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ceturtdiena, 2012. gada 5. janvāris

Henrik from Sweden does an experiment on saving water



Here is Henrik´s homework, he is ten years old. His homework was to write a diary for three days. I send you only  his first day. After his three days, he has to answer some questions, you can see it below.


Tuesday 25/10
Morningtoilet
Flushed one time
Washed my face
Brushed my teeth

Breakfast
One glass of water
Washed my hands

School
three glass of water
Washed my hands

After school activities
Flushed one time
One glass of water

Dinner
Washed my hands

Bedtime
Brushed my teeth
Flushed once

Totally: 24,3 litres


1. What can you do to reduce your water consumption? Why is it important to reduce our waterconsumption?
Not wasting the water and let it run for so long. I can drink milk instead. (;-D)
It is important for the environment and it cost money to clean the water.



2. How much water do you think you need during one day?
ca 3 litres of water, I think


3. In a year you drink five times your own body weight. How many glasses are there in one year. One glass is two decillitres.
My weight is 40 kilos.
40 X 5 = 2000 kg
2000   = 1000 glasses.
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Spanish students are working on labeling the school in order to save energy

They haven't finished yet, but still they have done a good work already.











Italian students label their school to save energy

Italian pupils thought of various ways how to save energy then they wrote  many  labels to place inside our school to make other students to remember to do it.







Spanish students share their Christmas presents on how to save water.

ADVICE TO SAVE WATER

1.Turn the faucet off while we are brushing our teeth or washing our hands.
2.To take a shower instead of taking a bath.
3.To do the laundry when the washing machine is full of clothes.
4.To use the extra water. For example, to water the plants with the water of our glasses that we didn’t drink.
5.When we pull the WC chain, we have to use the saving water button.
6.To make sure that we turned the faucet off in the right way. Each drop of water is a treasure!


ADVICE TO SAVE ENERGY

1.To regulate the temperature of the heating (a maximum of 21 ºC).
2.To curb the use of hot water. For example, during the summer, we can take a shower using cold water.
3.To turn off completely all our electric appliances (televisin, computers...). The red lights waste energy.
  1. To switch off the lights when they are not necessary. To use the sun light when possible.






Saving Water in Spain

Example from 1 pupil:
In my family we are 4 people.
Today we have used the WC: 15 times.
Today we had 4 showers.
Today we had 0 baths.


3R A
Pupil
Family Members
Wc
Shower
Bath
Total Liters
Liters/Person
1
4,00
95,00
30,00
0,00
125,00
31,25
2
4,00
165,00
120,00
0,00
285,00
71,25
3
7,00
100,00
45,00

145,00
20,71
4
4,00
50,00
45,00

95,00
23,75
5
4,00
50,00
90,00

140,00
35,00
6
4,00
50,00
15,00

65,00
16,25
7
5,00
20,00
30,00
125,00
175,00
35,00
8
4,00
75,00
60,00
250,00
385,00
96,25
9
7,00
50,00
180,00

230,00
32,86
10
4,00
40,00
60,00

100,00
25,00
11
5,00
150,00
60,00

210,00
42,00
12
3,00
50,00
30,00
250,00
330,00
110,00
13
6,00
80,00
30,00

110,00
18,33
14
4,00
80,00
30,00
250,00
360,00
90,00
15
5,00
135,00
45,00

180,00
36,00
16
4,00
125,00
25,00

150,00
37,50
17
5,00
95,00
75,00

170,00
34,00
18
3,00
30,00
45,00

75,00
25,00
19
4,00
100,00
45,00

145,00
36,25







Totals
86,00
1540,00
1060,00
875,00
3475,00
42,97
Liters/ Person

81,05
55,79
145,83
182,89


3r B
Pupil
Family Members
Wc
Shower
Bath
Total Liters
Liters/Person
1
5,00
135,00
45,00
250,00
430,00
86,00
2
4,00
75,00
30,00
250,00
355,00
88,75
3
4,00
125,00
30,00
0,00
155,00
38,75
4
3,00
40,00
0,00
375,00
415,00
138,33
5
3,00
55,00
30,00
500,00
585,00
195,00
6
4,00
95,00
60,00
0,00
155,00
38,75
7
4,00
50,00
30,00
0,00
80,00
20,00
8
4,00
90,00
60,00
0,00
150,00
37,50
9
5,00
30,00
75,00
125,00
230,00
46,00
10
4,00
125,00
60,00
0,00
185,00
46,25
11
3,00
50,00
45,00
0,00
95,00
31,67
12
5,00
100,00
60,00
0,00
160,00
32,00
13
5,00
150,00
240,00
0,00
390,00
78,00
14
4,00
70,00
15,00
0,00
85,00
21,25
15
3,00
60,00
45,00
0,00
105,00
35,00
16
4,00
35,00
30,00
0,00
65,00
16,25
17
6,00
60,00
150,00
0,00
210,00
35,00







Totals
70,00
1345,00
1005,00
1500,00
3850,00
57,91
Liters/ Person

79,12
59,12
88,24
226,47