High School Water Education

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High School Water Education Program

The Environmental Education team has designed a new and innovative high school program focused on water conservation and education. The program is tailored to address syllabus links in the NSW curriculum for Stage 4 Geography Water in The World.

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Mardi Dam Virtual Tour

Explore our new immersive, interactive 360 degree virtual reality experience. Go behind-the-scenes on a tour of Mardi Dam and our Water Treatment Plant to discover the processes that provide the Central Coast with clean, safe drinking water. Best viewed through virtual reality glasses but can also be viewed from any device with the Google Chrome internet browser.

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Online board game showing a map with creeks and water reservoirs, including supply line and water level status

Working With Water Game

Can you keep the Coast supplied with drinking water through flood, fire, drought? Quench the thirst of our growing population with the brand new Working with Water game. It’s hours of Sim-city style fun as you battle to keep the water flowing despite natural disasters, equipment failures, busy tourist seasons, property booms and more.

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School Water Conservation Brochure

High School Water Education Program

The Environmental Education team has designed a new and innovative high school program focused on water conservation and education. The program is tailored to address syllabus links in the NSW curriculum for Stage 4 Geography Water in The World.

Download program

Smart Water Data Logger

Would your school like to see how much water is being used or lost each day and night? Central Coast Council is providing a FREE Smart Water Data Logger installation to schools for up to two months. Schools will also get curriculum linked educational resources and two poster size graphs for collecting data.

 

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Water audit

How does your school use water? Students are challenged to independently investigate how and where your school uses the most water.

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Stream order

Why are streams in the Mangrove Dam catchment important? In this teacher-led activity, students will develop a practical understanding of the stream network in our local catchment.

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Water cycle explored

Using an interactive weather website, students will unpack the water cycle by exploring various components of weather to better understand the water cycle during this teacher-led activity.

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Platypus creek

In this teacher-led activity, students become local hobby farmers trying to manage their water resources in the context of this drought.

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Water around Australia

In this teacher-led activity, students will ‘travel’ around Australia solving clues about water resources. Bon voyage!

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