Project: Sanitation and Disease: for primary students (UP)

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	Sanitation and Disease Purpose: To create an understanding of the connections between clean water, sanitation and disease. *iwb* Activities marked with this symbol are particularly suited to use on an Interactive Whiteboard. For the teacher Resource News forum Getting Started Resource Introduce Yourself Glossary: Introduce Yourselves

1	The Adventures of Super Toilet Watch the Adventures of Super Toilet on the Water Aid Splash Out website. Go to the Kerpoof Studio. Log in with the user name OzProjects and the password ozzy. Draw one of the characters from the Adventures of Super Toilet. Add some text to your picture which describes the character you have drawn. Save your picture. From time to time the OzProjects team will collect your pictures to share in the slideshow below. Characters from the Adventures of Super Toilet Slideshow

2	Crossword and Discussion Forum Complete the Sanitation and Disease Crossword and then join the discussion forum to share your knowledge about sanitation and disease. The links below will help you with the crossword. Sanitation Glossary Voices of Youth Glossary Crossword Help: Sanitation and Disease Word List Crossword Help: Sanitation and Disease Word List Resource Sanitation and Disease Crossword file Forum Netiquette Resource Discussion Forum: What do you know about sanitation? Forum Followup Resource Collecting water in the African country of Niger Niger is a drought prone country in Central Africa. Find out how people get water in this country. *iwb* Locate Niger on an interactive world map file Read about collecting water in Niger Resource Glossary: Collecting Water in Niger

3	Water and sanitation in Ethiopia More than 80 percent of all disease in Ethiopia is attributed to poor access to clean water and sanitation. Follow the links below to learn about this problem in Ethiopia. *iwb* Locate the African coutry of Ethiopia on an interactive world map file Watch the video: Water- a Global Crisis file Write a paragraph outlining the main ideas of this video. Assignment

4	Using pulleys to lift buckets of water Wooden pulleys are sometimes mounted over wells to make it easier to pull a load of water out of the ground. Follow the directions below to make and experiment with a simple pulley. Play a game to find out about pulleys file Make a simple pulley file Pulley photo journal

5	Water Alert Game Play the Water Alert Game *iwb*. Record your outcome in the data base below. Water Alert Game file Database: Water Alert Game Outcomes

6	World Water Crisis Watch several short movies from the World Vision Connect website about the World Water Crisis. *iwb* These movies require Windows Media Player. Use the forum to discuss your feelings about what you have learned. Movie: Daily Toil for Water file Movie: Fountain of Hope file Movie: Worms in the Body file Movie: Drinking Dirty Water file Discussion Forum: World Water Crisis

7	The Ladder of Sanitation Read about the ladder of sanitation. Choose one type of toilet or latrine to research more fully following the links below. Create a PMI chart about the toilet or latrine you have researched. self ventilated improved pit latrines composting toilets full sewerage systems *iwb* PMI Chart Assignment

8	Special November Forums Forum: Questions to Jack Sim This forum is now closed- no new questions can be entered. The questions were answered by Jack Sim on November 17th. Click here to read the questions and answers in this forum. Jack Sim is the founder of the World Toilet Organization. This organization was formed in 2001 to work towards promoting sound sanitation and health policies around the world. Find out about the World Toilet Organization here Find out about World Toilet Day here READ THE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS IN THIS FORUM BELOW Forum: Ask Jack Sim a question about the World Toilet Organization Forum: Questions to Zaneta This forum is now closed- no new questions can be entered. These questions were answered by Zaneta between November 10-14. Click here to read the questions and answers in this forum. Zaneta spent 10 months working as a communications officer for a Water and Sanitation Program in Bangladesh. She did this as an AusAID Youth Ambassador for Development (AYAD). Find out about the AYAD program here. Find out about Zaneta and her work in Bangladesh here. Read Zaneta's article "Bathrooms Save our Bhai-bons from Bangla Belly" below. Bathrooms Save our Bhai-bons from Bangla Belly Word document Zaneta and her work as an AYAD in Bangladesh Resource READ THE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS IN THIS FORUM BELOW Forum: Questions to Zaneta