Activities- Provide access to clean water

Here you will find a list of the activities that we have prepared for you. You can download the PDF version of this list from the bottom of this page.

1. Hold a ‘Clean up day’ – clean litter from a local pond, lake or riverbank.

2. How do the effects of pollution in rainwater affect your environment? Invite a science teacher, or a person who works for a wildlife or public health agency to attend a ‘Question and Answer’ session with your unit.
   

3. Produce a play or puppet show called ‘Life in the Water.’ Think about how water creatures might feel when water is polluted. Invite the people of your community to attend and use it as a fundraising event.
   

4. Learn about maintenance of water pumps. Then see if there is any way your troop can provide help to your village.
   
5. Find out how industrial development affects whether there is an adequate water supply. Give a short presentation to the rest of your unit. You can do this with other members of your patrol as a group presentation if you wish.
   

6. Visit a plumber or sanitation shop and discover how tricky it is to keep toilets, sinks, pipes, etc. from leaking.
   

7. For older members:Research an environmental disaster at sea such as an oil spillage and write a short article entitled: ‘One drop of oil can spoil a million drops of water’.
   

8. For older members: Discover any plans which might affect rivers and lakes in your area. Raise awareness of the issue in your community in a creative way.
   

9. For older members: Talk to the people responsible for storage and distribution of water in your area. Learn how it is protected and safely distributed. Report back to your unit, patrol or family.
   

10. For younger members: Create a jig-saw puzzle showing images of water creatures and how pollution might affect them for your unit.
    

11.  For younger members PLAY! ‘Litterbug! Litterbug!’, a swimming pool game 

• Half fill 12 plastic bottles and put the lids on so they float (this is the litter).
• One player is the Litterbug. The other players stand around her in a circle and take it in turns to hit the litter bottles by throwing a ball at them. The Litterbug must catch the ball or hit it back in the direction it came from.
• If a litter bottle is touched, it is removed from the pool and the person who threw the ball becomes the Litterbug.
• Play ends when there is no litter left in the swimming pool.