What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Writing, science, maths

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? I have been careful to look after the resources and it can all be used again. The need for a clean up of the area came up from this, looking at the surrounding area and identifying risks for the health of the stream would be a good next step.

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? It linked in beautifully with the local legend of one of our school houses and the students grew an appreciation from there.

“A whole unit of amazing resources with everything provided - thank you so much! The instructions were easy for students to follow and the quality/toughness of the resources to withstand a day at the stream was most appreciated. So many questions and learning opportunities arose from this kit and a chance to become more familiar with our local area.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Opportunity to further reading around water, water quality and steps others have taken to maintain water quality and their local community. The collection, collation and analysis of dat collected also provided an authentic context to develop students stat

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? There is an opportunity to complete water quality monitoring on a regular basis to be able to compare and contrast data over time.

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? The kit and the practical aspect of testing lead the class towards an exploration of why water quality is important, particularly in through a Māori world view. We began to explore the idea that we are all guardians of water and the environment.

“Overall, the kit was useful in supplementing an already established water testing kit we have. Children enjoyed being able to use a range of equipment for analysis.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Precision while measuring, units of measurement, graphing, purpose of graphing, making statistical statements, building on no knowledge (esp decimals through meausrement) to name a few obvious :)

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? Caring for local waterways, sustainable living around the home and how we contribute to our environment. Getting out to visit more local waterways, initiating discussions with local farmers about how they contribute to protecting our waterways and how the

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? Beginning the unit with our pepeha helped to develop this as well as the additional reading activities that we have incorporated

“This has been one of my favourite school kits. The topic is very relevant to our students and they have enjoyed the digital component, particularly the topomaps work and have gained so much learning out of this. We have not fully completed the kit and have our water trip planned for next week (weather permitting). I have particularly enjoyed the maths integration into measurement and statistics. Thank you an absolutely fantastic kit that I would thoroughly recommend and hope to complete again in the future. Thank you school kit and dairy NZ, its a winner!”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? STEAM - Building bathscope, we had glass out and tubing trying to make a scope as well as other designs. The maths in a purposeful context. I used many school journals based around water in NZ to build knowledge of our water ways. One great article was Co

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? We will be testing of our local river next year based on the school kit testing resources. Not all testings will be carried out due to us using large rivers. But we would like to look at streams closer to the river entry point and their health. (Tutaekuri

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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 how the mountains is where the water systems start and with the mihi they located their mountain and river.

“An outstanding kit! The tasks and equipment for the testing was easy to use and on the day we had amazing results because of the prep suggested before hand. My class has already decided how we can test other water ways in our area and have more trips planned for next year. I have printed off more of the tasks cards and many class members have gone home and tested their water ways and shared their results and compared results with people up and down their waterways. (we are a rural school)”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Nga Uara o te Kura o Hikurangi links to manaakitanga, te arohatanga... Mathematics for statistical investigations, collecting data and classification. Reading and research regarding habitats. Writing - in response to Dear Children of the Earth.

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? Continued monitoring of our local stream, possible exploring others. Building awareness of how to be kaitiaki of our waterways. Using our SVA project in someway to support the health of our stream.

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? The kit provided us with links to generate our pepeha, supporting videos and karakia. All of which helps support our connection to our maunga, whenua and our awa.

“Our kura focus is around building our tamariki as budding scientists. So when this kit presented itself - we jumped at the chance. The kit provided us with the means necessary to explore our local water ways. We have a stream right behind our kura so that was our obvious choice. We were also intrigued with our water way of choice (Mangawhero Stream) as it had risen dramatically during the floods here in Northland and it had an impact on our kura directly. This sparked a lot of thinking and wondering about the living world beneath the waters surface and the quality of the water from nearby farms.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? The cross curricular links happened naturally

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? There were lots of links the children have naturally made and followed

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? They gained an understanding of the importance of water now and in the furture

“Fantastic well used resource”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? We have also been using a Hutt Science Kit relating to biosecurity so in general our scientific learning is being carefully developed and focused on. The children have a keen interest in our environment at the moment and are very aware of impacts and even

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? Regular check-ins of our local environment and greater responsibility within families of what they are doing and what they can do.

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? This has been a very significant part of our learning with the children developing their awareness and thinking very deeply.

“This kit is such a great way to get the children out in our local community. It has created an awareness that the children wouldn't normally have regarding our local waterways and the impacts on them.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Students developed their oral language skills and learnt new terminology. They also enjoyed the analysis of our findings and exploring the difference between mean, medium and mode. The kit fitted in well into our current topic of sustainability and what

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? We can use the resource to look at other waterways in our area and compare our findings. We have also invited NIWA to come and talk to our students about the importance of looking after our waterways and the health of waterways in the Waikato.

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? Students developed an understanding that water is connected to all things living. We didn't find many fauna in the stream and students decided that this was linked to the poor quality of the stream.

“Our students loved getting out and exploring a local stream in our area. They enjoyed working as a team to complete the experiments and discussing their findings. The resources and activities completed prior to heading out into the field prepared the students make predictions about what they might find.”

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Posted 4 years ago

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