A drip in time provides pupils with a 'real-life challenge' to focus on their personal responsibility for water use and to promote their views in the community.
Pupils are asked to carry out a personal or family water audit over the space of a week. By entering their statistics on the spreadsheet provided, pupils are able to consider and discuss water use within their family. They can then extend their investigations to the wider community - their school, street and local area, using the additional data provided to estimate water consumption for these groups.
The project is designed to run for six weeks (depending on the length of each lesson), and may take place in citizenship lessons, tutorial time, or PSHE according to the timetable arrangements for the school.
To complete their research, pupils are involved in planning and organising an environmental awareness day on 'Water Conservation' for the whole school, their year group or the local community. The aim of the event is to promote water efficiency strategies in their school and community and to encourage friends and neighbours to be part of a water-conscious community.
