Roman aqueducts

• History
• Primary Education

Roman aqueducts

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

I will be able to explain how an aqueduct works and why it was useful and beneficial to the local population

Why were aqueducts first built in Rome?

1. Because Rome needed to have nice buildings
2. To help the Roman army
3. Because the supply of water in Rome wasn't enough
4. To carry food

Why lots of aqueducts were built with a slope?

1. Because they looked nicer
2. So that gravity helps the flow of water
3. Because the builders had made a mistake
4. Because the ground wasn't even

Aqueducts were both underground and overground

1. True
2. False

When the water finally reaches the city it is collected inside a

1. thermal bath
2. pool
3. well
4. reservoir

Parts of an aqueduct

Are those things part of an aqueduct structure?

True

False

water source

covered channel

water fountain

Thermal bath

kitchen sink

distribution tank

Can you name some of the daily uses of the water brought by aqueducts?

FAMOUS AQUEDUCTS

Pont du Gard, South France

FAMOUS AQUEDUCTS 

Segovia Aqueduct , Segovia, Spain 

FAMOUS AQUEDUCTS

Aqua Alexandrina aqueduct, Rome, Italy

FAMOUS AQUEDUCTS

Hampi aqueduct, Hampi, India

FAMOUS AQUEDUCTS

Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, Llangollen, North East Wales

Which one was your favourite aqueduct?
(Pont du Gard, Segovia, Aqua Alexandrina, Hampi,
Pontcysyllte (Wales)

Are these statements true of false?

True

False

Aqueducts took many years to be built

Aqueducts were very expensive

Aqueducts were not very steady 

The first aqueduct was built in 700 BC

There was only one aqueduct in Rome

At the beginning aqueducts were built just for rich people

Why do you think Roman aqueducts
are so important?

Did you know?

Viaducts were used as a bridge or as a road.

For example, this is the Glenfinnan Viaduct in Scotland

Aqueducts were used to carry water.

How confident do you feel with your knowledge about aqueducts?

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Optional games about the Roman aqueducts 

https://www.baamboozle.com/game/2137588 (answer the questions in two teams) 

or 

https://lagged.com/en/g/aqueducts-water-puzzle#goog_game_inter 

(build your own aqueduct and move through the levels)