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Water inequalities
I can explain the importance of UN Global Goal 6: clean water and sanitation.
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- Year 3
Water inequalities
I can explain the importance of UN Global Goal 6: clean water and sanitation.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Not all people around the world have access to clean, safe water or wastewater treatment.
- One in three people live without basic sanitation, causing unnecessary disease and death.
- The Global Goals are a plan agreed to by world leaders to build a greener, fairer, better world by 2030.
- The aim of Global Goal 6, is to achieve access to safe water and sanitation for all by 2030.
Keywords
Resource - A resource is anything that can be used for a human need.
Sanitation - Sanitation systems take dirty water and other waste products away.
Global Goals - 17 Global Goals created by the United Nations (UN), designed to be a way of working towards a better and more sustainable future for the world.
Common misconception
That there is nothing we can do to help with water supply problems.
Water is a precious resource everywhere in the world, in all countries. We can all do our bit by using water more carefully and encouraging other people to do the same.
Pupils could do a water audit of ways that water is used at home and think about ways that they could use water more responsibly.
Teacher tip
Content guidance
- Depiction or discussion of sensitive content
- Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering
Supervision
Adult supervision required
Licence
This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2026), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which of these describes the water that comes out of taps at home?
Which of these describes the water that comes out of taps at home?
free
wastewater
Q2.What do we call water that has been used?
What do we call water that has been used?
dishwater
bathwater
mains water
Q3.Put the steps into the correct order.
Put the steps into the correct order.
Q4.Look at the map. Choose the statement that you believe is correct.
Look at the map. Choose the statement that you believe is correct.
All countries around the world have enough water.
There are no countries in the world that do not have enough water.
All countries around the world have the same amount of water.
Q5.Which of the following increases demand for water?
Which of the following increases demand for water?
large reservoirs
long rivers
Q6.Why do some people not have access to a clean water supply?
Why do some people not have access to a clean water supply?
they only buy bottled water
they don't need it
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Look at the map. Identify two statements that are true.
Look at the map. Identify two statements that are true.
All countries in the world have a water surplus.
All countries in the world have enough water.
Q2.What is sanitation?
What is sanitation?
making sure that we wash our hands before eating food
keeping our homes clean and tidy
cleaning that is done in places like hospitals and clinics
Q3.Which of the following are possible consequences of not having access to sanitation?
Which of the following are possible consequences of not having access to sanitation?
people have to buy water from the shops
water costs more
Q4.What does UN stand for?
What does UN stand for?
Q5.Complete the sentence. The UN has created 17 global __________ to make the world a better place by 2030.
Complete the sentence. The UN has created 17 global __________ to make the world a better place by 2030.
Q6.What does global goal 6 hope to achieve by 2030?
What does global goal 6 hope to achieve by 2030?
access to education for all
access to housing for all
access to medicine for all
