Weight of Water
Aim
: To realise how much water we use and how difficult it would be to carry
You will need
: water, bucket
Duration
: 30 minutes
Can you work out approximately how much water you use in a day? Try to estimate how many buckets of water it would come to. Make sure you remember all the different ways you use water:
Washing your hair
Brushing your teeth
Drinking
Cooking your food
Watering plants
Having a shower
Washing your hands
Add up how many buckets you use in total. Can you imagine having to collect all that water by hand?
Try lifting a bucket full of water. How much does it weigh? How far can you walk with a bucket of water? Be careful - water is very heavy.
Many women and children in poorer countries have to walk several miles every day just to collect water, because they do not have a tap or water pump near to their homes.