GRADE 7: How Much Water Do You Use?

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How Much Water Do You Use? Description: This lesson is designed to accompany the Grade 7 GUSH Workshop. Students will gather information on their personal water consumption and learn how to present and interpret this data through the use of relative frequency tables and circle graphs. Grade Level: Grade 7 Setting: Classroom Learning Objectives: 1. Calculate personal water consumption and collect similar data from other classmates. 2. Organize water consumption data and present in the format of a relative frequency table and a circle graph. 3. Interpret classroom water consumption data and think of ways to reduce personal consumption. Duration: 90 minutes Key Words: Consumption Range Frequency Relative Frequency Table Circle Graph Related Curriculum Links: Natural Resources – describe a variety of ways in which people use and manage renewable, non renewable, and flow resources to meet their needs; – communicate the results of inquiries for specific purposes and audiences using computer slide shows, videos, websites, oral presentations, written notes and descriptions, drawings, tables, charts, diagrams, maps, models, and graphs Data Management and Probability – collect data by conducting a survey or an experiment to do with themselves, their environment, issues in their school or community, or content from another subject, and record observations or measurements; – collect and organize categorical, discrete, or continuous primary data and secondary data (e.g., electronic data from websites such as EStat or Census At Schools) and display the data in charts, tables, and graphs (including relative frequency tables and circle graphs) that have appropriate titles, labels (e.g., appropriate units marked on the axes), and scales (e.g., with appropriate increments) that suit the range and distribution of the data, using a variety of tools (e.g., graph paper, spreadsheets, dynamic statistical software); – read, interpret, and draw conclusions from primary data (e.g., survey results, measurements, observations) and from secondary data (e.g., temperature data or community data in the newspaper, data from the Internet about populations) presented in charts, tables, and graphs (including relative frequency tables and circle graphs); Equipment: Pencils Rulers Calculators Consumables: Copies of Tin Roof Global‘s Water Consumption Calculation Sheet (attached) Blank paper

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Transcript of GRADE 7: How Much Water Do You Use?

   

How  Much  Water  Do  You  Use?    

Description:    This  lesson  is  designed  to  accompany  the  Grade  7  GUSH  Workshop.  Students  will  gather  information  on  their  personal  water  consumption  and  learn  how  to  present  and  interpret  this  data  through  the  use  of  relative  frequency  tables  and  circle  graphs.  

Grade  Level:    Grade  7  Setting:    Classroom    

Learning  Objectives:  1.  Calculate  personal  water  consumption  and  collect  similar  data  from  other  classmates.  2.  Organize  water  consumption  data  and  present  in  the  format  of  a  relative  frequency  table  and  a  circle  graph.  3.  Interpret  classroom  water  consumption  data  and  think  of  ways  to  reduce  personal  consumption.  

Duration:    90  minutes  Key  Words:  -­‐Consumption  -­‐Range  -­‐Frequency  -­‐Relative  Frequency  Table  -­‐Circle  Graph        

Related  Curriculum  Links:    Natural  Resources  –  describe  a  variety  of  ways  in  which  people  use  and  manage  renewable,  non-­‐renewable,  and  flow  resources  to  meet  their  needs;  –  communicate  the  results  of  inquiries  for  specific  purposes  and  audiences  using  computer  slide  shows,  videos,  websites,  oral  presentations,  written  notes  and  descriptions,  drawings,  tables,  charts,  diagrams,  maps,  models,  and  graphs    Data  Management  and  Probability  –  collect  data  by  conducting  a  survey  or  an  experiment  to  do  with  themselves,  their  environment,  issues  in  their  school  or  community,  or  content  from  another  subject,  and  record  observations  or  measurements;  –  collect  and  organize  categorical,  discrete,  or  continuous  primary  data  and  secondary  data  (e.g.,  electronic  data  from  websites  such  as  E-­‐Stat  or  Census  At  Schools)  and  display  the  data  in  charts,  tables,  and  graphs  (including  relative  frequency  tables  and  circle  graphs)  that  have  appropriate  titles,  labels  (e.g.,  appropriate  units  marked  on  the  axes),  and  scales  (e.g.,  with  appropriate  increments)  that  suit  the  range  and  distribution  of  the  data,  using  a  variety  of  tools  (e.g.,  graph  paper,  spreadsheets,  dynamic  statistical  software);  –  read,  interpret,  and  draw  conclusions  from  primary  data  (e.g.,  survey  results,  measurements,  observations)  and  from  secondary  data  (e.g.,  temperature  data  or  community  data  in  the  newspaper,  data  from  the  Internet  about  populations)  presented  in  charts,  tables,  and  graphs  (including  relative  frequency  tables  and  circle  graphs);  Equipment:    -­‐  Pencils  -­‐  Rulers  -­‐  Calculators  

