The invisibl

e made visible – Water

management and

The invisible made visible –

Water management and the transportation of

water from Papplewick Pumping

Station to Nottingham town

• For backgrpound and further ideas please see

2. Mellers Overview and Evaluation of Get Wet Project Year 2 With Year 3 Teacher

at http://www.getwet.org.uk/primary-school-stories

or via https://vimeo.com/83675260

Exploring the journey of water from pipe to tap

Activity 1

Use this slide show of reservoirs + pipes to show how water is transported:

•Slides of Elan valley reservoir and journey of water from Elan to Birmingham (73 miles over 3 days)•Pump and pipes at Papplewick•Map of the lay out of pipes in the local streets of Mellers Primary School, Radford, Nottingham•Photographs of dug up streets and exposed water pipes

Slides of Elan valley reservoir The journey of water from Elan to

Birmingham of 73 miles takes 3 days, using the force of gravity.

Elan valley reservoirs and the journey of water to Birmingham

It takes 1 1/2 days for water to travel

73 miles using the natural force of gravity

Gradients and gravity e.g. how long does it take for a marble to travel down a pipe held at different heights

Pump and pipes at Papplewickii Pump and pipes at Papplewick

Bringing water from underground wellsat Papplewick Pumping Station

Papplewick Engine House and Boiler Room

Detail of pipes at Papplewick Pumping Station

Map of the lay out of pipes in the local streets of Mellers Primary School,

Radford, Nottingham

Detail of the water pipes around Mellers Primary School in Radford Nottingham

Photographs of dug up streets and exposed water pipes

How pipes travel underground…

to bring water…

…into our homes

Looking at the different types and sizes of pipes

Activity 2

Map a town (imagined) in small groups and show the circulation of water from the storage source to the tap.

Use a box of random recycled objects e.g –Cd’s, lolly pop sticks , art straws, corks, lidsto create the town plan.

Pupils create water infrastructure for their own towns

Activity 3

•Creating a collaborative banner, illustrate the journey of water from Papplewick (or other source) to your school.

•Revisit the key landmarks from your journey to Papplewick Pumping Station and investigate where the water pipes are around your school.

•Large materials, useful for collage can be used, although using sticky backed plastic and marker pens on a vinyl banner creates a powerful effect.

Activity 4Water walk•Using an outdoor environment, design a pathway across the school grounds for pupils to carry buckets of water to fill a water butt or if you find one, a bathtub. •Ask the pupils to tally up how many litres of water make one bucket and then to record how many litres of water it takes them to fill the large tub. •Describe how this felt – the effort, the spillage, the distance, the implications for people who have to do that now. This illustrates the effort it takes to move water by foot - and the appreciation that many people around the world don’t have water "on tap". •The activity will also help children to grasp the physical proportions of water in the ‘virtual water’ embedded in a cup of tea, pair of jeans, piece of fruit etc

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Resources:

•Slide show images and local maps•Pipes etc from Severn Trent •Buckets and bath tub•Recycling materials- lids, lolly pop sticks, CDs, art straws, milk bottle tops•Banners : Sticky back plastic ( sign makers for scraps or Amari Plastics 0115 942 5110 )•Blank banners from ‘Blank banners’ 0115 9550808