World Water Day ideas for OSHC
6 DIY activities for World Water Day at before and after school care or vacation care. Pick and mix, or build a balanced day in one click.
Dripping Tap Detectives
Using a cup with a pinhole as a pretend leaky tap, children measure how much water drips away in ten minutes and work out how much a leak could waste in a day.
World Water Day · Water Play Day · Gardening Day +3Milk Bottle Watering Cans
Children turn clean milk bottles into watering cans, fill them from a rainwater tank or leftover water, and use them to water the garden while splashing about on a warm day.
World Water Day · Science Week · Science Day +3Muddy Water Filter Challenge
Teams build layered filters from cut plastic bottles, gravel, sand and cloth, then race to make muddy water look as clear as possible and learn why treatment plants do more.
World Water Day · Weather Watchers · Science Week +1Rain 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.
World Water Day · Weather Watchers · Science Week +2Water Cycle Window Bags
Children draw the sun, clouds and sea on a zip-lock bag, add a little blue water and tape it to a sunny window to watch evaporation, condensation and rain happen.
World Water Day · Water Play Day · Around the World Day +2Water Walk Challenge
Teams carry water across the yard in jugs and buckets to fill a big container, then talk about how many people around the world walk a long way to collect water every day.