What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Maths Science Literacy

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? Testing different types of waterways and under different environments e.g after rain, summer, winter, near farms. Town water vs country water

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? They understood that water is a vital part to keep humans alive and without it we die. Clean water is essential to helping us stay healthy

“Very useful kit. I struggled with how to use a few things but my students figured them out and got it all sorted. They enjoyed the discovery and testing, it was very engaging”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? This linked strongly to our theme of the Sustainable Development Goals, which was at the center of our literacy programme.

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? An EOTC experience and a group of students actually then went and created a water filtration system that they could use at their own family farm.

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? We enjoyed learning through a cultural lens, so much so that we planned and prepared to visit a Tainui owned farm. Where we would hear from local manawhenua as well as a local farmer.

“I had originally planned an EOTC experience to a local farm to test the water, however it was sadly cancelled due to covid restrictions. However, our theme has been focusing on the sustainable development goals, of which a group of students decided to focus there outcome around water sanitation. They loved being able to use this kit and take it home to test the water on one of their family farms! Thank you again for the awesome learning opportunity!”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Oral language activities were important to develop familiarity with topic specific vocabulary. This kit enabled focus on social sciences, writing and reading, art, technology, Maori and science.

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? We will be able to continue to monitor our local stream each year with a new cohort of students. There will be data for each year group to compare their newly gathered data with. Students can then take action (if necessary); such as notifying community or

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? Students have begun to understand that water is important to people in different ways and for different uses. We are all responsible for the care of our environment.

“Students were engaged with this topic - especially since it was about their local backyard. They have begun to understand the importance of regular data gathering in determining how healthy the stream is. It is something that we can continue doing on a yearly basis and take action accordingly to improve the stream health.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? This kit linked well to our Makerspace work (STEAM) and using design, testing and reworking and refining.

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? Ongoing testing for water quality - we swim and fish ion our river so we have a responsibility to raise awareness of its cleanliness. We already do regular cleanups of the surrounding reserve and shoreline - but we could share our test results with our sc

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? This kit built on our long term involvement in riparian planting, and how clean waterways increase food sources like eel and whitebait, but also that the awa is a cleansing place so therefore it should be clean.

“This kit tied in well with the work our class has been doing at our local river and the water quality work we were doing with Waikato Zero Waste. Due to having to close our school during term three, we have yet to complete our water quality testing at the river, but this is scheduled at the start of Term 4. However due to Term 3 being such a crazy busy term we have still not made it to the river yet.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Social studies, science, health, Te Reo Māori.

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? Accuracy and scientific method.

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? That water is essential for life, has a mauri or life force and that living and non-living things are interconnected. The students learnt that we are kaitiaki of our waterways and that we have a responsibility for protecting waterways.

“The kit was user friendly and very useful for helping the students understand the importance of monitoring and safeguarding the health of our waterways.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? We had amazing discussions about the state of our rivers in New Zealand and what people can do to make them better. We talked about the political challenges facing all environmental issues and it was a great lesson that the world is not black and white. T

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? We met with EcoEducate when we were beginning this kit and the students were very interested in sharing what they had learnt about river quality. They like to learn about ways they can make a difference and I liked the opportunity it have them to get outs

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? We learnt about the importance of local place for Māori and their sense of belonging to the land. I feel that my students now have a better understanding of Te Ao Māori.

“We loved this School Kit and thank Dairy NZ for their sponsorship. My students learnt so much about our NZ rivers and it was great to visit our local stream. Most of my students don't know much about their local outdoor environment and they loved getting a hands on experience of collecting their data. I was also proud of how they worked together as a team to get the job done. We had spent time in term 2 learning about graphing data in maths so it was wonderful that the children could use that knowledge in a practical way. Our school is just starting it's journey into Place Based Learning and our COL is working with working with our local iwi create a plan for teaching all the schools in the COL about our local area, so it was wonderfully timed to learn about the significance of water in Te Ao Māori. Thanks again!”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Science - fair testing Maths - calculations, averages Reinforced our Learning Dispositions of Persistence, Communication, Collaboration, Being a Self Manager and Being Curious.

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? If the occassion arose my Year 5-8 class wanted to redo some of the investigations with modifications to ensure the validity of the results and that it was a fair test. Maths - such as averages applied to different scenarios. More practical use of some

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? How important water is to the livelihood of the families in our community.

“What an amazing unit this was. Could have carried on with it for much longer. So much discussion, thinking, reasoning involved. The three classes in our small rural school used this kit as their focus for Inquiry during Term 3. Activities were modified for our Junior classes. We had a fabulous adventure to a stream on one of our farms in the local area. Unfortunately it began to rain near lunch time so we had to cut our day short. Due to travel costs we were unable to go back and ensure everyone finished all investigations. We were so glad we had mocked up a stream (with a large strip of paper) and planned how we were going to set our site up and what we needed to do with each investigation. Made for a trip where the kids were clear on what needed to be done and were able to collaborate and manage their group in their own time.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? The writing that came out of this kit was exceptional. Students were able to explain their thinking and make clear links to the world around them.

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? Being from Hawke's Bay and experiencing such a bad drought this year, the students are really interested in how we can support the preservation of water in our local community. We are currently investigating how Climate Change is affecting our environment

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? Really great to be able to look at our local waterways and make a connection.

“This kit was well designed and thought through. Our class was engaged and loved the experience of getting out of the classroom and exploring our local water ways.”

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Posted 4 years ago

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