What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? The kit has a great range of tools to support students scientific thinking. The range of types of tests was great!

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? The students identified that how they could contribute to the health of our local waterway. We are planning a rubbish clean up and asking the local council to plant along the water banks.

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? Students enjoyed the connection to how we treat our water and Māori perspectives of our waterways. They were challenged in their thinking.

“This kit was great. There was a range of tasks in the kit and links across the curriculum. Thank you so much for providing this kit.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Measurement, statistics, data collection, conservation, sustainability, water preservation to name a few. We worked collaboratively in a tukana/teina capacity with our Yr 7/8s.

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? Multisensory observations, specific karakia, local water issues and local solutions, building stronger connections and working collaboratively with local government, land trusts, NIWA and other organisations/whanau and hapu that have a vested interest

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? Our tamariki have a very strong cultural understanding of the significance of wai and this kit helped to deepen a western scientific perspective of water.

“Nui te mihi ki a koutou katoa o te whānau School Kit me Dairy NZ Schools. Our tamariki thoroughly enjoyed all that this kit had to offer and the learning that came with it. As a kaiako I will definately use it again in future! Mauri Ora, Ngā Pihipihi me Ngā Mahuri o Te Kura o Te Teko.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Such super cross curricular links! Maths and science was an easy link! Reading lots of journal links and writing point of view.

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? We have already thought about running a clean up day at a close lagoon for our year 6's before the end of the day.

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? Our research was based on the local waterways, involvement of iwi and the local food sources.

“This was a really valuable kit from school kit. It was linked to our topic inquiry Kaitiakitanga.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Students were able to share their thoughts &; justify their thinking

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? This kit we will use again in future years - as a school we spend a lot of time caring for our beach &; stream. We now have our own area which we care for &; plant throughout the year

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? We have a stream running into our local beach. It is very important for our children &; their whanau as many of them spend time fishing &; gathering kaimoana.

“Water Testing”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Built nicely on our previous science topics

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? We are in a rural area so waterway health is importantly

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? The kids learned that water had significance

“This kit was great, we loved exploring our local waterway and the kids enjoyed all the learning.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Social science, eotc, te reo science, literacy, maths

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? Importance of developing an understanding around the importance of water cycle and quality for future generations

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? Water safety, water quality nature papatuanuku

“Kids enjoyed learning especially being outdoors and measuring speed of water”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? It tied in with topic and reading

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? Students wish to visit the local waterways and investigation native birds/ wildlife that live in and around it

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? Celebrated our place and the importance of the waterways around us

“Water testing kit was a hit! This tied in perfectly with our plant and eco focused unit. We explored and investigated water from various local waterways. Students enjoyed using all the marvellous tools included in the kit to help with their investigation!”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? We had connections with ag research and local farms to draw in several perspectives.

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? The kit will be used again and again. Thank you.

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? We have talked about the significance of the Buller (Kawatiri) to the maori

“We have not managed to go out to visit our local river (the Buller) because each time we have planned to go the river has been too high or it has been raining. We have done a lot with the kit however, such as learning how to classify creatures and even had a expert visit from Ag research to talk about water care and he told us about a clear streams project that he was working on. He bought in some water creatures for us to classify and look at through a microscope. We used the kit to do the classification with. We still aim to head out to our local rivers to carry out the testing. Thanks for the very useful kit that we will use over and over again.”

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Posted 4 years ago

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