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Sea Cleaners 23 Reviews

4.6 Rating 373 Reviews
How inspired are your students to engage in future sustainability action?
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How effective were the components of this kit?
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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them "we were curious to learn how even small amounts of plastic can end up in the ocean and kill the fish" "It was scary to learn that we are eating the fish that eat the plastics"
Which kit components were the most impactful and why? the gloves, because it was something physical and tangible
How many bags of rubbish did your class collect?
How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? The students were very interested in ocean life and protecting it. This carried onto our report writing in term 3 which was more specifically learning about sea mammals
What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? hopefully get them more curious about the world in which they live and wanting to play a part in looking after it.
How high was student engagement throughout this kit?
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What was the latitude and longitude of your clean up? (from Sea Cleaners poster) Marine parade2, didn't use poster
What was your cleanup location type? Beach, Other
Which of the following types did your class collect? Plastic Bag, Plastic Bottles, Plastic Cups, Food Wrappers, Straws, Household Waste, Tin Cans
What was the most interesting piece of rubbish found and why? syringes - why, wanted to know how the got there
We coordinated this with a visit to the Napier Aquarium where students participated in an educational program learning about the oceans and protecting them. We coordinated this with caring about our environment Theme was Tiakina a Tangaroa.
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Posted 1 year ago
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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them -I loved cleaning the beach up and helping all the sea animals live better & the beach will be a better place for people to lie on
Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The posters- really highlighted the importance of keeping our oceans clean
How many bags of rubbish did your class collect? 2-3 bags
How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? My kids are way more keen to clean up and look after the environment now
What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Sustainability and looking after our local environment
How high was student engagement throughout this kit?
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What was the latitude and longitude of your clean up? (from Sea Cleaners poster) N/A
What was your cleanup location type? Beach
Which of the following types did your class collect? Plastic Bag, Plastic Bottles, Plastic Cups, Food Wrappers, Straws
What was the most interesting piece of rubbish found and why? N/A
This was an amazing tool to use and teach sustainability within the classroom and our wider school environment. As we live near the beach this is perfect because we could just stroll across and use this kit to help us make our environment a better place.
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Posted 1 year ago
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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them "It is important to clean up rubbish" "There was so much rubbish on our streets"
Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The gloves as it was an easy tool to use
How many bags of rubbish did your class collect? 4 from our local stream
How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? Given us an avenue to talk and explore these topics
What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? NIl
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What was the latitude and longitude of your clean up? (from Sea Cleaners poster) NA
What was your cleanup location type? Creek
Which of the following types did your class collect? Plastic Bag, Plastic Bottles, Plastic Cups, Food Wrappers, Tyres, Household Waste, Toys
What was the most interesting piece of rubbish found and why? A Tool Box because we didn't expect to find it there
It was great to have this pack as it supported the learning that we were already doing around how rubbish was polluting our environment. The students were excited to be rubbish warriors and use the pack to clean up their local stream.
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Posted 1 year ago
How inspired are your students to engage in future sustainability action?
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How effective were the components of this kit?
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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them "I found the kit good as it gave us gloves to use and bags. We used this to teach us about looking after our environment and how we can help which is good."
Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The chart was the most impactful, as it helped us to see visually about how much rubbish we have collected and the type of rubbish.
How many bags of rubbish did your class collect?
How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? It helped to support our kaitiaki inquiry topic and gave students an experience of helping to clean up our environment.
What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? It enables them to see the difference they can make in looking after our environment. Was a great tangible example of ways to help, and students commented on the fact they could do this themselves when they visit the beach.
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What was the latitude and longitude of your clean up? (from Sea Cleaners poster) 37.7330° S, 176.2983° E
What was your cleanup location type? Beach
Which of the following types did your class collect? Plastic Bag, Plastic Bottles, Food Wrappers, Household Waste
What was the most interesting piece of rubbish found and why? Clothing, students were surprised to find clothing thrown away on the beach
The sea cleaners kit came with gloves and bags to help support our beach trip. We have been focused on kaitiakitanga and how we can be a kaitiaki. The kit was perfect to support this. I found the chart sheet to be a really great follow-up once we were back. This linked in nicely to our statistics for maths as we analysed the rubbish we found and put this into a chart.
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Posted 1 year ago
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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them One international student from China mentioned how different school is here in New Zealand, they don't get the opportunity to look after the environment. Another student is conscious on what goes in their lunch box .
Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Students really enjoyed exploring the impact on plastic on the environment. Having their own set of gloves gave them tools to make a difference.
How many bags of rubbish did your class collect? 4 sacks full
How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? Students know a couple powerful changes that they can do to act as kaitiaki.
What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Following on from the powerful changes e.g. the importance of picking up rubbish, what we use in our lunch box. Knowing whatever we do no matter how small is effective.
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What was the latitude and longitude of your clean up? (from Sea Cleaners poster) 36.6059° S, 174.6978° E
What was your cleanup location type? Beach
Which of the following types did your class collect? Plastic Bag, Plastic Bottles, Plastic Cups, Food Wrappers, Straws, Household Waste, Toys
What was the most interesting piece of rubbish found and why? Students had said toys such as balls. Amazed that they either ended up at the beach or were left for rubbish.
