Rain to Tap Journey

Children travel between stations representing clouds, catchment, dam, treatment plant, pipes and tap, rolling a die to see where a water drop goes next and collecting a bead at each stop.

How to run it

1. Set up six labelled stations around the space, each with a die-roll chart showing where the drop goes next.
2. Give each child a pipe cleaner and explain they are a drop of water.
3. At each station children take a matching coloured bead, roll the die and move to the next stop.
4. After ten minutes, have children compare their bracelets and retell their drop's journey.
5. Talk about where your local tap water actually comes from.

You will need

• six station signs
• dice
• pipe cleaners or string
• coloured beads in six colours
• roll charts for each station

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