On Friday, 3 July 2009, Julie, Alex and Terry came
from the International Water Management Institute
to talk to us about…
Water

We learned that even simple daily activities
like eating use a lot of water.
How much water we need to grow our food
depends on what we eat:
And if we eat meat, we
For a vegetarian diet:
use more than 5000
2000 to 3000 litres a day
litres a day ( for a beef
burger we need about
2400 liters of water!!)

Miss Julie gave a presentation.
What is water used for?
Drinking Water
Cattle Fishing
Having fun! Washing clothes

Then we played a game to get into groups.

Miss Julie and Miss Alex
gave us a fun quiz.

The Year 6
WATER
QUIZ

Question 6:
How much
water is
needed to
produce 1
burger?

Question 14:
What is this net for?

Then we worked on posters.

How much water does it take to make a pack of Choc n’ Nut?

We decided there are some things we can do to use
less water and cause less pollution:
• Don’t waste food
• Don’t waste water
• Reuse
• Recycle

Now try this cool water game!
www.catchmentdetox.net.au