Consumables:  -­‐  Copies  of  Tin  Roof  Global‘s  Water  Consumption  Calculation  Sheet  (attached)  -­‐  Blank  paper  

 -­‐  Protractors    -­‐  Compasses  

-­‐  Lined  paper  

Safety  Considerations:    N/A  Lesson:  Starter  (5  minutes)  Ask  students  to  think  of  all  of  the  ways  that  they  use  water  in  a  day.  Write  their  suggestions  on  the  board.    Activity  (80  minutes)  Hand  out  the  Global  Water  Consumption  Calculation  Sheets.  Tell  students  to  first  figure  out  how  much  time  they  spend  completing  each  of  the  activities  listed  in  one  day.  Once  they  have  completed  that,  tell  them  to  calculate  the  litres  of  water  used  for  each  activity  and  then  add  up  the  sum  for  each  activity  to  get  a  total  amount  of  litres  used.  Instruct  students  to  write  their  total  daily  water  consumption  up  on  the  board.    Explain  that  they  are  going  to  represent  this  data  in  two  different  forms,  as  a  relative  frequency  table  and  as  a  circle  graph.    Ask  the  class  what  the  range  in  results  was.    When  they  have  determined  the  range,  explain  that  they  need  to  break  up  this  range  into  sections,  and  to  be  as  accurate  as  possible  they  should  try  and  have  between  5-­‐10  sections.  Ask  the  class  what  an  appropriate  section  size  would  be  (ie:  if  the  range  was  100  –  300,  should  the  sections  increase  by  25’s,  50’s,  100’s?  If  they  pick  by  25’s,  then  there  will  be  8  sections  with  the  first  one  ranging  from  100-­‐124,  the  second  one  ranging  from  125-­‐149  etc.)      Explain  to  students  that  a  relative  frequency  table  shows  how  popular  a  certain  type  of  data  is.  Draw  a  relative  frequency  table  on  the  board  and  label  the  first  column  “Litres  of  Water  Used”,  the  second  column  “Frequency”  and  the  third  column  “  Relative  Frequency”.  Ask  the  students  to  copy  a  version  of  their  own  on  lined  paper  (using  a  pencil  and  a  ruler).    Add  in  the  section  values  (ie:  100-­‐124,  125-­‐149  etc.)  under  the  first  column  and  ask  students  to  do  the  same.  Now  explain  to  students  how  to  fill  in  the  remainder  of  the  table.  Ask  the  class  how  many  results  up  on  the  board  fit  into  the  first  section  (ie:  range  between  100-­‐124)  and  then  add  that  value  into  the  second  column  of  your  table.    Ask  students  to  try  and  complete  the  rest  of  this  column  on  their  own.  After  5  minutes,  take-­‐up  students’  answers  on  the  board  or  have  them  come  write  in  the  values  themselves.  Finally,  explain  that  to  fill  in  the  third  column  they  must  divide  the  number  in  the  second  column  by  the  total  number  of  students  in  the  class  (ie:  if  the  class  has  30  students,  and  there  were  4  results  that  fit  into  the  first  range,  divide  4/30  =  0.13).  Ask  students  to  try  and  complete  the  rest  of  this  column  on  their  own.  After  5  minutes,  take-­‐up  students’  answers  on  the  board  or  have  them  come  write  in  the  values  themselves.    Explain  to  students  that  circle  graphs  (pie  charts)  are  graphs  that  use  “pie  slices”  to  show  relative  pieces  of  data.  Ask  students  what  it  is  called  if  they  were  to  jump  and  spin  one  full  rotation  (360).  Tell  students  that  a  full  circle  has  360  degrees.  Explain  that  by  multiplying  the  relative  frequency  of  each  result  by  360,  they  can  figure  out  the  size  of  each  “pie  slice”  (ie:  0.13  x  360  =  48,  so  their  first  piece  of  data  will  take  up  48  degrees,  or  48%  of  their  circle  graph).  Tell  students  to  complete  this  calculation  for  the  remainder  of  

