What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? I struggled as a teacher with the connection to the testing and understanding what was expected.

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? All my kids had never been to the stream we went to and we had a great discussion of “hidden gems” as well as why this stream may be the way it is

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? They understood the importance in new Zealand!

“We managed to create an entire week project around this. Some of my most challenging students showed how crative they were which helped me form a stronger connection with them. Was new learning our kids made that we may not have otherwise had in our curriculum.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Please see my final comment

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? The kit is a great resource but a few factors made it hard to get the traction I'd hoped for. The water levels became unsafe, the activities had to be done individually. I'm a teaching principal, most of the days I was teaching it rained. It was the wrong

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? Please see my final comment

“The students really enjoyed the activities and it's something I would like to redo when the opportunity arises within our integrated curriculum around the sustainability of our community.”

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Lots of writing about water and water pollution; information reports on this topic. Lots of maths because of the measuring elements. They had an Inquiry on water as part of this unit so it encompassed and was encompassed by this unit.

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? They wanted to go back and clean up the stream so we have signed up for the 'seacleaners' kit to go back and do a rubbish collection at the reserve.

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? The understanding of the land and how Maori view the land. The role of the students as guardians not owners and that because they are guardians of the land they need to look after the water for future generations.

“Children loved the scientific aspect. Some of the planning of it was hard due to the many different levels of the students in the class. Really great though to be able to introduce all of them to a different type of science. They loved going to the stream and all wanted to jump in it even when we explained multiple times the main purpose of going there.”

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Posted 4 years ago

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“We have finally completed our Water Kit. Rm 7 along with Rm 4 and Rm 5, spent the day at the Tongariro National Trout Hatchery. Before this day all three classes used the water kit to investigate the different insects that the Trout would eat, life cycle of some of the insects and water temperature of our awa. Split into 3 groups not only we learnt about the eco system of the Tongariro awa, students were able to see the different insects moving around and identify which insects the trout would eat more off. A big bonus on this trip all students went fishing and took home a Trout.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Obviously it linked well to measurement in maths, information report for writing, research skills etc

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? I would consider using the kit again.

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? I like the idea of relating it to mihimihi and your awa. The significance and value of water as essential for life, the potential shortage of it and the water quality diminishing all hit home for us.

“This was another successful kit. I really appreciate all the hard work that goes into preparing and planning these educational resources for teachers and children. The water testing kit made us evaluate more than one water resource as we went about putting the kit into action. The state of our waterways is of concern. The one we looked at is a swimming place for some...”

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Posted 4 years ago

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

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? We are discussing how the children can assume an ongoing kaitiaki role for our local stream.

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? The kit led to an inquiry into the significance of water in Te Ao Maori, which we might otherwise not have done.

“My students loved the interactive nature of this kit.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Lots of cross-curricular, but particularly scientific understanding e.g. measuring pH levels, but lots of Mathematics too through finding mean, median of results and using mapping skills. It also obviously bbrought in some Te Reo through our connection to

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? Looking at other water ways, also how we could look after some of our local waterways better. Maybe bringing some awareness around them.

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? They linked it into their pepeha and their local waterways, why they are significant to different tribes and why they are still so important today.

“A great resource that I ended up using with my Enviro students, taking them out to a couple of local waterways.”

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Posted 4 years ago

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

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? Scientific Inquiry, using hypotheses and variables, collecting data and analysing it. What are the implications? How can our observations be useful and relevant to others and to the community as a whole?

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“A great resource. Thank you. Some really great materials. These Year 4 children enjoyed working in small groups. We were lucky to have some parent helpers when we visited our local creek. Children had fun identifying freshwater invertebrates and understanding that finding particular invertebrates meant that the water was healthy. Children were keen to visit the creek again at a later date with their whanau.”

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Posted 4 years ago

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