What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Science --> natural world, carrying out research/data collection Social Sciences --> perspectives, environmental change Maths --> importance of accurate measurement! Analysing data Technology --> had a go at creating devices to prevent point source ri

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? My class definitely went on a few tangents with this kit! We even started looking at what the creek and the local bay, which it feeds, used to look like in the past. Students could see how the creek had changed. It has sparked their interest in wanting to

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? As a class we focused a lot on the importance of water in Te Ao Maori. Beginning with a pepeha was a nice way for the class to connect with their local waters. We investigated our local waterways and their original place names. We also branched out and be

“My class and I have really enjoyed this kit. The equipment was well made and easy to use once explained. They loved the hands on aspects and it has been fun learning about local issues surrounding the creek such as rubbish and pollution. I encouraged students to suggest where they thought would be the best place site to test on the creek. One issue we found was finding the most appropriate place to test, as we did not want to damage to the banks and vegetation with a whole class at the site. This really limited our options and was definitely something to carefully consider before testing.”

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? We were able to incorporate Maths, Literacy, Science in all the activities we did.

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? Looking after our waterways. Looking at our community as a whole and not just our school.

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? Gave a meaning of the pepeha and a reason for doing one. Great real life connections.

“It has been great. We have been enjoyed talking about our water ways. Extremely engaging for the students and very easy to follow and teach for teachers. AMAZING resource with everything we needed. Great scope of information for all learners in our classroom.”

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Geography around our area and of course science.

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? We are going to do something very similar on our camp in Term 4.

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? I think this part was quite brief or maybe I didn't do it justice.

“My class really enjoyed the practicality of this kit. My own knowledge let us down in the lead up to it but luckily another teacher in my school had the kit also so we were able to work together on it.”

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? We included many different aspects of the curriculum including maths, writing, reading, science and art.

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? The awareness of the environment and how we can look after it better. The importance of water, and what we need to survive.

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? It was good to have these discussions and make the students aware of water to different cultures.

“Thank you for a very interesting Kit. Some parts were a little bit technical for my students but I adapted a few things with still made it exciting to do the testing and find results.”

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Reading, writing, science, social science, health

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? How we, as part of the local community can protect and maintain our water ways.

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? It was identified as one of Earths own natural resources, and the significance of what that actually means.

“Hi there, I think the kits are wonderful. There is such a range of resources in there, it really does mean a whole unit can be planned for you. For me and my team, we incorporated it into our existing plan of 'Our Community' and looking after it ie sustainability themed. The water testing kit was ideal as our school back's onto the estuary, so the idea was to test in two separate areas. One being where the water flows quite quickly and the other upstream a lot further in the mangroves where there is not a lot of water flow.”

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? English -Writing/Talking Art -Drawing /Drama Science -Invertebrates, Maths -Measuring/Reading Theometers

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? Ways to keep streams healthy. Other nearby streams for a 'contrast' We made our own fishing nets of bamboo /net/headbands and tape which were very successful in the stream to catch invertebrates

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? It helped us all appreciate the need for healthy water.

“Amazing Resource will hands on tools.”

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? how farming is responsible for polluting most of our waterways.

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? How hopeless we are in protecting something as essential as water unless we VOTE for the right policies and government.

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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.

“The invertebrate key was a waste of time and I used to be an ecologist. KISS (Keep it simple stupid). A simple picture card with invertebrate orders would've sufficed. Nitrogen is the biggest killer of our waterways THANKS Dairy NZ. How about allowing for some nitrogen testing?”

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? A great link to Maths especially in statistics and handling data effectively

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? We intend repeating these activities again later this year so that we can gather some comparative data about our local waterway.

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? This was a really important part of our learning

“Absolutely fantastic hands on resources for teaching and learning, thanks”

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