 their  values  in  the  third  column.  When  they  are  finished,  all  of  their  answers  should  add  up  to  360.      Tell  students  to  draw  a  circle  on  blank  paper  using  a  pencil  and  a  compass.  Next,  instruct  them  to  use  their  protractor  to  draw  their  first  section  of  the  circle  graph  (you  may  want  to  demonstrate  this  on  the  board).  Instruct  them  to  draw  the  remaining  sections  of  their  circle  graph  until  it  is  complete.  They  can  then  colour-­‐code  each  section  and  provide  a  key  to  signify  what  each  colour  represents.      When  students  have  finished,  ask  them  to  interpret  their  circle  graphs.  How  much  water  do  most  people  use  in  a  day?  Are  there  more  students  at  the  higher  end  of  the  range  or  the  lower  end?      Conclusion  (5  minutes)  As  an  exit  card,  have  students  think  of  three  different  ways  they  can  reduce  their  water  consumption  in  a  day  (ie:  turning  off  tap  while  brushing  teeth,  using  bucket  to  collect  shower  water  while  they  wait  for  it  to  warm  up  etc.)    Accommodations/Modifications  This  lesson  could  be  split  into  two,  with  the  first  lesson  focussing  on  relative  frequency  tables  and  the  second  lesson  on  circle  graphs.  Use  the  students  themselves  as  a  visual  guide  when  making  the  relative  frequency  table/circle  graph.  Place  the  number  ranges  along  the  sidewall  of  the  classroom  and  have  students  stand  by  their  number  range.  Students  can  then  visualize  the  distribution  of  data.  Provide  students  with  computers  to  create  their  circle  graphs  on  excel  or  other  graphing  platforms  before  drawing  their  own.    Extensions  Have  students  give  the  water  consumption  survey  to  other  grade  levels  to  compare  water  consumption  data  for  students  of  different  ages.  They  can  then  use  this  extra  information  to  build  a  second  circle  graph  (ie:  grade  8  water  consumption  vs.  grade  7  water  consumption).  

 

 

Water  Consumption  Calculation  Sheet    

Let’s  see  how  much  water  you  use  in  one  day!  Decide  how  many  times  you  complete  each  of  the  activities  listed  in  the  table  below  and  multiply  these  with  the  amount  of  water  used  by  each  activity.  For  example,  if  you  shower  for  10  minutes/day,  you  use  (10  x  9.46)  94.6  litres  of  water  while  showering.  Finally,  add  up  the  amount  of  water  used  for  each  activity  to  get  a  total  for  the  day.    

Activity   Amount  of  water  used    

Number  of  times  activity  is  

completed  per  day  

Calculated  amount  of  water  used  per  day  

Shower   9.46  litres  per  minute  

     

 

Bath   264.98  litres    

     

 

Toilet   13.25  litres  per  flush  

     

 

Front-­‐Loading  Washing  machine  

75.70  litres  per  load        

 

Top-­‐Loading  Washing  machine  

151.42  litres  per  load  

     

 

Dishwasher   22.71  litres  per  load        

 

Hand  wash  dishes   75.70  litres        

 

Tap   3.78  litres  per  minute  

       

 Total  Amount  of  Water  Used  Per  Day: