Water in the World URBAN

Sydney Olympic Park is a world class example of sustainable water management practices.

Students will follow the course of water as it makes its way through the catchment at Sydney Olympic Park and observe innovative sustainable water practices. They will observe, record and collect data on how Sydney Olympic Park's sustainable water practices provides water for endangered frog species, water birds, ornamental fountains, irrigation for parklands and flushing toilets in an 80,000 seat stadium! Throughout the field trip, students will undertake a range of fieldwork tasks and geographic skills including water testing, using weather recording instruments, field sketches, annotate photographs, interpret charts, create flow diagrams and map the flow water runoff through this highly urbanised catchment area. All of this information will allow the students to answer the Key Inquiry Question posed to them at the beginning of the day "What approaches has Sydney Olympic Park used to sustainably manage water resources and reduce water scarcity?"

Student will gain hands on experience in a range of fieldwork techniques and answer a syllabus related inquiry question.

(H2) Learning Outcomes

(H3) Syllabus information
Stage 4 Water In the World

(H3) Outcomes
GE4-1, GE4-2, GE4-3, GE4-5, GE4-7, GE4-8

(H3) Key Inquiry Questions

• What approaches can be used to sustainably manage water resources and reduce water scarcity?

(H3) Content

• The water cycle
• Water scarcity and water management
• The value of water