What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? We looked at statistics during mathematics.

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? How to group students into more manageable groups

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? Our class is predominately Maori students and they already had the idea of how we connect to the water. Traditionally Maori would establish their families around water ways so discussing the culture significance for our students was important. We had a lo

“The student didn't even know we had a stream in our gully so this was a really interesting topic for us. We had be working through a water unit during term 1 and 2 and how connect with water. This was a great follow up activity for them.”

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Maths - data gathering. Literacy writing. Speaking and presenting.

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? We will continue to look at water quality as continuing studies and as part of future EOTC experiences such as camp.

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? Ko au te Awa, ko te Awa ko au. I am the river and the river is me. We looked at how the Waikato was important to Maaori in the past, present and future. We looked at it through the lens of Kaitiakitanga - guardianship.

“We have been studying the SDG's and this kit related very well to goal 6 - Clean water and sanitation. Also we had been looking at the Waikato River and how its use has changed over time. Think Global - Act Local.”

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Maths- measuring and graphing (statistics- gathering data). Science- how to conduct an experiment. Relationship to sustainable development goals.

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? Students to do an inquiry on a sustainable development goal and implement an action locally in keeping with our theme- Think globally- Act locally. Looking at caring for our local waterways- maybe look at riparean planting

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? We looked at a local waterway and the kids realise we are the kaitake of this waterway and we need to be mindful what is put into the water to sustain life.

“The kit was well put together and easy for the students to use. The students enjoyed the different experiments and it tied in well with our theme for the term- Kaitiakitanga and the sustainable development goals, one of which is clean water for all and looking after our natural resources. Thank you”

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? We completed this as part of our reading curriculum with some children. The cross curricula learning was; reading, maths, science.

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? The kids talked about taking measurments periodically to compare results.

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? This was not a real focus for us with this kit. We did discuss the importance of water for the Maori in the area with regards to where they settled.

“We loved the interactive kit and it was great to link the learning to real lkife of the famring children from our school. Some of the tasks were a little difficult to complete because of the time of the year we did it. During winter it was tough for the kids to get into the ewater and take particular measurements, especially down in the South Island.”

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? There were lots of links to Math, English reading and writing. Social Studies was a given especially when we looked at the cultural significance of the local water ways.

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? I would like to see a kit like this used in every school. With our water shortage in Auckland atm there would be lots of links across the curriculum. In terms of further teaching and learning ops I could see this kit being used during our Survival Camp on

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? We were able to look at 3 local water sources/areas and one was the Puhinui River that holds great significance to local Maori. We did some research thru the local Marae and the group learnt about the significance of this water traditionally as well as th

“The group and I found the kit very useful, comprehensive and envoked great thinking, learning and conversations. It opened the floor to multiple different learning opportunities for the students/children to show their leadership skills.”

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? We wrote explanations and information reports, created amazing art pieces and found a few journals to connect to our reading. Our strand focus for the term was statistics so we used this knowledge in data collection.

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? n/a

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? We discussed change a lot between now and what NZ was like before settlers. It sparked a lot of discussions about the importance of water to the maori culture and how it connects to living and non-living things as well as the connection to spiritual impor

“Loved it! The kids were so engaged throughout the whole process. As an added bonus it fit in so well with our concept 'change' and we were able to get down to the stream in our gully and test the water down there.”

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Maths, Science, Te Reo Maori, English

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? To continue our investigation on bthe stream and compare it to the other stream on the other side of school.

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? Yes and we also learnt about the story of tutaeporoporo who spent some time living in our stream.

“I really enjoyed this unit. It was great to incoporate science and maths into our local environment. The students loved it and we learnt so much about the stream that runs just behind our school.”

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? see above

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? Children have linked this unit in with a final unit task entitled 'water is precious' where they all created a booklet/leaflet explaining one aspect of why water is precious - these areas spanned from water cleanliness in Africa to climate change to anima

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? It deepened the knowledge that we had been learning already. our unit sharing the planet fit in so well with the water testing as we were able to link how the Maori used and looked after water in comparison to how people use and look after it now.

“The water testing kit was a great success, children loved the range of testing equipment and the results. We completed our testing in Lake Pupuke so couldn't use the water speed test but we had fun using the others. Looking forward to using it again next year with a new group of children.”

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