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| The Water Box? What
is it? |
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| It's a comprehensive
resource for teaching children about water. |
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| Inside the Water Box
you will find the equipment and guidance to carry out
21 investigations into the properties of water,
how it is cleaned, how it moves, how we use it, how it
mixes with other materials and lots more. |
| It is aimed at Key
Stage 2 but it is also used in many Key Stage 1
classrooms as the activities can be modified to suit
different age groups and abilities. |
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| It is fully in line with
the National Curriculum requirements for the water
elements of the Science and Geography programmes
of study and much of the equipment will support Teachers'
own ideas for activities. There is a comprehensive Teachers'
supporting handbook and companion booklet, a video, plus
21 laminated work cards clearly setting out the activities,
equipment needed and any safety issues. |
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| The Water Box is available
for loan or purchase from Three Valleys Water via
our Education Section. The current purchase price is £175
(inc VAT) plus p & p. A two-week loan of a box, collected
and returned to us or the nearest Three Valleys Water
office site, is £25 (inc. VAT). This charge will be discounted
from the purchase price if you subsequently decide to
buy it. |
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| If you already have
a Water Box but are running low on supplies,
the next bit's for you! |
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| Replenishment |
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| The following gives
information about how you can easily and cheaply
restock most of the consumables in the water box. |
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| Liquids |
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coloured acid concentrate
- use cherry flavoured soda stream concentrate |
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orange flower water
and food colouring - available from supermarkets
and chemists |
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vinegar and oil
- ordinary cooking grade from supermarkets |
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| Solids |
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activated carbon
- available from tropical fish specialists, it is
used in filters |
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clay powder - available
from art and craft shops |
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salt and flour
- available from supermarkets |
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sand and gravel
- available from DIY stores |
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| Liquid soap is causing
us a problem at the moment because so many of the brands
on the market, even the very cheap ones, are really detergents
designed to counteract the effects of hard water. We have
tried shredding soap, which does work but is messy! We
will continue our search and will update this web site
when we succeed. |
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| This leaves aluminium
sulphate and calcium acetate. We suggest you contact your
local secondary school and ask them if they can supply
you through their science suppliers or give you the name
of the supplier so you can order direct. This could also
be your best bet for equipment replenishment as well although
Hertfordshire County Supplies do carry much of the equipment
included in the Water Box. |
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| We do carry a small stock
of every item, including activity cards and teachers'
books and can help you out in an emergency. |
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