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Year 3 - Geography

Water inequalities

The water cycle: why is it important?

Unit Summary

This unit introduces the water cycle and explores how water moves through natural and built environments. Pupils investigate how water is used, supplied and owned, and consider how access to water differs in the UK and around the world.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to explain the importance of UN Global Goal 6: clean water and sanitation.

Key Notes

  • Not all people around the world have access to clean, safe water or wastewater treatment.
  • One in three people live without basic sanitation, causing unnecessary disease and death.
  • The Global Goals are a plan agreed to by world leaders to build a greener, fairer, better world by 2030.
  • The aim of Global Goal 6, is to achieve access to safe water and sanitation for all by 2030.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • resource: A resource is anything that can be used for a human need.
  • sanitation: Sanitation systems take dirty water and other waste products away.
  • Global Goals: 17 Global Goals created by the United Nations (UN), designed to be a way of working towards a better and more sustainable future for the world.

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • That there is nothing we can do to help with water supply problems.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain this geography topic using two clear key points.

Not all people around the world have access to clean, safe water or wastewater treatment. One in three people live without basic sanitation, causing unnecessary disease and death.

2. Define this geography term and use it in an example. 'resource'

A resource is anything that can be used for a human need.

3. Correct this common geography misunderstanding.

Mistake: That there is nothing we can do to help with water supply problems. Correction: Water is a precious resource everywhere in the world, in all countries. We can all do our bit by using water more carefully and encouraging other people to do the same.

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