Resources
Water Supply and Sustainability
This resource pack can be used to highlight issues such as global water scarcity, the challenges people face when sourcing water and maintaining a water supply in developing countries and the role of the engineers in solving these problems.
The activities are introduced with a quick quiz and a presentation....
Water Survey - What Creatures Are Lurking in Your Pond?
This resource investigates the pollution of a local pond or lake by looking at the species which are able to live in it. Some species struggle to survive in polluted waters, while others are more tolerant. The resource may be used when teaching about animals in the local environment, habitats, water and improving...
Water treatment
This activity sheet builds on students' knowledge of separating mixtures and looks at how and why water is treated. There is also an extension activity which looks at the importance of oxygenation of lake water.
Water Treatment in London
London sewage treatment was developed to protect Londoners from water borne disease. Now the Thames Tideway tunnel is being built to help the sewage system cope with the rising London population. This lesson will allow students to conduct experimental work to model water treatment and have a chance to consider the...
Water Treatment Systems
In this practical activity, students investigate the salinity of three different water samples using a multimeter. Students first calibrate their salination probe and test the salinity of their solutions. Students can be asked to suggest how errors might have appeared...
Water volume
A measuring cylinder is shown with divisions marked in millilitres. Water is poured at a constant rate into the cylinder. The challenge is to graph the volume of water against time. The resulting graph is linear.
Water volume video
Water wheel construction
This resource from the IET Faraday programme, supported by MEI and Tomorrow's Engineers, looks at the trigonometry and scale drawing involved in the construction of water wheels.
"A water wheel is a machine for converting the energy of flowing or falling water into useful forms of...
This resource is designed for teachers of 11 to 16 year olds, wishing to use the water industry as a context within which their pupils can use the technology process.
It focuses on water treatment, and water water treatment, examining the historical development and the provision of services in the third...
Water! Water!
This resource requires students to consider where their water comes from and what life would be like if it were not readily available. It examines the importance of the water we use being clean and the consequences if that water is not clean. Students investigate simple ways of making dirty water clean and...