Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify some of the different ways of using water at home, a template to select and record special ways of using water for a range of purposes and a set of cards to label a model to show how water can be used around a family home.

The interactive presentation gets the children to explore and record suitable replacements for water that can be used to perform different jobs in a home.

This lesson is part of a curriculum topic scheme of work to get the children to investigate and describe different sources and uses of water at home by families to understand its importance in the world. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.