How inspired are your students to engage in future sustainability action?
How effective were the components of this kit?
Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them
"When I take my dog for a walk - we ALWAYS pick up her poo and take the poo bag home to put in the rubbish bin. We don't leave it on the grass!" DJ puts his rubbish in the right coloured bin.
Which kit components were the most impactful and why?
Understanding about micro plastics, life cycle of a plastic bottle. Majestic Plastic Bag Mockumentary. - understanding how easy rubbish can move from one area to another to get to waterways.
How many bags of rubbish did your class collect?
2 (after an hour searching along our local riverbank. But we went with 6 other classes who all collected about the same.
How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability?
Everyone is making sure their rubbish doesn't blow around the school as it might end up in the drains, go through the pipes and end up in our local river and out into Wellington Harbour. When it's windy we make sure that our lunchbox lids are closed so the rubbish stays inside.
What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners?
Everyone is on high alert looking around the place for rubbish - and picking it up to put into a rubbish bin. We went on a school picnic to another area in the Hutt Valley and our students were picking up other people's rubish to place in bins! Awesome!
How high was student engagement throughout this kit?
What was the latitude and longitude of your clean up? (from Sea Cleaners poster)
Longitude 41° 12' 46.75. Latitude 174° 53'50.1E
What was your cleanup location type?
River
Which of the following types did your class collect?
Plastic Bag, Food Wrappers, Tin Cans
What was the most interesting piece of rubbish found and why?
Tennis balls, vapes and lighters and polystyrene. We thought the tennis balls were probably because a lot of people walk their dogs on the river bank and sometimes dogs lose them.