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? We also studied the water cycle

What was the impact of the daily stamping practice in your classroom and which water benchmark did your students find most fascinating? Daily stamping is effective - it's like a reward sticker chart!

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? At school, the perception has changed, but I'm not yet sure about at home

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

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“Lessons took a bit of unpacking to figure out exactly what to do, but once I had it sorted, it was fine.”

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Posted 8 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

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? Finding out how much water is used to make clothes, electronics, juice etc was pretty mind-blowing for them and, I think, encouraged them to think hard before making decisions.

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? Only some actively recorded. Some found it annoying to try to record their usage / savings and totally forgot.

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 certainly made many of them think. As the Year 7/8s in a full primary school, we led the school in a series of activities connected with the World Vision 40 hour challenges. I included a water use focus in my WV based social sciences topic and one group chose to share their water savers learning as their shared topic for the rest of the school. The screenshot attached below shows just one of the slides they made to share with the other classes.

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“I used just a few of the suggested activities. Watching the containers fill up with water drop stamps was engaging. I appreciate the potential for lots of mathematics with the different benchmarks but it wasn't that helpful when we had other maths priorities and just wanted a quick comparison. We made our own spreadsheet with probable savings based on averages which was more useful for us. It was a bit tricky to get our heads around 'saved water' when most of my kids already drink water instead of fizzy & juice as a rule anyway. And many of the other habits too. So we settled on 'if you are doing this, you are reducing overall water usage & we will record it.' Not sure if that was the idea or not but I didn't find that very clear and I certainly wanted kids who already have a good concept of water saving to be able to include their actions.”

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Posted 8 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 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? I think the kids are now more aware of simple things like actually drinking all the water from their drink bottles, rather than tipping it out for "fresh" water.

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 did make the kids be more accountable, funny enough I had a few kids who were trying to "catch" the not so honest kids

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? as previously mentioned not all kids perception was changed as they already had lots of conservation awareness. We did have lots of discussions about dishwashers. Many felt like they fully believe the "Factual information" in regards to water conservation with dishwasher! They became rather cynical.

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 is AWESOME, however, I feel there wasn't a great amount of learning for my rural students. I work in an area where many students have their own water source. They were more aware of the value of water. But if anything it made it easier for the town supply kids to understand their friend's water habits better.”

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Posted 8 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, 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? I have noticed that my students are more conscious of how they use water and are careful not to waste it, especially in the class setting. This followed through into how they minimised their water usage at camp too. Other water related topics they came up with included the flooding in our local area and the impact it had at the camp too, as this made some activities unavailable to them because of the damage that occurred.

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 managed this themselves really well, they would remind each other to do it, definitely the showers, it was also their most challenging, it was really good practice though for when we went to camp

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 of how they use water and also preventing contamination to water sources too

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“A great way to introduce the impact we have on the way we use water, including the hidden uses of water you wouldn't normally consider. Allowing the students to explore the different ways they can make a difference (and their families too) to help conserve the amount of water being used and making sure our water sources are safe and healthy too.”

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Posted 8 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, 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 students realised how much they are already saving with their routines, and they realised how easy some of the water saving habits where - making them an easy permanent change.

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? Stamping daily was effective because we say that some containers 'filled up' faster than others - making the other containers more of a focus for the class. The impact of drinking water not fizzy blew them away!

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? Water conservation became a daily conversation between themselves and with their adults on how to make a difference. Thoughout this process the school also fixed the leaky taps, and water fountains which the kids thought was very cool. The sense of responsibility has definitely increased.

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“Although Water Savers didn't appear to be 'exciting', the students certainly became interested when seeing the results of their efforts start to build. Daily stamping was a great way to remind them to save water in a variety of ways and it helped keep them engaged. The learning was powerful for students to understand how precious fresh water is, and the kit was a great tool to use alongside our larger unit of environmental impacts.”

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Posted 8 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? We explored many different topics ranging from how climate change affects the water cycle to what is happening to the glaciers around the world. The children selected their own research questions to investigate.

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 mind blowing for them to think of the comparisons made on the charts to the size of different real life objects. They were surprised that drinking water helps save water!

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! We have had leaky taps and water fountains in the past. These have now been fixed and the kids are much more mindful of water usage and wastage.

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“We followed on from the Sea Cleaners kit in term 1 with this kit. It tied in beautifully and provided a great opportunity for our tamariki to go deep with their learning. It helped build awareness about water saving and the importance of treating wai as the precious taonga it is. Relying on ākonga to bring their data daily was the only challenge. I would try to set up a digital way to collect this in the future - maybe google form as many reported doing it but forgot to bring it back.”

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Posted 8 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? It brought a conservation focus to our learning.

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 kids loved this & it recognised visually their water saving.

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 highlighted what they could do as kids 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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“This school box fitted perfectly with our place based learning about ‘wai’ in Heretaunga with the plains, aquafier, braided rivers & history learning - especially after Cyclone Gabriel which highlighted how valuable our water is.”

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Posted 8 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, 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 related this topic with how we can help our local waterways and educate others how they can be best to.

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? Some students found the daily stamping very engaging while those students that were not invested in the topic found no interest in the stamping.

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? Students are quick to remind each other when a practice they are participating in could use less water.

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

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“As a class, we enjoyed how we can work together to reduce the amount of water we use. We also enjoyed learning about the water cycle and some fun water-related facts.”

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Posted 8 months ago

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