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World Water DayTarget audience (age): Ensino Mdio Aim: getting aware of the importance of the water in our lives and how each one can contribute to save and preserve it Duration: 50 min Organization: individual work or pair work, teachers choice Material: worksheet, video Preparation: watch video previously, make copies of the worksheet When: March 22nd

Celebration: this date has been celebrated since 1993, when the United Nations Assembly declared March 22nd as World Water Day. Since then, every year lots of activities are promoted and implemented in several countries. One of the objectives of this day is to raise awareness of people and governments to the importance of freshwater in Earths life

Procedure: Warmupstudentsbyhavingadiscussiononthecurrentwatercrisis.Talkaboutitsorigins,whats

being done to overcome it and how the population can help.

Taketheopportunitytoelicitpossiblevocabularyrelatedtothetopic.

Information for the teacher:

Inordertoelicitvocabularyrelatedtothetopic,dividetheclassintogroupsoffourstudentsandgiveeach group a word to talk about. Some suggestions are: rainforests, weather changes, global warming, water pollution, freshwater, sanitation. Allow some time for the students to get to a good definition of the word and then ask them to share it with the whole class.

Ifpossible,watchwiththemthevideoOur Thirsty World by National Geographic where some astonishing facts concerning water are shown. (Find it in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pXuAw1bSQo) In case you use the video, ask these questions:

According to the video, whats the main use of freshwater in the world?

What are the main uses of indoor water in the US? Do you think its the same in Brazil?

How can the water consume be compared in developed countries and in the poorest countries?

What image from the video impacted you the most?

Handoutacopyoftheworksheettoeachstudent.

Askthemtoreadthefactsaboutthewateraroundtheworldandopenabigdiscussiononeachfact.

Readthetextwiththemandallowsometimeforthemtoanswerthequestionsaboutit.

Checktheanswerswiththestudents.

Allowsometimeforthemtoanswerthepersonalquestions.

Askthemtoformgroupstodiscusstheiranswers.

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2. Read the text. Waterisessentialtolife.Withoutwater,lifewouldntexist.Waterisvitalforallhumanandeconomicdevelopment.Nowadays,thepossibilityofwaterscarcityhasreceivedalotofpublicattention.Thisissobecause although water is a renewable resource it is also a finite one. Only 2,53 percent of the earths water isfreshandtwo-thirdsofitisinglaciersandpermanentsnow.Thesuppliesoffreshwaterarelimitedanditsdemandonlyincreasesoverthedecades.Therefore,therearerealreasonstoworryandtakeactionquickly. Itscrucialforallspeciessurvivalthatmanunderstandsthatallhisinterferenceinnaturehasbeenaffecting the environment balance in a negative way. Endangered species, global warming and the ozone layer hole are just some of these terrible effects. Also,withoutwaterthereisnoenergy,becauseitisrequiredtoproducenearlyallformsofenergyandenergy is necessary for all economical activities. So, its a big challenge for all governments to find a solution for this problem, mainly in developing and emerging economies. Besides, access to improved water and sanitation have a huge impact in the populations health. Many diseases could be avoided if there were better conditons to obtain water. March 22nd was stablished World Water day in 1992 by the UN in order to discuss important themes related to this essencial resource to life. In2015,WorldWaterDaysthemeisWaterandSustainableDevelopmentanditsanimportantopportunity to highlight waters role in the development of the nations. (Adapted from http://water.org/water-crisis/water-facts/water/. Accessed on January 25th, 2015.)

WORLD WATER DAY 1. Read the facts below. Check the ones that are true in your opinion. (All alternatives are checked)

1IN9PEOPLELACKACCESS TOSAFEWATER

MOREPEOPLEHAVEAMOBILEPHONETHANATOILET

EVERYMINUTEACHILDDIESOF AWATERRELATEDDISEASE

WOMENANDCHILDRENSPEND140MILLIONSHOURSADAY

COLLECTINGWATER

2.5BILLIONPEOPLELACK ACCESSTOIMPROVEDSANITATION

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3. Give the definition of the words below. If necessary, use an English-English dictionary to help you.

SCARCITY Insufficiencyorshortnessofsupply

RENEWABLE Able to be renewed

SURVIVAL Theactofenduringunderadversecircumstances

BALANCE Astateofequilibrium

4. According to the text, what are some consequences of lack of water to the population?

Ithasahugeimpactinthepopulationshealth.

5. And what are some consequences of lack of water to the economy? Why?

Withoutwaterthereisnoenergy,becauseitisrequiredtoproducenearlyallformsofenergyandenergy

is necessary for all economical activities.

6. Suggest a title for this text. (Answers will vary)

7. Answer.a) Do you know what is happening in Brazil concerning water? (Answers will vary)

b)Howcanthepopulationhelp? (Answers will vary)

c) What do you do to save water? (Answers will vary)

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WORLD WATER DAY 1. Read the facts below. Check the ones that are true in your opinion.

2. Read the text. Waterisessentialtolife.Withoutwater,lifewouldntexist.Waterisvitalforallhumanandeconomicdevelopment.Nowadays,thepossibilityofwaterscarcityhasreceivedalotofpublicattention.Thisissobecause although water is a renewable resource it is also a finite one. Only 2,53 percent of the earths water isfreshandtwo-thirdsofitisinglaciersandpermanentsnow.Thesuppliesoffreshwaterarelimitedanditsdemandonlyincreasesoverthedecades.Therefore,therearerealreasonstoworryandtakeactionquickly. Itscrucialforallspeciessurvivalthatmanunderstandsthatallhisinterferenceinnaturehasbeenaffecting the environment balance in a negative way. Endangered species, global warming and the ozone layer hole are just some of these terrible effects. Also,withoutwaterthereisnoenergy,becauseitisrequiredtoproducenearlyallformsofenergyandenergy is necessary for all economical activities. So, its a big challenge for all governments to find a solution for this problem, mainly in developing and emerging economies. Besides, access to improved water and sanitation have a huge impact in the populations health. Many diseases could be avoided if there were better conditons to obtain water. March 22nd was stablished World Water day in 1992 by the UN in order to discuss important themes related to this essencial resource to life. In2015,WorldWaterDaysthemeisWaterandSustainableDevelopmentanditsanimportantopportunity to highlight waters role in the development of the nations. (Adapted from http://water.org/water-crisis/water-facts/water/. Accessed on January 25th, 2015.)

MOREPEOPLEHAVEAMOBILEPHONETHANATOILET

1IN9PEOPLELACKACCESS TOSAFEWATER

EVERYMINUTEACHILDDIESOF AWATERRELATEDDISEASE

WOMENANDCHILDRENSPEND140MILLIONSHOURSADAY

COLLECTINGWATER

2.5BILLIONPEOPLELACK ACCESSTOIMPROVEDSANITATION

Name:____________________________________ Date: ______________

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3. Give the definition of the words below. If necessary, use an English-English dictionary to help you.

SCARCITY________________________________________________________ RENEWABLE______________________________________________________ SURVIVAL________________________________________________________ BALANCE________________________________________________________

4. According to the text, what are some consequences of lack of water to the population?

5. And what are some consequences of lack of water to the economy? Why?

6. Suggest a title to this text. 7. Answer.a) Do you know what is happening in Brazil concerning water?

b)Howcanthepopulationhelp?

c) What do you do to save water?