What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Social studies Science Literacy Maths

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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? Again, including or developing testing equipment that can test the quality of water. So changes in acid levels, ect.

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? As a class we investigated our local stream and its significance to the local Maori tribe and culture.

“The units are detailed and well designed to fit different levels within the classroom. My kids enjoyed teh research and information around water scarcity and quality. Some challenges we faced was the fact that we couldn't go to our local river, due to Covid 19 restrictions. I would also like to add that it would be great to have water testing 'strips' so that kids can actually see the colours changing and visually see the quality changing.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Mathematics, literacy - recording our data accurately. Our big idea of Thinking like an Environmentalist

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? Science experiments, tracking our waterways, environmentalist

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? They made links to how without water there is no life. They made strong connections to their pepeha

“We loved how this linked with our identity and pepeha. It was a great intro and hook in for our whanau. Our children were really excited to head to the awa and test the water. The idea to practice at school first was a fabulous idea!”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Science- Looking at invertebrates and animal classification Maths- reading and understanding time, decimals, measuring skills Reading- learning new vocabulary from the task cards

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? Looking more closely at how we could care for our waterways Sharing with our whanau about our job at the stream and what we did Further teaching of decimals and maths and linking it to real life contexts

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? It was great to link the understanding of water to our own pepeha at school. We saw the link that without water we would not exist and it ties in very closely with our identity and where we are from.

“This kit linked in very closely to our 'Thinking Like an Environmentalist' unit. Our children loved going down to our local stream to test the water. They were in groups of 3 and each had a task card which they worked through. We just found the collating of data onto our big sheet a bit of challenge but with teacher support we got there in the end.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Maths Science Te Reo Geography learning through play

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? We will continue to explore the cultrual significance of wai for maori. We will also be collecting data and feeding back to local council our results for our waterway , as it is on private land .

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? Tamariki explored the ideas surrounding Papatūānuku and the cultural significance of water or wai been the source of live for many maori tribes.

“This kit was a huge opportunity for our tamariki to gain practicle knowledge and hands on learning within our outdoor environment .”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? We used it in our Literacy programme to create posters to save water for the Water shortage in Auckland.

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? Persuasive Language

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? Linking to Pepeha was great!

“We were really excited to receive this kit. In our Year 5 context, some of the activities were a bit advanced. However we picked and chose appropriate activities for our context. It generated a lot of questions for our Inquiry.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Maths, Reading, PE

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? The kit gave us answers, as well as questions that we can explore together. These will involve changes in the body of water throughout the year as the seasons change.

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? We made links between caring for our stream and being kaitiaki (guardians) of our natural world.

“I received a fabulous collection of resources to use with my students. The kit came with clear instructions, as well as comprehensive information on the associated webpage. The students really enjoyed the activities, and the resources have been kept for future use.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Plenty of linking to numeracy and researching online.

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? Visiting the waterways more often to see if we can notice any changes.

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? It promoted awareness as we spoke about it together as a class.

“This kit was really hands on so the class loved it. However, we found the recording sheet to be really difficult to fill in.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Science (the micro-organisms), Maths (creating graphs) and Literacy (reading and writing about our creek)

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? Global Warming

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? It showed us the water is valuable and connects us all together.

“We learnt a lot about our stream. We are very lucky to have a stream/creek at our school and the children loved going down to it. These lessons made them think about the health of our stream and care more for it.”

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Posted 4 years ago

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