Flow Forward - High School Water Education Incursion
Are you looking for a high school incursion tailored to syllabus outcomes that highlights the importance of water conservation and sustainable practises to create a better future on the Central Coast?
The Flow Forward Program is delivered by Council staff in collaboration with Environmental Educators from Rumbalara. The incursion consists of multiple school visits over a term allowing students to:
- Identify and rectify water inefficiencies through student-led school water audits.
- Develop and implement Water Savings Action Plans (WSAPs) to create long-term, sustainable water-saving initiatives and actions for each school.
- Increase water literacy through hands-on activities, experiments, water escape room challenges, video creation and dam tours.
- Cultivate leadership and innovation through civic engagement by empowering students to lead educational campaigns and infrastructure improvements in their schools.
Register below or email watereducation@centralcoast.nsw.gov.au for further information.
Additional Teacher Resources
Central Coast Council has designed an innovative high school program focused on water conservation and education. The program is tailored to address syllabus links in the NSW curriculum for Stage 4 Geography Water in The World.
Mardi Dam Virtual Tour
Explore our new immersive, interactive 360 degree virtual reality experience. Go behind-the-scenes on a tour of Mardi Dam and our Water Treatment Plant to discover the processes that provide the Central Coast with clean, safe drinking water. Best viewed through virtual reality glasses but can also be viewed from any device with the Google Chrome internet browser.
Working With Water Game
Can you keep the Coast supplied with drinking water through flood, fire, drought? Quench the thirst of our growing population with the brand new Working with Water game. It’s hours of Sim-city style fun as you battle to keep the water flowing despite natural disasters, equipment failures, busy tourist seasons, property booms and more.
Play now in browser Download on the App Store Get it on Google Play
Working with Water Syllabus links
School Water Conservation Brochure
High School Water Education Program
The Environmental Education team has designed a new and innovative high school program focused on water conservation and education. The program is tailored to address syllabus links in the NSW curriculum for Stage 4 Geography Water in The World.
Smart Water Data Logger
Would your school like to see how much water is being used or lost each day and night? Central Coast Council is providing a FREE Smart Water Data Logger installation to schools for up to two months. Schools will also get curriculum linked educational resources and two poster size graphs for collecting data.
Water audit
How does your school use water? Students are challenged to independently investigate how and where your school uses the most water.
Stream order
Why are streams in the Mangrove Dam catchment important? In this teacher-led activity, students will develop a practical understanding of the stream network in our local catchment.
Water cycle explored
Using an interactive weather website, students will unpack the water cycle by exploring various components of weather to better understand the water cycle during this teacher-led activity.
Platypus creek
In this teacher-led activity, students become local hobby farmers trying to manage their water resources in the context of this drought.
Water around Australia
In this teacher-led activity, students will ‘travel’ around Australia solving clues about water resources. Bon voyage!
