Tuesday, July 27, 2010

A day of water usage

This is a small filler worksheet I made after the first activity.

Aim: An activity to see understand when and how these students interact with water.

Activity: I have given them an activity sheet which has three columns. Every time they come in contact with water, they have to fill this sheet in. One that says ‘Action’- what they are using the water for, the second ‘Source – where they are getting this water from and third ‘Quantity’- approximately how much they use. I told them to take it home with them and fill it across a day, every time they used water and share it with the whole class the next time we meet, to see what the patterns are.

Inference: Through this, I hope to know where the touch points are, where the children come to contact with water and where that water comes from and how much they use. This might just be a revelation for me and them as well- to look at their water usage patterns.

I have given these to them and explained what they have to do. They immediately asked what these three words and translated it for themselves into Kannada. I am waiting to see what they have filled in. I will know soon!

Here are some of the responses!

6 comments:

MANASI LAMBA said...
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MANASI LAMBA said...

:) I am liking it

Jayadeep(JDP) said...

Very interesting project! I think your top priority should be to learn the local language - a middleman takes the intimacy out of the communication IMO!

zenrainman said...

http://www2.fluoridealert.org/Alert/India/Pavagada-Blinded-by-tradition-and-fluoride-in-water
of interest ....
any evidence in the school?

Aajwanthi said...

Thanks for visiting Mr.Jayadeep. Yes, that would indeed be the ideal case scenario. Lots of things get lost in the translation, but it is still helping! I am trying to learn Kannada as well, how much even I can in these few months!

Aajwanthi said...

Read the report Mr.Vishwanath, though thankfully I have not seen such cases in the schools. Will ask around about it the next time I visit as well though.