Water is life

"<< Background >>Water is a crucial aspect of our lives and we need to be aware of how our activities affect it. Water consumption takes many forms and has serious consequences . We use it not just for drinking and washing but also for industry, agriculture and making almost any kind of product, from food and tin cans to newspapers and cars. We are accustomed to having water when we want it. However, as population increase and businesses and industries expand, our water resources might be strained. Raising Water conservation awareness was our project imperative. According to the latest survey, EU countries use billions of cubic metres of water every year not only for drinking water, but also for use in farming, manufacturing, heating and cooling, tourism and other service sectors. With thousands of freshwater lakes, rivers and underground water sources available, the supply of water in Europe may seem limitless. But population growth, urbanisation, pollution and the effects of climate change, such as persistent droughts, are putting a huge strain on Europe’s water supplies and on its quality use in farming,manufacturing, heating and cooling, tourism and other service sectors. Over the past 30 years substantial progress has been made by EU Member S<< Objectives >>Our project “Water is life” aimed at raising awareness of schools, authorities at local and national level, CSO’s on environment protection and enhancing their role in using water in a sustainable way. The overall aim was to stimulate increased knowledge of students and teachers on the importance of water and how it can be used efficiently in school.The project emphasised the importance of including water education in schools curriculum. We recognized that learning the“why’s” and personally adopting the “how’s” of water conservation is greater when students are shown how water affects the daily lives at their schools and their community. By incorporating these interdisciplinary activities into an existing curriculum, we motivated teachers and students to look at their own, as well as their families’ water use patterns and will then be able to differentiate between patterns between using water and conserving water. İn addition, the project included activitiesthat contributed to greening our environment by reducing schools water consumption and assessing how much they use every day and developing creative and innovative ideas which will contribute for more sustained use of water in the future.<< Implementation >>We implemented the activities that were in line with the project objectives. The planned activities included in three categories. 1. Time lineactivities which were implemented by each institution within a predetermined plan without mobility with a certain date and time.In addition, these activities included several topics Water-themed curriculum study activities: While the educational activities of each institution were being conducted, water-themed activities were loaded into the course contents. Environmental Investigation Activities conducted were inside and outside the schools that aimed to determine where the water is consumed the most, whether there are defective taps, etc. Remarkable Information and Awareness Activities Field Trips:We organized trips to water treatment facilities, aquarium, drinking water facilities, dam and hydroelectric power plant areas,natural water resources e) Use of Media and Communication Activities with Other Institutions. 2. The following activitieswill be held within the scope of the Project Activities a) Online Event TOMORROW WATER-WATER FOOTPRINT ""on Preventing Water Depletion by Changing Our Habits and Handing it over to Next Generations "". “HEALTHY GENERATIONS-I WALK IN WATER” (Travel and Research Activity) Going to the source of water to see the efforts madeto accumulate and reproduce the water, touching the water, watching the effect of water and playing in water clutch. Online Event Choral Activity- Understanding the effect of water on other living things. Knowing that nature and water are not only ours but also sources of life for other creatures. (Social Responsibility Activity-""NAME OF EVERY CLASS: FROM WATER"" -Making water a part of our lives and placing it in the minds of generations f) Travel and Awareness BALL EVENT Event -To understand that greening our environment will increase water resources or on the contrary, our environment will become greener when we increase water resources and raising awareness. Observation andResearch Activity- BUTTERFLY EFFECT Realizing that small changes in your place of residence or anywhere in theworld can lead to big and unpredictable consequences. We also realized regular online meeting (Project team, Project and budget officers etc.). We created a project group. Firstly we organized an online meeting to start the implementation of the project: introduction of theproject to teachers, families, authorities (internet, emails, school's official website, posters), organizing administrative arrangements: prepared a plan for appropriate budget use and checking; time management; efficient use of resources;establisheda clear strategy for monitoring and evaluating the success of the project; finding partner schools, artists and NGOs willing to cooperate and support our activities; Facebook group was created for both students and teachers. OureTwinning project was planned to be uploaded as A1. we created Erasmus + corner in each school. Innovative products development and design activities were held in all countries. (PUMPING THE WATER UNTIL HEATING, introduced the innovative product and the design activity of the WATER MILL)<< Results >>In our project water problem was considered to be the priority problem. The main reason for this is that the water problem has been discussed at the top level and has been turned into a problem of the people at the lower level. Here is what we wanted todo here: We agreed with all the decisions taken regarding the water problem so far. We supported the solution proposals and we supported them. With the WATER CURRICULUM BOOKLET we prepared, we wanted to raise awareness of thenew generations and their parents about the water problem. We wanted to make the problem of water sustainable. We were aware that this can only be achieved through the education and awareness of generations. Therefore, the issue of WATER wasbe included in the EDUCATIONAL CURRICULUM of all countries! The content and the outcome of our project were related to the school curriculum. As our subject is water problem, we presented innovative ideas and practices as well as existing applications in the solution of water problem. Especially in SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY,TECHNOLOGY and DESIGN, we recommended project-based innovative ideas and design applications to students. We encouraged them by organising INNOVATIVE IDEAS competitions to reduce water consumption and increased water consumption. The effect it creates on the minds and hearts of the students who read the text on the subject of water in the curriculum and make the activity will have a BUTTERFLY effect on their families, families, society, societies, countries, countries to the whole continent and the world. The above-mentioned solution proposals were spread to thepublic and the people will become aware of this issue. WATER WILL BE PROTECTED and WATER WILL INCREASE."