First Session Report under EcoSlate module on Water for class VII presented at Shalom Hills International School, Gurgaon (2014)

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Objective:
To help students the amount of water consumed in our household and how certain external factors such as population rise OR increase in pollution levels can impact their consumption Class Plan:
1. All students were divided in groups of 4.
2. Each group represented one family and they were asked to list down all activities in their household that consumes water
3. All groups were then given a number in terms of total litres of water available to them per day. The groups were asked to allocate the amount of water used for all activities as listed by them keeping the total water consumption at the number which was allotted to them in the beginning
4. We then ran a series of simulations and introduced a number of external factors such as population rise, water table depletion, increase in levels of water pollution etc to understand how the amount of water consumed by each family would change. More importantly, how it would impact the lifestyle of all members in the family
5. To conclude, students were presented with the case study of water situation in the city of Gurgaon. Several facts were presented such as total water available for Gurgaon, current per capita consumption, projected per capita consumption etc Home exercise:
Students have been given 2 worksheets. In the first one, they need to select 1 river out of Ganga and Yamuna and track its complete path. Within this path, students have to identify the points of no pollution, moderate pollution and heavy pollution.
In the second worksheet, students have to perform the water audit of their homes and make a plan in consultation with their parents to optimize the amount of water consumed in their homes.