1. Losing Our Bottle – Year 9 Geography
Water Resources
Five good reasons to need water (apart from staying alive)
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Thoughts about Water Videos
Video 1 – Roller Babies
Video 2 – Powerful Pedalo
Video 3 - Melting
Video 4 – Crazy Volcano
Notes on the Bottled Water Video
Write about how the bottled water industry has become so successful in the last 20
years. You can use some of the key words at the bottom of this page to help you.
Tap water, 2000 times the price, oil for plastic, 1 million cars, transport, litter, recycle,
pollution, scaring us, India, waste dump, downcycled, California, Manufactured Demand.

2. Can you taste le difference?
The Taste Test The real result
Evian
Vittel
Contrex
IST Tap
Score out of 4
Research Homework
Count the number of bottles of water in your house. How many are there?
Who drinks bottled water in your household?
On your next visit to your local supermarket, how many different brands of water can you
count on the shelves? Are there any brands from outside France?
Feel free to do a taste test with people at home and bring in the results.