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
#1 - I loved cleaning up our waterway, there was SO much rubbish, now I want to do it again. #2 - I liked learning about how to be better at keeping the water clean for the animals.
Which kit components were the most impactful and why?
Anything that allowed the students to be hands-on; the river system was great as they had to use a lot of trial and error. The fact that it came with gloves for each student and rubbish bags meant we could pick up and go on our clean up.
How many bags of rubbish did your class collect?
How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability?
As our area we live in has a huge amount of waterways, our students were determined to try and keep them clean and have gone out with their families and completed more rubbish collecting trips. They have also learnt the value in reduce, reuse and recycle.
What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners?
That what they do matters, no matter how big or small and that they have a voice.
How high was student engagement throughout this kit?
What was the latitude and longitude of your clean up? (from Sea Cleaners poster)
-43.644180, 172.488827
What was your cleanup location type?
Creek
Which of the following types did your class collect?
Plastic Bag, Plastic Bottles, Food Wrappers
What was the most interesting piece of rubbish found and why?
A road cone, because we weren't expecting it to be there