Lesson 13

TOPIC: Personal and Social Well-Being

Grade: 5Presented By: Miss.D.Naidoo

Pitlochry Primary School Educator

Water is an important basic need

Why is clean water important?

• Safe water is essential for human life.

• Each person on Earth requires at least 20 to 50 liters of clean, safe water a day for drinking, cooking, and simply keeping themselves clean.

• There is a big demand for water because we have many people living in our country.

• Pollution and wasting water make the problem worse.

• Every living thing needs water.

• People, animals and plants die without water.

Why is clean water important?

• Our water comes to us from rivers, reservoirs and dams.

• A reservoir is a lake made by man.

• We need clean water to drink and produce healthy food.

• You cannot drink sea water. It is too salty.

• Farms cannot produce good food without clean water.

• Sanitation is an equally important, and complementary, use of water. A lack of proper sanitation services breeds diseases.

How can we protect our water and keep it clean?

• Keep our rivers free of disease by improving the way we throw away our rubbish and get rid of sewage.

• Don’t pour chemicals, oils, paints, or toxic substances into rivers, lakes, dams or down kitchen drains, basins or toilets.

• Take part in or organise community clean ups.

Activity 1

1. Write down five other ways in which you can protect our water and keep it clean.

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How can we save water?1. Place buckets under leaking taps. Collect and use the water.

2. Never leave taps open.

3. Shower instead of bath.

4. If you have a flushing toilet, place a full plastic bottle of water or a brick into the cistern to reduce the amount of water used to flush the toilet.

5. Use a plug in the basin when washing up.

6. Use leftover bath water to flush the toilet.

7. Keep a bottle of drinking water in the fridge. Don’t run the tap until the water cools or heats up.

8. Don’t let the tap run while washing your face or brushing your teeth.

9. Contact the water department when you see a burst pipe or overflowing drains in your area.

Activity 21. List all the ways you use water in your home.

2. Write down three changes you will make to start saving water.

Thank you!

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