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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Fix a Leak Week!

Did you know that Radisson School wastes over 214 litres of water a day due to leaks?!  Believe it or not, that is what Room 4 tested to be the case!  From sinks, to toilets, to urinals, to water fountains, we saw some areas that we can help improve upon!  We were inspired to do so after hearing about the Fix a Leak promotion, promoted by The City of Winnipeg Water and Waste, and FortWhyte Alive.

Why do we want to conserve water?  We realize many people in the world do not have easy access to clean drinking water and we are lucky to have it available to us whenever we need it. Wasting water also costs money, which can be used for other things at our school.

Here are some pictures of us conducting our research, measuring the water, and critically thinking about how we can help conserve water at Radisson.
 

Supplies


Measuring liquids at eye level





Our Findings







Draft Letter to Prinipal and Maintenance


Thanks for reading!








8 comments:

  1. Thank you Room 4 for being a part of Fix a Leak Week this year! And you found a major water leak to fix, which is going to help your school save water and money. What a nice way to show how much you appreciate water in your lives!
    Great job!

    Katrina Froese @ FortWhyte Alive's Slow the Flow program

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  2. fix a leak week is a lot of fun hope we get to do some more things like that.

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  3. What a great idea! Thanks for being concerned about water loss in our school!

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  4. It was fun going and testing water and learning how much water we waste at our school!

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  5. Fix a leak week is awesome! We are doing so much fun stuff and we are still conserving water! Our tee-shirts are now in its so exciting!

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  6. Wow! Fix a leak is over:( I really wish it was not over beacause it was fun going all round the school too find the leak and also I just like math

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  7. Great work! I went home and checked all our taps and toilets to be sure we were using water wisely.

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  8. Hi!!!! I liked fix a leak and being Jacob's partner

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