Papplewick Pumping Station and investigate where the water pipes are around your school. • Large materials, useful for collage, can be used, although using sticky back plastic and marker pens on a vinyl banner creates a powerful effect.

  21. Activity 4 Water walk • Using an outdoor environment, design a pathway across the school grounds for pupils to carry buckets of water to fill a water butt or if you find one, a bathtub. • Ask the pupils to tally up how many litres of water make one bucket and then to record how many litres of water it takes them to fill the large tub. • Describe how this felt – the effort, the spillage, the distance, the implications for people who have to do that now. This illustrates the effort it takes to move water by foot - and the appreciation that many people around the world don’t have water "on tap".  • The activity will also help children to grasp the physical proportions of water in the ‘virtual water’ embedded in a cup of tea, pair of jeans, piece of fruit etc.

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