What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Reading, writing, science, social science, health

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? How we, as part of the local community can protect and maintain our water ways.

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? It was identified as one of Earths own natural resources, and the significance of what that actually means.

“Hi there, I think the kits are wonderful. There is such a range of resources in there, it really does mean a whole unit can be planned for you. For me and my team, we incorporated it into our existing plan of 'Our Community' and looking after it ie sustainability themed. The water testing kit was ideal as our school back's onto the estuary, so the idea was to test in two separate areas. One being where the water flows quite quickly and the other upstream a lot further in the mangroves where there is not a lot of water flow.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? English -Writing/Talking Art -Drawing /Drama Science -Invertebrates, Maths -Measuring/Reading Theometers

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? Ways to keep streams healthy. Other nearby streams for a 'contrast' We made our own fishing nets of bamboo /net/headbands and tape which were very successful in the stream to catch invertebrates

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? It helped us all appreciate the need for healthy water.

“Amazing Resource will hands on tools.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? how farming is responsible for polluting most of our waterways.

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? How hopeless we are in protecting something as essential as water unless we VOTE for the right policies and government.

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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.

“The invertebrate key was a waste of time and I used to be an ecologist. KISS (Keep it simple stupid). A simple picture card with invertebrate orders would've sufficed. Nitrogen is the biggest killer of our waterways THANKS Dairy NZ. How about allowing for some nitrogen testing?”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? A great link to Maths especially in statistics and handling data effectively

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? We intend repeating these activities again later this year so that we can gather some comparative data about our local waterway.

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? This was a really important part of our learning

“Absolutely fantastic hands on resources for teaching and learning, thanks”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Maths, problem solving, science, conservation, team work were all involved.

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? We are still looking for a better site to safely test. The flooding at the lake was a limiting factor in what we could test. Another local site that needs monitoring is Forest Pools. We should be able to do all the tests there, taking our students there o

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? Testing in our local area provides data from which to make choices for the future. The local lake Omapere has issues, children from our school have been involved with planting around the area. We have been to educational days where one activity was water

“We feel privileged to have been able to extend our water testing equipment. We have been out in the local area and used the equipment. The students were actively engaged, able to work with real scientific equipment in a real time situation. We have tested at a number of sites around out school. The data provides base line information on which to make comparisons and see what changes are happening in our local environment.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Literacy - noticing our environment and doing some environmental writing.

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? We will continue to build on writing experiences and connect this work to our marine environment learning and Respecting our Environment.

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? We combined learning with Matariki, Whitebait Connection and LEARNZ to build on our knowledge around Te Ao Māori and how important the waterways were for land, food and people.

“This kit fitted our focus on sustainable water environments well. We were able to connect this to our school's learning with Whitebait Connection and a LEARNZ field trip too. Thanks for your amazing work. Sorry for the late response.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? The kit provided many learning opportunities in Te Ao Māori, Mathematics, Science as well as Literacy and the Key Competencies eg. Thinking, Relating to others and Participating and Contributing. The students also recorded their process in writing and thr

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? The kit has been fantastic in further developing the student's connection to our local environment. As the Year 7/8 class, they have been able to identify the significant role they have in role modelling Kaitiakitanga and looking after our environment for

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? Our local waterways are very significant to us here at Otakiri School. As a part of our localised curriculum, we have been exploring the significance of our environment and surrounding areas between our school and tribe Ngāti Awa. The students have deepen

“The water testing kit was used by a group of students wanting to deepen their understanding and knowledge of how to be kaitiaki of our local area. We have been doing learning around the significance of the local waterways to our school and the kit provided some great opportunities to deepen their understanding and extend these learning opportunities.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? We used it primarily during reading and writing time, as it worked in well with working on some of this remotely and during a busy part of the farming year, it meant that our kids could work at their pace. We have focused on Perspective taking with this t

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? Further identifying and possibly investigating local water ways and their use further. We would look at this in term 4 or 1 (and are aware that Covid added to the challenge and restrictions of this topic)

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? In some ways, we have looked at Maori myths and legends around water. We have some understanding of our local major water ways, however the local Maori knowledge is limited in places.

“We are still using the kit until the end of term, as it is very cold and many things that live in water are dormant or not around in winter. The children are doing some of this at school, and the investigation/water work from home.”

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Posted 4 years ago

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