How would you rate the overall effectiveness of the classroom resource in teaching water saving habits?

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Which water saving habit/s were your students most engaged in? Tap off while brushing teeth, 5 minute showers

What influence has this kit had in promoting the longevity of water saving habits and what other water related topics did your students come up with? They did talk to their whānau about saving water and they were impressed.

Has your students water literacy knowledge improved after using this kit?

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What was the impact of the daily stamping practice in your classroom and which water benchmark did your students find most fascinating? It was hard to tell when they found where the stamp was and helped themselves :-( Must hide it better next time.

How have your students' perceptions of water conservation changed since using the resource and did it foster a sense of responsibility and awareness in your classroom? They have changed significantly and it made them far more aware of what they were doing regarding water. Our local awa is very important to our kura and community and keeping that clean was a big focus.

On a scale of 1-10, how involved would you say families were at supporting this learning at home?

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“This had my class's mind blown when they realised water is in everything, not just the bottles they drink out of. We have meters coming in soon and we discussed how much water they used each day and how that will impact on their whānau's water bill. It was a very timely inquiry!”

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Posted 4 months ago

How would you rate the overall effectiveness of the classroom resource in teaching water saving habits?

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Somewhat effective

Significantly effective

Which water saving habit/s were your students most engaged in? Choose water instead of juice / fizzy, Tap off while brushing teeth, Using the chore chooser

What influence has this kit had in promoting the longevity of water saving habits and what other water related topics did your students come up with? It showed the students how they can save water and what impact saving water has. They came up with a barrell at the end of a drainpipe to water the plants.

Has your students water literacy knowledge improved after using this kit?

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What was the impact of the daily stamping practice in your classroom and which water benchmark did your students find most fascinating? They loved having stamps and not sure

How have your students' perceptions of water conservation changed since using the resource and did it foster a sense of responsibility and awareness in your classroom? It did foster a sense of responsibility and awareness of how we have to conserve water.

On a scale of 1-10, how involved would you say families were at supporting this learning at home?

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“The items in the kit were really good. I ended up sharing with a senior class as we did the unit together (some parts differentiated).”

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How would you rate the overall effectiveness of the classroom resource in teaching water saving habits?

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Which water saving habit/s were your students most engaged in? Using one cup per day

What influence has this kit had in promoting the longevity of water saving habits and what other water related topics did your students come up with? The actual activity was ok but the biggest impact was around not wasting things that have been made!

Has your students water literacy knowledge improved after using this kit?

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What was the impact of the daily stamping practice in your classroom and which water benchmark did your students find most fascinating? It was a busy time of year so we were a bit under pressure. They enjoyed seeing it grow.

How have your students' perceptions of water conservation changed since using the resource and did it foster a sense of responsibility and awareness in your classroom? They really didn't think about saving water beyond not leaving taps running.

On a scale of 1-10, how involved would you say families were at supporting this learning at home?

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“It was perfect having a different angle on sustainabilty. Students could really relate to what we called a products Water footprint. We were all shocked to understand how much water is usewd in the manufacturing process. Our biggest take away was to use less of everything.”

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Posted 4 months ago

How would you rate the overall effectiveness of the classroom resource in teaching water saving habits?

Not effective

Somewhat effective

Significantly effective

Which water saving habit/s were your students most engaged in? Tap off while brushing teeth, 5 minute showers, Using the chore chooser

What influence has this kit had in promoting the longevity of water saving habits and what other water related topics did your students come up with? They have realised that it is the small habits you adopt that will make a big difference in the long run. Its up to the individual to make changes, not just large industries.

Has your students water literacy knowledge improved after using this kit?

Little improvement

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Significant improvment

What was the impact of the daily stamping practice in your classroom and which water benchmark did your students find most fascinating? Different students found different aspects interesting.

How have your students' perceptions of water conservation changed since using the resource and did it foster a sense of responsibility and awareness in your classroom? Definitely. The simple act of calculating how much water is wasted during tooth brushing was quite staggering, then we multiplied that by our whole school, then town, then country.

On a scale of 1-10, how involved would you say families were at supporting this learning at home?

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“This unit tied in really well to our Stewardship unit at school and also in connection with the work we have been doing about clean waterways as part of EMR.”

