What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Lot of different cross cultural learning - reading, thinking skills, maths, science, Tikanga Maori.

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? Further monitoring of the stream and also monitoring of the school environment and it's connection to the stream. We will also look to share our knowledge with the school.

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? Students could see the connection between Te Ao Maori and western science methods. They made connection between being guardians of the local waterway and stream health.

“An awesome kit to bring some solid science in the stream exploration. The students enjoyed learning about the different measurements and measuring different parts of the stream. They made connections between the measurements and the creatures in the different parts.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? te reo maori/te ao maori, putaiao, pangarau, social studies and literacy

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? N/A - it was awesome

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? Starting with pepeha was very helpful! I also integrated te reo maori and the atua maori, papatuanuku/ranginui into this teaching. When they realised that awa were the veins and arteries of papatuanuku, my tamariki could understand the importance more cle

“My tamariki loved this unit, our kura is right next to an awa so their awareness for water health grew significantly. I love kits like this especially taught through a te ao maori lens. Meinga meinga!”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? english communication and presentation skills, health being aware of safety around water, cooperation and collaboration science - classification maths - recording results

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? Possibility of linking with the local community who is in the process of setting up a healthy rivers group to test all our waterways - children could help to collect data

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? Coming from a farming/rural environment students are very aware of the significance of healthy water. We have looked at the sea as an inquiry topic and the impact of pollutants in the sea, so it was great to be able to transfer this across to other waterw

“Upon reflection it would have been good to do this in summer as we had to delay lots of times just because of the wet weather. Also it was really cold working in the stream at this time . We used a small team of 5 who were interested in waterways. Four were year 4 and 5 students so they found this quite challenging.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? It tied in really well with our unit on sustainability and looking at renewable energy sources, pollution and the environment.

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? Because Mid Canterbury is a farming district this has opened up further discussion around water use in our area and how we need to be doing our bit.

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? Gave students the opportunity to understand the significance of water in Te Ao Maori and the importance of looking after it.

“Overall an extremely interesting kit that allowed students to critically think about water in New Zealand and especially in our district. Excellent activities and resources for the students.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? This kit worked really well with our over arching theme for the term of sustainability. We have been looking at the effect we have on eco systems and how we can build sustainable businesses/farms/communities.

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? Students have really become aware of the importance of our waterways and the impact that everyone has and the roles we can play to help protect them. Students have started looking at the waste that we emit from our households and ways in which we can limi

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? This kit helped the students to make connections to the importance of local waterways to maori and the important role water plays in maori culture.

“This was an excellent kit for our Year 7s. This was a great way for the students to learn about scientific testing and the impact of humans on our local waterways. An excellent opportunity to get into the community and explore our environment.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Literacy, science, mathematics and social studies (belonging) - the kids are writing reports based on their findings.

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? Still yet to be determined but we hope the kids understanding of our local river health with empower them to want to improve it is some way.

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? Still to to be determined but the link to the Whanganui River article really help scaffold this complex idea for our students.

“The FIND, APPLY, PRODUCE structure is so beautifully aligned with teaching learning to learn and our school's own learning cycle. Expert group cards were extremely clear and beautifully presented. The kids loved creating their own prototype and conducting their groups' experiment. We are still analysing the results of our river health and are excited to see what opportunities these results can open up for our kids' sense of community and belonging.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? we used key compentencies, science, technology, English and mathematics. Great intergration

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? students have a rural background and understand the importance of looking after the environment, however there was some debate of being 'made' to look after something they already value.

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? There was a strong understanding of the significance in Te Ao Māori already at our school, but was good revision.

“This kit, had great resources for the students to experience EOTC and understand their local environment. They learnt skills and gained knowledge.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? We had learning in maths (measuring, averages, range, reading decimals), it also linked to reading and writing.

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? We used this as part of our inquiry and are now working towards actions that we can take to make a difference in this area.

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? It was really great the way it links to the pepeha that the kids do at the beginning of the year. We also found some great whakatauki that linked in.

“This kit was really useful in regards to raising awareness of water health. In particular how to tell the health of a stream with a few simple checks. The fact that it cam with all the equipment needed was awesome, although we did have issues with the water clarity scope leaking and not being able to see anything through it.”

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Posted 4 years ago

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