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? 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? Gave us the platform for discussion and raised awareness of how little actions add up.

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 created good discussions especially comparing between turning the tap off when brushing teeth and 5 minute showers.

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? I think our students had a pretty good awareness prior but it allowed for bigger discussions especially as we explored water issues for children in other countries.

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

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“Great way to introduce our class to statistical investigations within a real life context. It also allowed us to discuss and explore other learning and issues through Water Savers. Hugely engaging for our students.”

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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

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? Hopefully long lasting.

What was the impact of the daily stamping practice in your classroom and which water benchmark did your students find most fascinating? This wasn't so successful, but they were engaged in being water police at school and at home.

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 did foster increased responsibility and awareness of water usage and where it comes from in our area.

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

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“Such a good kit and really relevant for our learners. A lot of our tamariki are on wells, in cluding here at school and can take water for granted. It was eye opening and families loved it too.”

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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? The students were extremely unmotivated and I found it a real push for them to become engaged even though we had been studying Environmental issues.

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? No fascination or engagement and did not stamp without heavy pushing and reminding from me

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? There was discussion around saving of water and with some there appeared to be a little more awareness

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

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“The quality of resources is amazing, the plan is amazing and in an ideal world would have been fantastic however it just didn't suit my students. There was a lot of 'at home' components to complete this successfully and buy in was extremely low from my Year 7 students. Would potentially work better with younger more engaged students.”

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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

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 tied in well with some other learning we were doing around sustainability. Many students made adjustments to their daily habits as a result

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? The visualisation of everyone's contribution all together was beneficial to show how one persons part plays into bigger impact of a whole

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 it did, others it perhaps reinforced what they already knew.

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

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“This was a great kit, the resources and learning were very engaging for the students.”

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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, 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? Many students are still actively practising the habits they built during this kit. Lots of them also wear the badges to encourage others. Our poster displays are still up and referenced regularly.

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? It was great for accountability. They really wanted to get a stamp on and worked hard to get multiple on each day. The students were in shock about the difference between having a glass of water instead of juice vs fizzy

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 much more aware of how precious our water is, they bring up the learning regularly to support their statements 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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“We used this as part of a statistical inquiry for Maths. The group were engaged from the get go and gobsmacked with the amount of virtual water that is used to make even simple things. There was a lot of rich discussion throughout and they encouraged their families and friends to save water as well. They loved stamping the wall images as well, racing in each day to add their stamps.”

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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

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 students have an understanding that water is not infinite and we have to be aware of our use of it.

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 split the class in to two groups to have a small competition. They were very fascinated about what group was winning in different areas.

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 did, they now are aware of what they can do to help.

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 was great in the classroom. All my students were engaged in the learning.”

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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

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 would hope that is has had a long lasting impact on the tamariki. They displayed signs around the school to encourage the school to get behind saving 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? They were very engaged and motivated to save water as they could see the charts. I think the water instead of juice/fizzy.

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 are more aware of the difference they can make and their whãnau.

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 was a fun way to combine many learning areas and connect with whãnau. The tamariki were engaged because it was hands-on. It was great to combine science and statistics. The tamariki were inspired to take action and became passionate about it.”

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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

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 changes. In the classroom we needed water for the experiment on school kit site, afterwards the students wouldn't let me tip the water out! I used the water over several days to water our plants instead.We also looked at how water is used to generate electricity and what happens when the lakes are low. We researched dishwashers versus handwashing and how much water is used in comparison.

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? 5 minute showers was by far the lowest stamped to start with. This seemed to bug them. They did not think they could do it, but as people began stamping for this, it seemed to encourage others to do it. Loved their integrity!

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 think I have covered this in the above.

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

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“The water savers kit was awesome. The graphs for the walls for students to stamp each day was a great way to engage them in the inquiry. So visual and current as we updated each day. So fabulous to see water saving actions increase across the 10 days. Great to have stickers, a playlist, a badge and a coaster to go home to help whanau make these changes too, and what family didn't love the chore chooser?!”

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Posted 3 months ago

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