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This United Nations Children’s Fund pie chart shows the global locations of 783 million people who did not have safe drinking water in 2012 and this number is increasing.
The total world population in 2017 is 7.5 billion (7,500,000,000). What percentage of the world population is without safe drinking water?
The world […]
(1) You will need a collection of cups, either disposable cups like the ones shown or any mugs and cups you have available. You will also need some water and a measuring jug.
Which cup would you fill with water if you are really thirsty and want a lot to drink?
Arrange […]
You will need some water and a collection of jars and bottles of different sizes and shapes like those in the picture, or a mixture of jars or bottles and paper cups of different shapes and sizes.
Which holds the most? Which holds the least? How could you find out? Explore!
Put […]
Whether or not you have plenty of water where you live it is interesting to see how we use water in our homes.
Cape Town in the 2018 dry season has a serious water shortage and water is rationed to 50 litres per person per day, as shown in this poster.
Little Man is much smaller than you and me. Here is a picture of him standing next to an ordinary mug.
Can you estimate how tall he is? How tall do you think Little Man’s mug might be?
My mug is 10 centimetres tall and it holds 300 millilitres but mugs come in different […]
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