Children's Water Festival
Chatham Kent
Water Main Break
Overview
Students will have the
opportunity to see how groundwater is pumped from the aquifer to a reservoir, treated and piped
through a distribution system to be delivered to homes and businesses in the community.
This system will emulate the systems currently in use in many communities that currently have
municipal water systems in place. Students will observe the forces required to pump the water
up into a water tower and the use of gravity and pressure to distribute the water through the system.
Curriculum Link
Matter and Energy, Grade 3 (Forces Causing Movement)
Design and build devices that use forces to create controlled movement (O.E.)
Demonstrate an understanding of how forces cause movement and changes in movement (O.E.)
Investigate the forces of gravity, muscular force, friction, and magnetism to identify pushing
and pulling forces (S.E.)
Structures and Mechanisms, Grade 3 (Strong and Stable Structures)
Explain how strength and stability enable a structure to perform a specific task (S.E.)
Heritage and Citizenship, Grade 4 (Medieval Times)
Compare aspects of life in a medieval community and their own community (S.E.)
Life Systems, Grade 4 (Habitats and Communities)
Describe ways in which humans interact with habitats and the effects of these interactions on the communities within (O.E.)
Life Systems, Grade 5 (Human Organ Systems)
Explain how human health is affected by environmental factors (S.E.)
Explain beneficial and harmful effects of technological innovations on human organ systems (S.E.)