What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Learning about measuring, gathering data, fair testing and why we need to test water.

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? The next steps of what happens after water testing and why we need to test water. Once we find out what the water needs, what can we do after that

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? We were able to look at water as a life force for te ao Māori. This was able to also flow in to many of the other cultures in our classroom.

“It was very enjoyable for our Tamariki, they were able to see first hand the importance of water testing and all while learning a new skill. The rich discussions and new thinking that came from it was invaluable. Thank you very much!”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Tied in well with our comminity topic of inquiry.

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? Push the idea of social action/environmental care. Empowering children to become involved in issues.

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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 a gift and Taonga and should be treasured and looked after. The test helped to reinforce this in my class and allowed them to make judgements on if we as a country were doing enough to protect it.

“This was a great idea and the class enjoyed a releveant learning task with authentic context relating back to the communites water quality. It was very helpful to have a complete set sent as it minimized extra work on myself and the other teachers that recieved a kit. Plus its a good excuse for a small school trip.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Tied in nicely with our Community Inquiry and my class are now making links into our new inquiry of Innovation.

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? Possibly leading to social activism and social action to protect local bodies of water that are precious .

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? Students become aware that water is a Taonga and a precious resource that need to be treasured and protected.

“We really enjoyed completing a authentic learning tasks that identified real concerns in the community in water quality. It was fantastic to have a number of teachers and classes involved here at Chisnallwood. And the kids thoroughly enjoyed it. Not often do we get to leave school grounds for learning opportunities.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? There was a myriad of different curriculums used. Because I teach solely in te reo, one of the major tasks the kids did was to whakamāori the instruction cards for each activity. They then presented these on a google slide show, and published these to the

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? It would be helpful if these kits were able to be translated and produced into te reo. The analysis at the end, is ongoing, as I myself have to figure out in māori how to teach mean, median etc in te reo and then tach that in a simple way to my kids. So i

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? As we are a kura kaupapa māori school, we are already aware of the significance of wai to us. Mangapouri is very polluted, 50 years ago, it was used everyday for eeling, fishing, whitebaiting, playing etc. Luckily we were able to also get some research pa

“This kit was excellent for my students. We had already been looking at our local waterway, and had done some testing, however this kit provided clear instructions and enough. activities so that my small class of 11 could do activities in pairs. We found different waterways, most were unsuitable to test, as the gradient of the banks were too steep. We eventually found a place that we could test, and the tamariki did a great job.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? The chart identifying forestry, farming, city, industry and hydroelectricity impacts was a very good summary basis for our learning (though didn't print out well). Linked this with our local taonga species the eel .

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? we are going to link back to looking at farming and what farmers are doing to help the environment and things that we need to be aware of as well in our own daily lives

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? Not particularly - think everyone far to excited about being out and testing to remember this except as it applied to themselves

“This was a very engaging way to get smaller schools testing water quality. I really liked the water proof invertebrate identification chart. I liked the idea of the water clarity black disc but unfortunatley we dropped ours and couldn't relocate it. Perhaps including pH strips would be a good idea too.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? There was lots of maths and science learning involved in this kit - which was great!

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? Children could do this on a termly basis and compare their results.

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? Using the topograph website was helpful to learn words in Maori.

“It was a great concept for a school kit, however I found this one difficult to implement. There were lots of activities that didn't seem to gel together with the overall concept.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Writing, Reading, Measurement.

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? Environmental Studies, Clean up days

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? It highlighten the importance of water to Te Aō Māori and the damages that happen through our interactions.

“Water Testing Kit”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Maths &; Stats - the huge amount of extra maths we did! Social Studies - we looked at whakataukī and the story of the awa and its significance to the local hapū.

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? Science - More about the classification of species Measurement - needs a lot more work! Great way of finding this out. Production - dairying and farming and how the systems work and our wetlands

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? Our tamariki are 85% Māori and they know their pepeha very well, but the interaction of smaller creatures with the larger ones they are more familiar with (piharau, tuna etc) deepened their understanding of why being kaitiaki of our awa was so very import

“Each term we conduct an inquiry and our local awa was our focus. It is a huge part of the whakapapa of our tamariki and they are being brought up to be kaitiaki of the awa. This kit was great in getting a deeper understanding of the variety of life in the awa and what could affect it. Great we can reuse it too! Thanks to the sponsors; our tamariki loved it.”

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Posted 4 years ago

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