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, 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?

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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 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 7 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? 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?

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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? 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 7 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 7 months ago

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? 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?

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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? 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 7 months ago

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? 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? This inspired a few children to base their own science investigations for the Science Fair on water and it's health in our local environment.

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? Hang Towels

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 more aware and see the importance more clearly as it was easy to understand for them.

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

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“The children really loved finding out all the facts regarding the water on Earth. They thoroughly enjoyed the hands on demo and showed a great understanding of the LO by the end.”

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Posted 7 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? 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? I think some of the simpler water saver strategies will stick with students. Discussions were interesting about summer/winter variance.

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? Helped to keep some students engaged. The human eyeball was definitely an interesting benchmark.

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 awareness is much better. The wastage at the water fountains has decreased for sure.

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

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“I liked the way this kit connected between home and school. It allowed lots of great real world connections. Great statistical work.This is a fabulous resource.”

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Posted 7 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? 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? Hopefully an awareness of the importance of our natural water resource.

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

Little improvement

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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? We usede this resource slightly different and used it as informing the community as well as ourselves.

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 developed a greater understanding of the precious nature of water.

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

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“Your resource was used as the basis of our inquiry and was very well linked to the science and social science aspects we needed for our inquiry into water. Thank you for the professional accurate information and resources. They were invaluable.”

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Posted 7 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? 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 learnt about water purity and about water issues in the rest of the world. The water cycle.

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? It was a bit confusing with the amount of stamping. Also it was hard to find 10 days in a row that worked for our class.

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. I heard from whanau about how students were sharing their knowledge within the homes.

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

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“My class of Year 5/6 students enjoyed this unit. We enjoyed learning about how to save water and they liked having some resources to take home.”

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