ech2o worksheet – be water smart in the summer 4
Be water smart while you are in your paddling pool
ech2o worksheet – be water smart in the summer 3
Find out water smart things to do after you’ve finished playing in your paddling pool.
ech2o worksheet – be water smart in the summer 2
The baby flamingos are diving into a bucket of water and the meerkats are queuing up to refill their water pistols. Are they being water smart or water silly?
ech2o worksheet – be water smart in the summer 1
The baby gorillas are chasing each other with hoses. Do you think they are being water smart or water silly? And what about the baby flamingos?
ech2o worksheet – how to use a dual-flush loo
Dual flush loos are very water smart. As long as you use them in the right way! Download this poster and put it up in your school toilets so that everyone knows how to use one.
ech2o worksheet – toilets are brilliant!
A worksheet all about toilets! Find out lots of facts about loos including when the flushing loo was first invented, what ‘flushable’ actually means, how a toilet cistern works, which countries have the least number of toilets per head of population and how we are making toilets more and more water smart.
ech2o worksheet – do you use more or less water than the average person?
Be a water detective and use this worksheet to find out whether you use more or less water than the average person in your bath or shower.
Rhodri the rat – The three Ps
Help Rhodri the rat tell Colin what is okay to flush down the toilet.
ech2o worksheet – the Three Ps
Toilets are brilliant! But we shouldn’t use them as a bin. Find out which 3 Ps are the only things that should be flushed down the loo.
The Great Aqua Adventure
Find out all about the water cycle, and the roles that evaporation, condensation and precipitation play in it. Then create your very own water cycle in the kitchen! All in this crash course kids video.
A glass of dino pee!
Dinosaurs died out millions of years ago and yet we are still drinking their wee to this very day! How come? And what does it taste like? Check out this crash course kids video about how the water cycle and the world of the dinosaurs collide …
ech2o worksheet – two water cycles
The natural water cycle and the urban water cycle. An explanation of how they both work and a link to a videos about how we might be drinking dinosaur wee!! Download Two water cycles KS2
ech2o book – The mysterious case of the sinking flamingo
It’s raining in the zoo and all is not what it seems in the flamingo pool. Meet Frankie the flamingo and her assorted sidekicks as they unravel the mystery of the sinking flamingo. This picture book for 5-8 year olds explains in a fun and informative way what happens to rainwater and wastewater once it enters the sewers and how water is supplied to buildings.
You can watch a video of the story, download a series of worksheets, buy the book, book an author visit for your school and catch up on all the latest news from the Flamingo Investigation Department here.
Test your water sense
Lydia’s favourite game to ‘test your watersense’ on …with Flo the water droplet, the hero of the hour, being followed around by the baddies and water-wasterers ‘Sogosaurus’, ‘Drip drip’, ‘Swirly’ and ‘Drainiac’! Play the game (Also American)
The water cycle
Learn about the water cycle with Bridger the short sighted beagle (I’m guessing here…) Its an interactive journey through the water cycle. American game but the water cycle is the same all over the world. Play
The water family
Play this to see how water smart you can get your game family to be: Play
Best for ages 9-13. Sam (aged 13) has played this for the last hour and counting!
She says: ‘I like this game because it tests you on different things you may not know.’
Saving water outside
The lion and the monkey are saving water outside. How are they doing it?
Saving Water – Frankie the flamingo
Frankie the flamingo is having a shower. Look carefully at the picture and see if you can work out how she is saving water.
