1. Skype a Link School to Discuss Water Management

3. Artist Graham Forde arranged for his friend Mr Green, who lives in Jamaica, to Skype the class…

5. First we Google Earthed the school to make a comparison….

6. Then the same for his friend’s property…

8. The children asked questions about how water is managed without a mains system, and compared their experiences … cost, ease of accessibility, availability, use in cooking and washing, ownership and restrictions all figured in the children’s questions…

12. Skyping from the classroom wasn’t easy, but the process of comparison with a relative or friend in another country was valuable…

14. For information on challenges to water management in other countries, see:
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