What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? We completed this as part of our reading curriculum with some children. The cross curricula learning was; reading, maths, science.

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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 kids talked about taking measurments periodically to compare results.

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? This was not a real focus for us with this kit. We did discuss the importance of water for the Maori in the area with regards to where they settled.

“We loved the interactive kit and it was great to link the learning to real lkife of the famring children from our school. Some of the tasks were a little difficult to complete because of the time of the year we did it. During winter it was tough for the kids to get into the ewater and take particular measurements, especially down in the South Island.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? We completed this activity with the help of the science teacher.

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? This will help bring awareness to national issues around water as opposed to just international viewpoints.

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? The students had learnt about the Maori World the year before in Year 7, so they enjoyed learning again about the significance of water in that context.

“This was a really enjoyable, practical activity to use with our Year 8 students. They had fun setting up the kits and using them, and it was good to include a bit of practical science in our social studies unit.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? I especially enjoyed the learning in and around the key competencies, thinking, relating to others, managing self and using language, symbols and texts and participating an contributing. There was plenty of maths and literacy imbedded within the lessons.

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? the possibility of visiting other local waterways that are different to the one that runs through our school.

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? The tamariki are developing a growing awareness of how water is important for life and plays a part in ecosystems. A healthy stream is important in providing a healthy environment for living creatures. The Natural water cylce was a key component of helpin

“We have loved the opportunity to identify how we can assess a streams health. With a stream running through out school grounds it is wonderful to be able to use it as a resource for learning. The kit has enabled opportunities for every child to be involved in meaningful and purposeful activities that engage their thinking and interest in the local environment. It has also provided another way to tap into the importance of caring for our enviornment.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? There were lots of links to Math, English reading and writing. Social Studies was a given especially when we looked at the cultural significance of the local water ways.

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? I would like to see a kit like this used in every school. With our water shortage in Auckland atm there would be lots of links across the curriculum. In terms of further teaching and learning ops I could see this kit being used during our Survival Camp on

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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 3 local water sources/areas and one was the Puhinui River that holds great significance to local Maori. We did some research thru the local Marae and the group learnt about the significance of this water traditionally as well as th

“The group and I found the kit very useful, comprehensive and envoked great thinking, learning and conversations. It opened the floor to multiple different learning opportunities for the students/children to show their leadership skills.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? None

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? We are going to test other waterways around our school and compare the data.

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? Not successful at all we focused more on the water health and how we can look after it.

“As a teacher I loved the scientific thinking that this promoted with the class. It was such a good motivator to get out of the classroom and do some practical learning that has an impact on something directly linked to each and everyone of us. Feedback from the children - The periscope was quite short and kept filling up with water. It would be good to measure a bigger area. It was fun looking under the water. It was eye opening to see what type of water we have. The bug sheet was great so we could identify the bugs. I like the variety of testing. Analyzing the data wasn't very clear. We loved getting out and doing the hands on experiments.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? We wrote explanations and information reports, created amazing art pieces and found a few journals to connect to our reading. Our strand focus for the term was statistics so we used this knowledge in data collection.

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? n/a

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? We discussed change a lot between now and what NZ was like before settlers. It sparked a lot of discussions about the importance of water to the maori culture and how it connects to living and non-living things as well as the connection to spiritual impor

“Loved it! The kids were so engaged throughout the whole process. As an added bonus it fit in so well with our concept 'change' and we were able to get down to the stream in our gully and test the water down there.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Good for maths, self-awareness, self-management, project planning, group work

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 processes it introduces will be valuable across the science curriculum.

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? Haven't explored that to any degree yet

“This kit is one of the better ones. It is very good for integrated studies and certainly meets the core requirements of science, scientific method, research, and environmental studies. However, as it arrived more than a week later than expected and it is comparatively complex in its format, more time is needed to explore its potential to the level where meaningful feedback is possible. The onset of Level 3 Lockdown on the day we were doing our final stream visit did not help. This is a significant study unit with equally significant layers of complexity for Y7 and Y8 students. It is at least a full term's work if we are going to make the best use of it. By the end of the term and the completion of the project, I will be in a better position to comment on its efficacy and value. In the meantime, my students - all 59 of them are fully engaged and are enjoying the adventure.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Linked into our Inquiry ‘Innovate , create: Better than before’. Our environmental group have been part of the water kit and spreading the message about clean water and looking after our water to all. The learners have created digital ways to share back w

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? The learners have adopted our water race across the road and constantly check in about the quality of the water.

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? The learners had never considered the importance of mountains and the water. Now have a greater understanding of cultural significance and what it means to them as well.

“Really well set out kit, lots of learning for the children (and teachers)! Great ideas and easy to follow process. The children loved the scientific tools provided and when the kit was introduced, wondered what everything could be used for. It inspired a group of learners to want to know more about waterways throughout NZ.”

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Posted 4 years ago

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