What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Art, Design, Technology, Literacy: Reading, Vocabulary, Writing, Maths: measurements, statistics

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? Cleaning of the stream, rubbish free enviroment, recycling in the school

How motivated are your students to take care of their local environment after this kit?

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? Growing understanding, not fully understood but majority of the children had a good grasp.

“A good kit - would have been better if we could have linked it to our inquiry topic but we implemented it in our reading plan.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? N/A

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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? N/A

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? N/A

“Due to Covid, we are yet to use this kit.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Maths linked with Geography and Health &; Fitness. Science linked with Social Studies.

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? We'd still love to do bacteria monitoring of water quality. Also, the class would love to help shade the waterways by riparian planting.

How motivated are your students to take care of their local environment after this kit?

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? There was little mentioned regarding Te Ao Maori within the water testing kit and resources.

“It was so great because it enabled us to look at or local river Te Umangawha through different lenses, discovering new insights. We are looking forward to doing it again. Visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NX0nmuqukmM to watch a video of our middle block at the river.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Mathematics (measurement, data, graphs) Science (water cycles, invertebrates, ) Reading (reading instructions, labels, diagrams, data) Writing (Reports, findings) Te Ao Maori (Kaitikitanga, Tikanga Maori) EOTC

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? Establish a Kaitiaki group that is guardian of the Mangati Stream (student-led).

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? Our akonga were able to learn about the holistic Māori perspective of water. Water and awa have a life force and huge significance to our school as the Mangati Awa is in our school waiata and an important part of our hapu history. Many of our akonga,

“Puketapu School was very thankful to receive a Dairy NZ Water Testing Kit from School Kit NZ. The Dairy NZ Water Testing Kit proved to be a great tool in the teaching of Kiatiakitanga, Te Ao Maori, science, sustainability, and many other curriculum areas. Students were empowered to inquire, be innovative, and curious about their local awa. Akonga were fully engaged from the start of the unit and absolutely loved the stream visit and performing the tests. This kit linked well with our term theme of Kiatiakitanga which we are currently exploring.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Linked with writing

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? We will carry on using system

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? We have some experts at school that supported wit this

“Great Resource to use a a Rural school, we have a steam down the back of the school and it was great for the kids to be hands on”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? This managed to tie into our inquiry which is about rainwater collection

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? How to naturally clean water (preserving wetlands etc), writing - raising awareness of waterways.

How motivated are your students to take care of their local environment after this kit?

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? This didn't feel like a very large part of the project.

“This kit had some very cool tools. It required a lot of preloading of vocabulary and techniques which was informative but also took some time away from our programme. The kids enjoyed the practical aspect but in a large hub, it meant that some kids had no opportunity to do some of the tasks (too many kids, not enough time/space).”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Reading, writing, maths, critical thinking, Te reo, PB4L. E Tu Tangata

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? Environmental studies and how we need to look after the area we live in.

How motivated are your students to take care of their local environment after this kit?

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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 realization that water just isn't water. That it represent significance to cultures and how it is related to their beliefs, culture etc

“It was good. With Covid hitting and being in and out of Alert Two it did cause some challenges that we had to adapt.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Oral Language. Scientific writing. Reading. Maths.

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? To follow up with testing again at a later date.

How motivated are your students to take care of their local environment after this kit?

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? It brought about an understanding of what Kaitiakitanga means.

“This was a good kit, however some of the testing was hard to undertake, due to restrictions with the sudden lockdown.”

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Posted 4 years ago

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