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

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Significantly effective

Which water saving habit/s were your students most engaged in? 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? I think that they have a better awareness of how easy a few changes can be so effective

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? Awesome to visibly see the progress and tracking of the water savings

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? yes I genuine think so

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

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“Water savers kit was a real eye opener to 1) how much water we can save over a short time by doing a few simple steps.”

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Posted 2 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, 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? Not sure yet - parents did enjoy the Wellington Water Use calculator that was sent home with the inquiry homework. I recieved a few before and after printouts that the students enjoyed looking at - seeing how they had made a difference with their choices.

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? They enjoyed the visual aspect but found the calculations a bit tricky - we got there in the end.

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? For some students a definite yes. A very mixed response (impacted by the response from parents).

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

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“My students loved the Water Cycle Song (we still sing it) and enjoyed making the data display and information posters. We're a Year 4 class and some aspects were hard for them to conceptualise and understand (a few of the suggested reading links were well over their heads). The water-saving inquiry homework was a big hit in some houses and not so much in others :D I would do this Kit again with Year 5-8 students for sure!”

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Posted 2 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, 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? Not sure

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? They all had different benchmarks that they were fascinated by

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? Yes

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 great to see the students understand how little changes can make a huge difference”

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Posted 2 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, 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? it has certainly raised awareness and how precious this resource is. it's more than just turning on the tap.

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? this worked well

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? This was definitely an eye opener for them Y7/8. Sommuch these days is taken for granted and these made them stop and think.

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

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“We all (teacher & Students loved the flexibility of this unit. There was lots to talk about and the unit gave us lots of Food for thought with some chemicals thrown in as well. thankyou so much for making this learning available to our children.”

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Posted 2 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, 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? It rasied my students' awareness of the importance of water and how and what they can do to save water in their daily lives. We were studying the Earth's spheres as our Student Inquiry during that term, it fitted well with our inquiry topic. The students searched and learned about the water cycle, water pollution, hydropshere and the interactions between the four spheres.

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? This was a great incentives. They loved taking turns doing it. Tap off, brush on.

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? Yes! They are more aware that how important it is to use water wisely and they can take every opporunity to help saving water in everyday life.

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

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“1. How did it go for my class My class have had enjoyed using this kits. The resource pack (stickers and badges) was very helpful. My students felt proud when wearing their badges as they were on a mission to save water. We did the checkings every moring before starting the day's learning activities and this was the time for my students to go through all the water saving tips which is fantastic! 2. Kit and resources The kit and the online resources provided for the kit was awesome but it was somehow difficult and took a lot of time to nevigate around the site and not knowing what resources were more sutiable for the level of my students. 3. The measuring aspects of the posters We did not touch on the measruing aspect of each benchmark. I found the instructions provided confuing and was not able to find time to check and understand further regarding this aspect.”

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Posted 3 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, 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? When we discussed about only having 3% of freshwater, that really changed their perspective of playing around with water. The students brainstormed different ways they should be saving water. The water saving habits are still visible in the classroom and school. A grandmother said to me, her grandson is pretty serious about saving water at home. That shows the influence it left on the children. We also discussed about drought in some countries, NZ water saving techniques,etc

What was the impact of the daily stamping practice in your classroom and which water benchmark did your students find most fascinating? The students lined up to stamp daily and to show off their water management to other students. It began as healthy competition among them to find who saves the most water. The 5 mins shower was fascinating to them, as they discussed they don’t take that long to shower.

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? Significantly changed, they don’t play around with water, warn and educate others about saving water. They have indeed become the water warriors, this task made them feel responsible for their future.

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

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

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“Water Savers 2024 : This task was something new my students had come across. It was different than regular teaching in class, it gave them a chance to be warrior and put efforts to conserve water. The kit covered various ways we humans can work to save and conserve water, it highlighted to importance of saving water and how every tiny effort counts. The task made students responsible of their actions, made them feel concerned about their future. Overall, all my students and myself, we enjoyed the task. It was very easy to follow.”

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Posted 3 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

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? My class became very interested in saving water and our classroom sink became a important space to police!

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? I thought the daily stamping would be annoying but it was fine!

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? My students definitely feel more responsibility for saving water and also their knowledge of how to save water has improved - it's not just something they should do but now it's something that they can do.

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

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“My Year 5/6 class enjoyed this school kit. Saving water was a concept they were somewhat familiar with and could also easily grasp. They take-home items such as the coaster were a real hit as they always love anything tangible. I would say however the posters were quite large and we are already lacking wall space in the classroom so I didn't struggle with them a bit!”

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Posted 3 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? We still talk about saving water now, long after finishing the kit.

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? They enjoyed all of them

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? Yes it fostered a sense of responsibility

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

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“The kids really enjoyed monitoring their water use at home at reporting this back via the stamp on the charts. We did feel that some of the 'containers' had similar themes around the water/fizzy drinks. We loved using our maths skills to work out how much water we saved. The support material with looking at the water cycle, problems with our water and what we use water for were great ways to integrate the kit into our literacy programme.”

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Posted 3 months ago

Water Savers 24 Reviews