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? 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? How much water can be saved by doing small things each day.

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? Goals!

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 awareness is daily!! Kids are always reminding others!

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 amazing. Really awesome to be able to have the tamariki doing hands on stuff.”

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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? 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? See above!

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? Our learning journey went in a different direction so focused less on this!

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 water being consumed in the background of so many consumable goods!

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 fantastic launch into our engineering inquiry unit! We used the water savers kit to explore the water usage and environmental issues surrounding water. We then looked at case studies around the world where countries have had to use engineering solutions to solve environmental water issues eg. Kuwait, Panama Canal, Botswana Pipeline, Murrurundi. Lastly, we explored how all every day items require water in their production cycle and chose an item each and designed ways to reduce their environmental impact. This could have continued on and on due to the engagement of the water savers kit! The only downside was the stamps were quite labour intensive with a large classroom!”

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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? 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? They have become more aware about water wastage, and suggested things like putting a bucket under the water fountain at school to collect the wasted 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? The tooth brushing concept was the most fascinating for the students. Daily stamping was very effective as it gave a visual for the students.

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 noticeably more water conscious

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 fantastic. My students thoroughly loved it, and learnt why and how to save water. They were engaged with the though provoking nature of this kit.”

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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 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? Engaged them in thier learning (which is hard at the end of the year), sustainability was the main focus

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? Made their parents also have the conversations with their children. Prompted their engagement too.

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 would like to think so.

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“Got very busy near the end of the term but a great one to just squeeze in and have a bit of fun learning. Kids were super interested and surprised about how much was used etc and made them start to realise and think of ways that they can reduce their usage.”

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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

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 helped students build lasting water-saving habits by showing how small actions make a big difference. They also explored protecting our local river and wetlands from pollution.

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? N/A

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 kit made my students more aware of how important it is to save water. It definitely sparked a sense of responsibility, and they’re now keen to find ways to use water wisely.

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

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“This kit was a great way to teach my Year 4-5 class about saving water. Over 10 days, they investigated water-saving claims and learned about things like measuring water and working together to make a difference. It connected to real-world issues like water scarcity and climate change. A fun and important resource!”

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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? 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 thinThe idea of turning the tap off when not using it had a big impact. They are young but when you put it into something that they can see it has a bigger impact and this is an easy thing to make a change on without their parents involvement.

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? As mentioned above I have very little wall space so by the end of this activity the sheets were falling apart having to open daily.Turn the tap off was the most interesting for 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? It certainly did make some of them more aware of their use of water but there were also some who didn't change.

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“I have Year 3 and 4s, I know it wasn't for Year 3s particularly but they did really well. The visuals were really good, although too large for my classroom to be permanently displayed which was a shame. The collecting food scraps one was the hardest one to meausre.”

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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? It made them stop and consider just how much water they are unknowingly wasting throughout the day. They had to become purposefully conscious of the amount they were using and it encouraged them to think of what they could do differently to be better.

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 found using the small hourglass timers fascinating so any activity with that seemed to get more attention. The stamping was like a small little reward for students.

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 realised how easy it is to do simple tasks to help conserve water. For some 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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“I found the kit to be quite useful though at times it was hard to track the students progress and see if they were genuinely doing it or just marking it off themselves. It did encourage them to think more deeply about their water usage. Some struggled to keep up the consistency.”

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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? 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 made students think about how they use water and how they can save 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? The activity had an impact as it was a constant reminder of the 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? yes it did, many students didn't realise that their household paid for 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 kit was engaging to students, it allowed for discussion about how we use water, how we waste water and what we can do to save water.”

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