Water Roll

TYPE: Short Activities
AUDIENCE: Ages 4 - Adult
TOPIC: Societal Topics
In this activity, learners decide how they would distribute water between homes, farms and factories by sliding marbles down a tube into various containers.
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DESCRIPTION

This hands-on SustainABLE activity is meant to promote conversation about how water is distributed and used, and how we can work together to conserve this limited resource. In different parts of the country, guests may be familiar with different issues around water. For example, in some areas, the purity of water may be more relevant to visitors than a drought. (You can tailor the presentation of the activity to better reflect local concerns.) Players decide how they would distribute water between homes, farms, and factories by sliding marbles down a tube into various containers.

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  • Young learner sorting colored marbles into three different colored boxes using a tube and funnel
  • Water roll activity guide
  • Child using tube to roll marbles into color sorted boxes
  • Young learner sorting colored marbles into three different colored boxes using a tube and funnel
  • Water roll activity guide
  • Child using tube to roll marbles into color sorted boxes

DESCRIPTION

This hands-on SustainABLE activity is meant to promote conversation about how water is distributed and used, and how we can work together to conserve this limited resource. In different parts of the country, guests may be familiar with different issues around water. For example, in some areas, the purity of water may be more relevant to visitors than a drought. (You can tailor the presentation of the activity to better reflect local concerns.) Players decide how they would distribute water between homes, farms, and factories by sliding marbles down a tube into various containers.

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OBJECTIVES

LEARNING GOALS

  • Sustainability solutions address today’s biggest challenges to create the future we want.

  • We all have a role in creating a more sustainable future.

  • People need water for many things, but clean water is a limited resource.

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TYPE:
Educational Resources
AUDIENCE:
Ages 4 - Adult
LANGUAGES:
English
ADDITIONAL TOPICS: Earth and Space Science Water and Oceans Societal Topics Sustainability
KIT: fully colored sustainable logo featuring a hand and leaf icon Browse kit
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Credits

YEAR CREATED
2016
PROJECT
OWNING INSTITUTION

Arizona State University

FUNDING

Sustainability in Science Museums is supported by the Walton Sustainability Solutions Initiatives at Arizona State University.

PERMISSIONS

Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US).
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