Students enjoyed the inquiry looking into 'our place & environment' that was supported with Sea Cleaners. Students have said they haven't had an opportunity like this before.
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Posted 1 year ago
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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RLrFqQF-VRSLfMLKxS7MGdzkCYKdZ2m2M-4TkzQsYJE/edit It was really good that they provided some gloves so that we didn't have to touch the rubbish and could bring the rubbish back for sorting. I know that all the creatures in the sea are endangered because of us. We are using rubbish and not picking it up. If I see rubbish now I pick it up. I use less plastic now and use reusable plastic. I went for a walk with my dad on the beach and when we saw rubbish we picked it up. We even picked up golf balls. byOscar 8 years old I feel like we have started to change things for the sea life because we've been picking up the rubbish which usually causes the animals to be sick. We challenged ourselves to not use plastic food wrappings and use refillable containers. Even yoghurt changed from small tubs to big tubs put into reusable. We collected our lunch box wrapping data and it got smaller and smaller. We are not putting wrappers into the sea animals because we're not using wrappers. by Kenzie 9 yrs old.
Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The gloves and rubbish bags. The animal posters and data posters.
How many bags of rubbish did your class collect? 4 full bags (1 full bag per trip, 4 trips)
How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? Hugely. They have an understanding of how little differences they make as children can make a big impact on whenua ora. E.g not using food wrappings and using reusable plastic. Picking up your rubbish when at the beach and taking it home. Picking up rubbish in our envirnonments.
What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? They carry the knowledge and are the teachers of tomorrow for whenua ora. They have gone home with thier learning and taught families how to shop and provide lunches with less or no single use plastic. They have written letter to the editor and are very passionate about making a difference for our environment.
How high was student engagement throughout this kit?
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What was the latitude and longitude of your clean up? (from Sea Cleaners poster) Latitude 36.6025 degrees South Longitude 174.6945 degrees East
What was your cleanup location type? Beach
Which of the following types did your class collect? Plastic Bag, Plastic Bottles, Plastic Cups, Food Wrappers, Straws, Household Waste, Tin Cans, Toys
What was the most interesting piece of rubbish found and why? Sand toys and underwear
Our team of Year 3/4 students (approximately 150 students) at Red Beach School used the Sea Cleaners Kit over Term 4 2023. We pledged to clean up our local Red Beach with a class walking there each school day for weeks 1-7 of this term to pick up rubbish all the way there and back plus at the beach. We were shocked at how much rubbish we collected. The students sorted the rubbish into recyclables, soft plastic, and landfill. The sorting poster was excellent for focusing the learners and visually displaying their findings. The posters with sea creatures gave us an excellent visual display to put real plastic rubbish they had found into the puku of each creature on display. The videos from the Sea Cleaners unit and teaching plans gave us excellent materials for our Science Concept Curriculum teaching. Having the kit with Sea Cleaners gloves and rubbish bags was very special for the students and was commented on by many in the public, how wonderful it was that we were making a difference in our local moana.
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Posted 1 year ago
How inspired are your students to engage in future sustainability action?
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How effective were the components of this kit?
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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them rubbish in the drain goes to the ocean. dont litter it will go to the sea
Which kit components were the most impactful and why? posters and they loved the gloves
How many bags of rubbish did your class collect?
How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? children are much more aware of looking after their rubbish and encourage each other to
What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? as new entrants they will continue with an awareness to keep our school clean
How high was student engagement throughout this kit?
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What was the latitude and longitude of your clean up? (from Sea Cleaners poster) We didnt do that part
What was your cleanup location type? School
Which of the following types did your class collect? Plastic Bag, Food Wrappers, Straws
What was the most interesting piece of rubbish found and why? most found by senior school
Tamariki loved this inquiry. The resources were really good. As a teacher it was great that while it was based around the ocean, that we could teach the children how the rubbish in town can effect the sea and so is a viable inquiry no matter where you live.
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Posted 1 year ago
How inspired are your students to engage in future sustainability action?
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How effective were the components of this kit?
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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them "I had fun in the bushes finding all the rubbish! We filled the bag almost to half way!" "It was cool to have my own gloves and my mum came to help too"
Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Gloves
How many bags of rubbish did your class collect? 6 (half full)
How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? Yes - it was engaging and they ask to do it everyday
What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? How much rubbish is in our community that shouldnt be there and how bad plastic can be for the environment.
How high was student engagement throughout this kit?
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What was the latitude and longitude of your clean up? (from Sea Cleaners poster)
What was your cleanup location type? Native Bush, School
Which of the following types did your class collect? Plastic Bag, Plastic Bottles, Plastic Cups, Food Wrappers, Straws, Household Waste
What was the most interesting piece of rubbish found and why? Bourban bottle that was half full
My students thoroughly enjoyed having their own bag and gloves to pick up rubbish in our community! It was engaging, community driven and fun for the students. We had high levels of engagement from parents also
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Posted 1 year ago