What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? As mentioned above, I taught this unit as a literacy programme, rather than a science programme. THe areas blended together perfectly. We learned about procedural texts which, as you can imagine, worked perfectly with the step by step resource cards you p

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? As mentioned already, I feel inspired to build science into my writing/reading programmes. In addition, we spent a further week looking at the impact human's choices have on the health of a river - the kids were fascinated!

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? My school's cultural narrative involves a river, so the students were able to relate the unit to our cultural narrative. Other than that, we didn't really dig into the cultural significance all that much, regretfully.

“This was a well-written, well-resourced unit that the year 7/8 students really loved. We spent two solid weeks (during literacy times) leading up to the visit, then a further week writing up our experiments. This year, our school focus is writing and, as a result, we did a school-wide survey just a couple of weeks ago. A large proportion of my students hailed this writing unit as their favourite of the year (over Get NZ Writing and As I Saw it, amongst other ignitions). It has inspired me to build science into more literacy lessons, as we get so little time to explore science during the busy week. I have kept the resources and fully intend to repeat the activity in future years.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Environmental education

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? My students grew an awareness of the types of aquatic life that can exist within a waterway. It was very eye opening to discover just how little our stream had considering many predicted it was healthy.

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? It didn’t hugely

“I found the physical kit very user friendly with lots of hands-on activities that kept my class engaged with the learning. What was difficult to navigate were the online support resources - I found these very difficult to locate and so did others in my team.”

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? We could use this in an IB school

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? Worked well with sharing the planet inquiry

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? Awareness

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Environment, statistics, maths, Te Reo, writing

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? This wasn't just about teaching about the water, it became a holistic approach to caring for a resource, used by us, for us,

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? We engaged in many discussions about the purpose or use of freshwater. Who owns it, where does it come from, how is freshwater used, who pollutes it, etc. We discussed the importance of fresh water to community groups.

“Thank you, School Kit, because it has been a year of the new and exciting learning we've had to use the Water testing kit a little differently. Our Year 3 &; 4 team were unable to go offsite to use the water testing kit as it was intended. Instead, our senior school have shared their findings and learning with us, as they were able to go offsite to do the testing. We have purchased a water sample testing kit which we've used in our space to actually test samples of water from various locations for Ammonia and Nitrate levels. We have also used the existing kit as a resource students can take home/borrow to use with their families at home or when they are off exploring..”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? LLiteracy and Numeracy skills

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? Life cycles of insects, water pollution, environmental issues and the history of the area we live in.

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? dThe students learnt about the history of the area.

“The students found this kit so engaging and picked up so much skills. Working in a team also showed that participating in a group and sharing ideas was important.”

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Lot's of maths and tracking was happening in our class.

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? Many were picking up rubbish on their walks.

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? Water is our life source!

“We fully embraced the challenge, contacted our families to donate their steps, walked every opportunity we could but we came up short. That didn't matter though as it got families thinking about walking more. Many responded with they had parked further away when visiting the supermarket etc etc. Mapping our walk was super fun and figuring out where we'd got to with our steps.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Ssocial sciences, writing, math, technology

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? Tvery motivated as they are more aware of the water in the river and the impact it has going through towns

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? we are very close to the Waikato River near the mouth to the ocean. Most were aware of how the river starts in Taupo and the changes it go through from clean clear to dirty water

“Because of the terms being sporadic we struggled to complete all activities to the best ability. The areas we were able to complete the class was engaged and were able to discuss and analyze , which was great for them.”

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Health, lots of Science and Mathematics, Social Science (Geography and local history), English

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? Monitoring the stream over time. We looked in to why the stagnant water further down the stream is a natural process.

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? We have been using the Whare Tapa Wha model to discuss hauora as it relates to our class and individuals, so this kit enabled us to transfer that understanding to apply to the health or hauora of our local waterways.

“We really enjoyed all of the opportunities that this kit provided. It was relevant to the students and our local area and it had plenty of practical activities, with everything included in the kit.”

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