What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? English, Science and Social Studies.

How successful was this kit in promoting scientific thinking?

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How effective was this kit in raising your students awareness of the importance of water health?

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? Students have a greater awareness of their local area and how their behaviours (Littering/picking up litter) can have a direct impact on the health of their local waterways and in turn the ocean.

How motivated are your students to take care of their local environment after this kit?

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? It was great to teach kids about the importance of good water quality to preserve the health of water ways in Te Ao Māori to ensure health and sustainability of food sources as well as being respectful to Papatūānuku and Tangaroa.

“This was a useful kit of resources to help engage students in awareness of water quality and how to care for their local environment.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Maths and literacy

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How effective was this kit in raising your students awareness of the importance of water health?

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? Maths knowledge gaps

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? The Te Reo language and stories

“Thank you so much, this kit was fantastic!”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? English- vocabulary extension

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How effective was this kit in raising your students awareness of the importance of water health?

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? They have investigated planting in our gully that will enhance the water quality of our stream.

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? They didn't have alot of knowledge and I haven't explored this type of water studies in the past.

“The kit contained really useful resources but our stream that runs through our school was very shallow and some of the activities didn't really work.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? English- especially vocab extension

How successful was this kit in promoting scientific thinking?

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How effective was this kit in raising your students awareness of the importance of water health?

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? They have researched gully systems and how planting can enhance water quality of streams in gullies.

How motivated are your students to take care of their local environment after this kit?

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? Students at our school know a lot about the Waikato River and its significance but they didn't really understand the importance of small streams in gully systems- so the kit enhanced this perspective.

“Our stream was very small so some of the activities weren't suitable.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? The language that the children were speaking showed some good thinking and understanding

How successful was this kit in promoting scientific thinking?

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How effective was this kit in raising your students awareness of the importance of water health?

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? We could only test 1 area so further testing obviously

How motivated are your students to take care of their local environment after this kit?

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? The children understood the value of the project because they were looking at water in their region

“We found this kit user friendly However some of the language was challenging to understand The kids really loved getting into the water and researching”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Really good to see once we had the kit how we could link it to other areas and include really easily.

How successful was this kit in promoting scientific thinking?

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How effective was this kit in raising your students awareness of the importance of water health?

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? Was part of our learning about water conservation.

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? It raised awareness for our students and were able to link to Pepeha etc...

“It was really well designed. Lots of new information for kids. Links worked and helped with understanding.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? The kit has a great range of tools to support students scientific thinking. The range of types of tests was great!

How successful was this kit in promoting scientific thinking?

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How effective was this kit in raising your students awareness of the importance of water health?

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? The students identified that how they could contribute to the health of our local waterway. We are planning a rubbish clean up and asking the local council to plant along the water banks.

How motivated are your students to take care of their local environment after this kit?

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? Students enjoyed the connection to how we treat our water and Māori perspectives of our waterways. They were challenged in their thinking.

“This kit was great. There was a range of tasks in the kit and links across the curriculum. Thank you so much for providing this kit.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? The gathering data lends itself to maths, reading, writing. Multiple learning across the curriculum.

How successful was this kit in promoting scientific thinking?

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How effective was this kit in raising your students awareness of the importance of water health?

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? Writing, technology

How motivated are your students to take care of their local environment after this kit?

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? the discussions from the kit lends itself to support learners understand the cultural significance.

“It was a well resourced set and so helpful that all the tools were in the kit.”

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Posted 4 years ago

Water Quality Testing 20 Reviews