Water education resources

The links provide teachers with activities and resource material for students studying water supply.

Council's water team can assist schools, individuals and community groups with a variety of educational resources relating to the town water supply.  Our water team works with schools on a range of educational water projects. They are available to: 

• speak to your students
• supply student-friendly resource material
• provide free class tours of the Waingake and Waipaoa treatment plants

Contact us to book a tour , class visit or get some resource material.  

You can get started by checking out the activities below which introduces the water supply network in Gisborne. The resource material is ready to download and use, and will suit a number of curriculum and different age groups.

Water cycle

Activity 1 - The water cycle

Activity 2 - Water cycle experiment

Activity 3 - Make a rain gauge

Activity 4 - Transpiration experiment

Activity 5 - Evaporation experiment

Activity 6 - Water cycle word search

Activity 7 - Water cycle crossword

Activity 8 - Water cycle match-up

Capturing rain

Activity 1 - Water cycle comparison

Activity 2 - Human water cycle

Activity 3 - From the dam to tap

Activity 4 - How does a water catchment work?

Activity 5 - Make your own water filter

Activity 6 - Gravity and water pressure

Activity 7 - It's all downhill...

Activity 8 - Capturing rain puzzles