Children's Water Festival
Chatham Kent
Where It Goes When I Go
Overview
Students discover for
themselves the process that sewage and wastewater takes in a wastewater treatment plant before it
is safely returned to our waterways. This hands-on activity takes them through the processes without
leaving the premises. A model of a Water Treatment Centre is used. Photos of actual local treatment
plants are included for relating to the working model.
Curriculum Link
Life Systems, Grade 4 (Habitats and Communities)
Describe advantages and disadvantages of human interactions within habitats and food chains (S.E.)
Identify organisms, including humans, according to their role in a food chain (eg producer, consumer, decomposer) (S.E.)
Matter and Energy, Grade 4 (Light and Sound)
Demonstrate an understanding that light and sound are forms of energy with specific characteristics
and properties (O.E.)
Describe different uses of light and sound energy (S.E.)
Explain how technological innovations related to light and sound are used and controlled at home and
in the community and the impact these innovations have on quality of life (S.E.)
Matter and Energy, Grade 5 (Properties of and Changes in Matter)
Describe physical changes that can take place in materials found at home, in industry, or in the environment and explain ways in which these physical changes affect safe production, storage, use, and disposal of the materials (S.E.)