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Posted 4 months ago

How would you rate the overall effectiveness of the classroom resource in teaching water saving habits?

Not effective

Somewhat effective

Significantly effective

Which water saving habit/s were your students most engaged in? Choose water instead of juice / fizzy, Tap off while brushing teeth

What influence has this kit had in promoting the longevity of water saving habits and what other water related topics did your students come up with? Great influence on my own class and other classrooms in the school too

Has your students water literacy knowledge improved after using this kit?

Little improvement

Some improvement

Significant improvment

What was the impact of the daily stamping practice in your classroom and which water benchmark did your students find most fascinating? Great impact as it was showing accountability

How have your students' perceptions of water conservation changed since using the resource and did it foster a sense of responsibility and awareness in your classroom? More conscious of ways to help save water at school and home

On a scale of 1-10, how involved would you say families were at supporting this learning at home?

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“The kit and unit plan were very useful. The kids liked seeing the resources on the wall. We made water cycles in a bag which were a huge hit.”

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Posted 4 months ago

How would you rate the overall effectiveness of the classroom resource in teaching water saving habits?

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Somewhat effective

Significantly effective

Which water saving habit/s were your students most engaged in? Using one cup per day, Choose water instead of juice / fizzy, Tap off while brushing teeth, 5 minute showers

What influence has this kit had in promoting the longevity of water saving habits and what other water related topics did your students come up with? The kit really promoted kōrero in class and with families about saving water. Hidden water was mind blowing for so many students (an me tbh).

Has your students water literacy knowledge improved after using this kit?

Little improvement

Some improvement

Significant improvment

What was the impact of the daily stamping practice in your classroom and which water benchmark did your students find most fascinating? Easy for everyone to participate - good visuals to remind us and keep it forward in our minds that we were tracking our habits.

How have your students' perceptions of water conservation changed since using the resource and did it foster a sense of responsibility and awareness in your classroom? The magnitude of the issue was highlighted well alongside some easy small changes that we can all do to help with the issue.

On a scale of 1-10, how involved would you say families were at supporting this learning at home?

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“Another great kit by SchoolKit. Excellent resourced and nicely interactive as well. Included families and drove many class kōrero surrounding water saving.”

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Posted 4 months ago

How would you rate the overall effectiveness of the classroom resource in teaching water saving habits?

Not effective

Somewhat effective

Significantly effective

Which water saving habit/s were your students most engaged in? Using one cup per day, Tap off while brushing teeth, 5 minute showers

What influence has this kit had in promoting the longevity of water saving habits and what other water related topics did your students come up with? How to filter water

Has your students water literacy knowledge improved after using this kit?

Little improvement

Some improvement

Significant improvment

What was the impact of the daily stamping practice in your classroom and which water benchmark did your students find most fascinating? Better awareness

How have your students' perceptions of water conservation changed since using the resource and did it foster a sense of responsibility and awareness in your classroom? Some were already pretty aware due to our local area water restrictions (mostly related to watering gardens, but saw knew the link to household use as well).

On a scale of 1-10, how involved would you say families were at supporting this learning at home?

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“The students really got engaged. This made them think about their water usage and how to reduce it.”

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Posted 4 months ago

How would you rate the overall effectiveness of the classroom resource in teaching water saving habits?

Not effective

Somewhat effective

Significantly effective

Which water saving habit/s were your students most engaged in? Using one cup per day, Choose water instead of juice / fizzy

What influence has this kit had in promoting the longevity of water saving habits and what other water related topics did your students come up with? Positive. Encouraged to start the habits younger so that it's easy to maintain growing up.

Has your students water literacy knowledge improved after using this kit?

Little improvement

Some improvement

Significant improvment

What was the impact of the daily stamping practice in your classroom and which water benchmark did your students find most fascinating? Good buy in. The kids were keen to see how much they saved.

How have your students' perceptions of water conservation changed since using the resource and did it foster a sense of responsibility and awareness in your classroom? They're more aware of the water they use, less likely to waste ignorantly.

On a scale of 1-10, how involved would you say families were at supporting this learning at home?

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“A great set of tasks to get kids invested into why they should be water savers!”

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