Learning resources
Are you delivering a unit about water?
Supporting students
To strengthen their understanding and appreciation of water and ultimately discover their own connection to this precious resource.
This ever-growing range of learning experiences, designed to support teachers in the delivery of water-themed education, have been categorised according to the most applicable stage level, but also offer learning support and extension opportunities for students.
Preschool learners
Primary learners
Water cycle
- Water cycle animation
- What is the water cycle? (A3 poster) (PDF, 4355.21 KB)
- What is a dam? (A3 poster) (PDF, 12006.11 KB)
- What is a weir? (A3 poster) (PDF, 8259.53 KB)
- Water cycle board game (Colour) (PDF, 2295.19 KB)
- Water cycle board game (B/W) (PDF, 2294.9 KB)
- Water cycle worksheet (PDF, 236.39 KB)
- Water cycle puzzles (PDF, 209.21 KB)
Check out experiments and videos for hands on, practical lessons and ideas.
Using water
Students explore and reflect on the many ways that water is used in the home. Can water be saved?
Activity choice boards
Get to know a water creature while completing as many challenges as you can!
Book study
- Water-themed booklist for students (PDF, 180.7 KB)
- A Drop Around the World Video by Barbara Shaw McKinney
- A Drop Around the World: Student Worksheet (PDF, 110.41 KB)
Secondary learners
Catchments
- Catchment factsheet (PDF, 6317.63 KB)
- Sydney’s drinking water catchment poster (PDF, 561.25 KB)
- Sydney’s drinking water catchment worksheet (PDF, 370.5 KB)
- Rivers of NSW (PDF, 205.42 KB)
- Zine making activity: Using maths to understand the world of water (PDF, 2133.33 KB)
- Water bugs puzzles (PDF, 283.35 KB)
Regional interactive infographics by valley
Please check back as more valleys are added.
Experiments
Upper primary and lower secondary learners
Experiments and videos
The impacts of weathering, erosion, and deposition
- Our changing catchment - video
- Student worksheet (PDF, 212.32 KB)
- Roots are underground superheroes - video
- Student worksheet (PDF, 197.93 KB)
Water Cycle in a bag
- Video - Instructions
- Video - Results
- Instructions (PDF, 146.34 KB)
- Results sheet (PDF, 194.08 KB)
- Explanation (PDF, 247.57 KB)
How to make a syphon
Related links
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