Water

• L'acqua è vitaAcqua siamo noi

dalle antiche sorgenti veniamo,fiumi siamo noi

se i ruscelli si danno una mano,acqua siamo noi

se i torrenti si mettono insieme,vita nuova c'è

se l'acqua è in mezzo a noi.

Canto popolare

Water is lifeWe are water

We come from the ancient sources

We are riversIf streams shake their

handsWe are water

If the streems come togheter

There is new lifeIf the water is amids us

Folksong

Water in the Earth

All the water in the

oceans and seas is salt

water.

About 70% of Earth is covered with water.

Most of the water is in the oceans and seas.

About 3% of the water on Earth is fresh water.

Most of this fresh water is frozen in glaciers or polar caps.

Some fresh water is in lakes and rivers, some is in the sky, some is in the soil.

BUT

Only about 1% is fresh water that we can drink.

Imagine that water on Earth is like a bath, only a spoon is drinkable.

Water distribution

• Some countries have lots of fresh water.Some countries have lots of fresh water.• Others don't have enough.Others don't have enough.

Consequences

Women and girls walk many Women and girls walk many kilometres a day to collect water;kilometres a day to collect water;

About 10 million people in the world About 10 million people in the world die every year because they don't die every year because they don't have clean drinking water.have clean drinking water.

There isn’t sanitation;There isn’t sanitation; Many deseases dependsMany deseases depends

on dirty water;on dirty water;

Water is fundamental forlife and health

• We use lots of water every day.We use lots of water every day.• It is very precious.It is very precious.• We drink water.• We need water for the food we eat. • We use a lot of water at home for

washing.• We use water to produce energy, to

travel, • to have fun.

Water in human activities

We use the most of water in agricolture and in industrial activity.

• U.N. found that water distribution is a very serius problem in the world.

United Nation Commitee says that

• The human right to water is indispensable for leading a healthy life in human dignity;

United Nation Commitee wants to create

-Water supply and basic sanitation

-Money helping funds for the countries without water

If we reach these goals

it will be possible to:-Reduce child mortality;

- Reduce women’s work;

It will be possible to

- prevent many deseases;

- water vegetable gardens;

Bibliography Cheril Palin, Wonderful water, OUP Carlazzi-Pizzetti, Geolab, Ed. Mondadori

Dossier III De Marchi-Ferrara-Dottori, I viaggi di Mister

Fogg, Il Capitello http://www.europa.eu http://www.un.org

Water distribution on Hearth

Class III B worked on the topic in Geography, Science and English.

In groups of four they found out information, surfed the Internet.