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    This document discusses water and its importance. It covers three main topics: 1. Uses of water - Water is essential for life and is used for drinking, cooking, washing, cleaning, bathing, and putting out fires. 2. Sources of water - Water comes from rain, lakes, ponds, springs, rivers, seas, oceans, and underground wells. It is delivered to homes through pipes and storage tanks. 3. Using water wisely - People should conserve water by turning off taps, reusing water, drinking clean water, and keeping water sources clean by not polluting rivers, ponds, and lakes. Proper water management is important since it is a precious resource.

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    This document discusses water and its importance. It covers three main topics: 1. Uses of water - Water is essential for life and is used for drinking, cooking, washing, cleaning, bathing, and putting out fires. 2. Sources of water - Water comes from rain, lakes, ponds, springs, rivers, seas, oceans, and underground wells. It is delivered to homes through pipes and storage tanks. 3. Using water wisely - People should conserve water by turning off taps, reusing water, drinking clean water, and keeping water sources clean by not polluting rivers, ponds, and lakes. Proper water management is important since it is a precious resource.

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    This document discusses water and its importance. It covers three main topics: 1. Uses of water - Water is essential for life and is used for drinking, cooking, washing, cleaning, bathing, and putting out fires. 2. Sources of water - Water comes from rain, lakes, ponds, springs, rivers, seas, oceans, and underground wells. It is delivered to homes through pipes and storage tanks. 3. Using water wisely - People should conserve water by turning off taps, reusing water, drinking clean water, and keeping water sources clean by not polluting rivers, ponds, and lakes. Proper water management is important since it is a precious resource.

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    7 Water for Life

    Topic Covered
    Uses of water Sources of water Use water wisely

    Where all have you seen water


    being used around you
    Why do we need water? Just like air, we all need water to live. Like us, plants
    and animals also need water to live.

    USES OF WATER
    Water is useful to us in many ways.

    It is used for cooking It is used for drinking. It is used for washing.

    It is used for cleaning. It is used for bathing It helps to put out fires.
    We do not need water for activities such as reading,
    eating and sleeping. Can
    you name some more.... *****

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    SOURCES OF WATER
    Where do we get water from?
    We get water from many sources such as rain,
    DiVouKhow
    lakes, ponds, springs and rivers. Water from Seasand oceans are
    full of water. However, we
    these sources is sent to large storage tanks.
    cannot drink this water as
    From there it reaches our homes with the help it is too salty.
    of pipes and taps. ......

    Water is also found under the ground. People dig wells to take out this
    underground water.

    River Lake Well


    We store water in vessels such as buckets and
    drums. Some buildings and neighbourhoods
    have large water tanks where water is stored.
    Thinkand Answer
    It is important to store water because If you are
    we given a glass
    cannot live without it. of drinking water that smells
    bad and is brown in colour,
    Water does not have any
    shape. It takes the what should you do?
    shape of the container that it is poured into.
    Clean water is colourless. It does not have
    any taste or smell

    USE WATER WISELY


    All
    Discuss
    living beings
    need water. So, we should
    What will
    not waste water. We should turn off happen if
    people
    the tap keep throwing garbage
    after using water. into rivers and
    lakes?

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    We should always drink clean water. We should always keep the sources of
    water clean. We should not throw waste into
    rivers, ponds and lakes.
    At home, we can reuse water from the kitchen to water
    plants. We should use
    a bucket and a
    mug to take a bath. We can also reuse water to flush the toilet.

    Values and Life Skills


    Clean water is precious. We should use it well, and try to reuse and save it as
    much as we can.

    What are the different ways in which you can save water?

    REMEMBER
    1. Weneed water to live.
    2. Water is useful to us in many ways.
    3. We get water from many sources such as rain, rivers, ponds, lakes and wells.
    4. We should drink clean wate
    5. We should keep the sources of water clean.
    6. We should save and reuse water.

    WORDS
    Source The place where something begins
    A place where water comes out of the ground
    Spring
    Well A deep hole dug in the ground to get water from below
    the ground
    Underground water Water tound under the ground

    Container A thing that you can keep other things in

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    EXERCISES
    A. Write T for true or F for false.
    1. Animals also need water to live.
    2. We need water only for cooking and drinking.
    3. We only get water from rivers.

    4. Water reaches our homes with the help of pipes and taps.

    5. We should not turn off the taps after using them.

    B. Fill in the blanks.


    1. We need.. .. to live. (air/water and air)

    2. We need water for (bathing/reading)


    3. We dig a . . .... to get underground water. (well/pond)

    4. We should drink. *
    water. (clean/dirty)

    5. We. eep the sources of water clean. (should/should not)

    C. Answer the following questions.

    1. Write any three uses of water.


    2. Name any five sources of water.
    3. How can we keep our sources of water clean?

    THINGS TO DO
    of water and taste it. Say what it tastes
    On your own: Dissolve some salt in a glass
    like. This is what ocean water tastes like, Now leave this salty water in a dish,
    outside in the sun. Observe what happens to it after a few days.

    of five. Make posters about:


    In a group: Work in groups
    Keeping our sources of water clean .Saving water
    in school.
    Display these posters

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