This lesson helps explain the effect of climate change on the world and how it is everybody’s responsibility to help. Learning Objectives: ● I understand the effects of climate change on the world. ● I understand that we have a shared responsibility to help. Curriculum link: The curriculum links are not exhaustive but offer a guide ● Personal Social Health Education: ways of carrying out shared responsibilities for protecting the environment; how everyday choices can affect the environment. Resources: ● Lesson Plan ● Lesson Slides

This lesson helps explain the water cycle and how it works. Learning Objectives: ● I understand that human rights belong to everybody and should protect everyone. ● I can create tables and bar charts to represent data. Curriculum link: The curriculum links are not exhaustive but offer a guide ● Science: States of Matter - Identify the part played by evaporation and condensation in the water cycle. ● Geography: Human and Physical – Describe and understand key aspects of the water cycle. Resources: ● Lesson Plan ● Lesson Slides

KS3 students will learn about the Lahan area of Nepal, while developing problem-solving skills through distance- and time-based reasoning challenges. This resources collection includes a short Powerpoint lesson introduction, whic can be followed by the two worksheets. Teacher notes are also provided. Within the PowerPoint you will find a 20 minute video - this is a virtual visit to Lahan in South-Eastern Nepal , which provides a great overview of how school life is for children between 5 and 18 in Lahan. Schools and teachers, Teaching, Key Stage 3, Geography, Maths, PSHE, Citizenship These have been created by WaterAid in partnership with Anglian Water and Welsh Water.

A few tutor time activities for students to complete. The activities include: wordsearch, crossword and maze. These are useful following our assembly on World Water Day. WaterAid is an international not-for-profit organisation, determined to make clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene normal for everyone, everywhere within a generation.

This lesson is shows the importance of hygiene and hand washing and explains to students the correct way to wash their hands. Learning Objectives: ● I understand why it is important to wash our hands thoroughly. ● I am able to wash my own hands thoroughly. Curriculum link: The curriculum links are not exhaustive but offer a guide ● Personal, Social and Emotional development: Manage their own basic hygiene. Resources: ● Resource 1 - Hand sequencing activity ● Lesson Plan

Suitable for Key Stages 1-2, ‘A world of water’ explores the importance of this vital resource. This video covers: the water cycle, introduces the concept of life without taps and toilets the implications of a lack of water on health and livelihoods. Use our new film to introduce topics around water, global issues or campaigning and fundraising to inform and inspire your pupils.

These activities are designed to engage students in conversations about periods. The activities are designed to help reduce the taboo and stigma surrounding periods and engage young people in the realities around menstrual health and hygiene as well as educate young people on period poverty, both in the UK and globally. The activity pack is made up of two sessions. There are 5 activities in each. Session one: Stigma and language Let’s get talking! 2.Talking lines Guess what it is Is that a fact? Myth busting Session two: Dealing with periods What do we know about periods? What happens when you have a period Be prepared Periods in the UK and abroad 5.Create your own sanitary towel

These work sheets are designed to test curriculum targeted skills with real world examples. Build these worksheets into your existing lessons, or use them as standalone activities. You could also use them as extension activities for the film and the three lessons also found in WaterAid’s library. KS2 - Mathematics & Geography - Water level problem solving This is an exercise that uses water levels to help aid children in using fractions in real world scenarios. In this case, water usage in a well. KS2 - ICT & Mathematics & Geography - Algorithm Worksheet A worksheet using algorithms to navigate children to a water source. This requires them to give directions in order to get from one spot to another, whilst avoiding obstacles. Uses directions, programming and These resources have been made by WaterAid in partnership with Welsh Water and Anglian Water.

These worksheets ask children to use their IT skills to find facts on the internet. It also asks them to compare two different locations, Nepal and students local area, rainfall patterns. They then can produce a graph which shows the comparison of the locations, write statements about their data and to reflect using success criteria on how well they have done. These resources have been made by WaterAid in partnership with Welsh Water and Anglian Water.

This assembly discusses menstrual hygiene day 28th May, providing slides that discuss: Why we celebrate menstrual hygiene day Menstrual hygiene challenges around the world The importance of menstrual hygiene What your school provides regarding menstrual hygiene This assembly is designed to get students thinking about periods and to promote an open discussion regarding other peoples as well as their own menstrual hygiene challenges.

This 15 minute video for KS2-5 complements our other resources around Nepal, and is a great conversation starter for discussions around the difference between school life in Nepal and in the UK. Might be nice for form time or PSHE/ Citizenship. Students will “walk” alongside local WaterAid staff as they visit some of the communities WaterAid has been working with, including a school in Lahan, south-eastern Nepal; students will learn common Nepali phrases and join 16-year-old Karun on his water walk. Geography, Science, Mathematics, IT, PSHE, Citizenship

This lesson explains the importance of water as a basic need and then explains how items have different properties that make them sink or float. Learning Objectives: ● I understand that water is a basic need for humans. ● I understand that items have different properties. Curriculum link: The curriculum links are not exhaustive but offer a guide ● Science - Animals including Humans: Find out about and describe the basic needs of animals, including humans, for survival (water); Everyday materials – Compare and group together a variety of everyday materials on the basis of their simple physical properties. Resources: ● Lesson Slides ● Lesson Plan

This wordsearch was created by one of WaterAid’s volunteer Speaker’s, Dave Padfield. He has been a volunteer with WaterAid for many years and was previously a teacher. Learning Objective: To encourage word recognition and recap vocabulary relevant to WaterAid.

A set of four videos introducing climate change. Video 1: What is climate change? What do we mean when we talk about climate change? What’s the difference between weather and climate? What are the differences between natural and man-made causes of climate change? Video 2: Impacts of climate change Climate change is happening. But what does this mean for us, now and in the future? Why should we care? This film looks at the devastating impact climate change is having on our planet. Video 3: Climate change and water In film three, we focus on one particular area: the link between climate change and water. How many different ways do we use water every day? What impact does climate change have on this? What would you do without water? Video 4: How can we manage climate change Now that we’ve looked at what climate change is, its impact, and the link between climate change and water, it’s time to talk about how we can manage it. This film looks at two routes to managing climate change: mitigation and adaptation. But what do these mean? These videos are suitable for a variety of ages (from 7 to 18) so they can be used as either an introduction to climate change or a refresher for older students.

An video covering the impacts of climate change on water. The video explains the link between climate change and water. The video covers the topics: The importance of water Climate changes impact on water (droughts and floods) A Burkina Faso managing water and climate change case study. This video is the third in a series of videos suitable for a variety of ages (7 to 18 years) which can be used as either an introduction to climate change or a refresher for older students.

An video introduction to climate change that explains: What do we mean when we talk about climate change? What’s the difference between weather and climate? What is the greenhouse effect? What are the natural and man-made causes of climate change? This video is one of a series of videos suitable for a variety of ages (7 to 18 years) and they can be used as either an introduction to climate change or a refresher for older students.

An video introduction to the impacts of climate change that explains; what does this mean for us, now and in the future? Why should we care? This film looks at the devastating impact climate change is having on our planet. Covering topics such as: The global impacts of climate change Glacial melt Sea level rise Sea ice melt Extreme weather events Impacts in the UK This video is the second in a series of videos suitable for a variety of ages (7 to 18 years) which can be used as either an introduction to climate change or a refresher for older students.

A video introduction on the ways we can manage climate change through mitigation and adaptation and provides an explanation of the mitigation and adaptation techniques available to manage the impacts of climate change. These videos are suitable for a variety of ages (from seven to 18) as they can be used as either an introduction to climate change or a refresher for older students.