Creative spark – Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink…

This is an excerpt from a poem called The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834). Visit the web site at The Rime of the Ancient Mariner for a great run down of the poem if you think your students can handle it (it is a bit gruesome) or talk about that in context of the sailor surrounded by salty water but none that he can drink.

This is quite relevant to us today with our current water crisis in many parts of the country and would be a great time to look at what is in the newspapers about water, the dam levels, lead a discussion into weather patterns (science, water cycle) and rainfall (maths and graphs perhaps?).

All the water we need comes from rain. Water is essential for life! You could discuss how important water is for our bodies to function (biology). Try Colorific Water Linkers  and the great book Weird & Wacky Things You Can Do With A Tornado Tube book (128564) in the Colorific Educational range for some water fun.