What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Environmental education

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? My students grew an awareness of the types of aquatic life that can exist within a waterway. It was very eye opening to discover just how little our stream had considering many predicted it was healthy.

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? It didn’t hugely

“I found the physical kit very user friendly with lots of hands-on activities that kept my class engaged with the learning. What was difficult to navigate were the online support resources - I found these very difficult to locate and so did others in my team.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? LOTS of technology, even digital technologies in terms of how things could be improved and altered for a more precise outcome. We also completed eel art as part of this. It was easily integrated into all areas of our learning and was shared at home.

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? More about what lives in our awa, how these creatures operate and their jobs in the waterways. Also how the types of plants and trees work to filter - even planting trees to help grow the area around our waterway.

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? Our local iwi do a lot around our waterways so it was great to have our maoi students to share about how they use the waterway as well as how it had been used historically - eeling, watercress etc. Many students have been affected by the eels not having a

“This kit was extremely timely for us as we were looking at our natural environment and local waterways. The children were engaged in the hands on part of the tasks and loved being able to have so much ownership of their own learning.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? LLiteracy and Numeracy skills

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? Life cycles of insects, water pollution, environmental issues and the history of the area we live in.

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? dThe students learnt about the history of the area.

“The students found this kit so engaging and picked up so much skills. Working in a team also showed that participating in a group and sharing ideas was important.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Environment, statistics, maths, Te Reo, writing

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? This wasn't just about teaching about the water, it became a holistic approach to caring for a resource, used by us, for us,

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? We engaged in many discussions about the purpose or use of freshwater. Who owns it, where does it come from, how is freshwater used, who pollutes it, etc. We discussed the importance of fresh water to community groups.

“Thank you, School Kit, because it has been a year of the new and exciting learning we've had to use the Water testing kit a little differently. Our Year 3 &; 4 team were unable to go offsite to use the water testing kit as it was intended. Instead, our senior school have shared their findings and learning with us, as they were able to go offsite to do the testing. We have purchased a water sample testing kit which we've used in our space to actually test samples of water from various locations for Ammonia and Nitrate levels. We have also used the existing kit as a resource students can take home/borrow to use with their families at home or when they are off exploring..”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Ssocial sciences, writing, math, technology

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? Tvery motivated as they are more aware of the water in the river and the impact it has going through towns

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? we are very close to the Waikato River near the mouth to the ocean. Most were aware of how the river starts in Taupo and the changes it go through from clean clear to dirty water

“Because of the terms being sporadic we struggled to complete all activities to the best ability. The areas we were able to complete the class was engaged and were able to discuss and analyze , which was great for them.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? We could use this in an IB school

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? Worked well with sharing the planet inquiry

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? Awareness

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Lot's of maths and tracking was happening in our class.

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? Many were picking up rubbish on their walks.

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? Water is our life source!

“We fully embraced the challenge, contacted our families to donate their steps, walked every opportunity we could but we came up short. That didn't matter though as it got families thinking about walking more. Many responded with they had parked further away when visiting the supermarket etc etc. Mapping our walk was super fun and figuring out where we'd got to with our steps.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Students enjoyed the STEM challenge of creating their own viewing device. We got them to do this in small groups before looking at the one provided in the kit

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? We continue to monitor the health of our local Estuary, our next step is developing a newsletter and making contact with some other community groups who have an interest in our local waterways.

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? We linked the kit to creating our own pepeha and told stories of our local rivers

“We liked that there was some flexibilty with this kit. As we weren't able to get access to our stream last term, we were able to use it in conjunction with our Estuary Monitoring Programme. The tools in the kit added another area of interest for our studemts”

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Posted 4 years ago

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