* Aim To encourage students to study the relationship between water and our everyday life, and that between water and living things of various countries as well as of our own country To cultivate students' perspective through understanding differences and similarities of cultures of water * How to join Please choose several topics from the below, do research, and send the research (using drawings, photos, simple text) by email to TORIGOE Genshi <birdy@k7.dion.ne.jp>. We will upload it to the e-village site for you. http://www.e-village.jp/evc02/water/index.html I. Water and everyday life 1. What do you drink in your everyday life? 2. How many taps do you have in your school? 3. How much water do you use a year in your school? 4. How much is a cubic meter of water? 5. How much water do you use a week in your home? 6. How do you use water in your home? 7. What play do you do in and by the water? II. Water and living things 8. What water living things do you have in your community? 9. What activities do you do to protect water or living things in your community? III. Water study at school 10. What do you study about water at school? 11. What water topics are in your text book? 12. What is the word for "water" in your language? IV. Creative writing and artwork 13. Please draw a picture of your favourite water scene. 14. Please draw a picture or write a poem under the theme of "water and life". * How to share We would like to discuss and communicate with each other about water on the e-village site. * Schedule June ‾ October --- to do research October‾ December --- to upload the research /to share and discuss on the e-village site IWANO Hiromasa<iwano@lucksnet.or.jp> NAKASHIMA Masako<hiko@lucksnet.or.jp> 4th grade teachers, Yanahara-nishi Elementary School 285 Kose, Yanahara-cho, Kume-gun,Okayama 708-1532, Japan