How would you rate the overall effectiveness of the classroom resource in teaching water saving habits?

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Significantly effective

Which water saving habit/s were your students most engaged in? Tap off while brushing teeth, 5 minute showers

What influence has this kit had in promoting the longevity of water saving habits and what other water related topics did your students come up with? General awareness. Students had no idea how much water was used in the making of their phones, for example

Has your students water literacy knowledge improved after using this kit?

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What was the impact of the daily stamping practice in your classroom and which water benchmark did your students find most fascinating? This was really helpful for statistics and recording our data on the charts. Students were most surprised at tap water usage (filling a cup of water vs jug and washing hands/brushing teeth). We tested the suggested usage amounts out and they were actually quite accurate.

How have your students' perceptions of water conservation changed since using the resource and did it foster a sense of responsibility and awareness in your classroom? In a world where we consume, consume, consume, they might now be aware on how their decisions impact the greater world.

On a scale of 1-10, how involved would you say families were at supporting this learning at home?

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“I was really impressed with the WaterSavers24 tool. I wanted to teach statistics in a relevant context, and this tool was a suitable learning resource for our summer months, where many students are on tank water. The resource also enabled students to take some ownership of home learning (recording their water use at home) and explored the wider issue of water consumption. Overall Year 7&8 students engaged in the process and enjoyed it.”

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Posted 9 months ago

How would you rate the overall effectiveness of the classroom resource in teaching water saving habits?

Not effective

Somewhat effective

Significantly effective

Which water saving habit/s were your students most engaged in? Tap off while brushing teeth, 5 minute showers

What influence has this kit had in promoting the longevity of water saving habits and what other water related topics did your students come up with? We revisited the school's watering systems and how we are using rainwater run off for our vegetable gardens.

Has your students water literacy knowledge improved after using this kit?

Little improvement

Some improvement

Significant improvment

What was the impact of the daily stamping practice in your classroom and which water benchmark did your students find most fascinating? Daily stamping meant instant accountability so maximised impact.

How have your students' perceptions of water conservation changed since using the resource and did it foster a sense of responsibility and awareness in your classroom? The sheer amount of water being wasted was a real eye opener and I don't believe that the children will lose this awareness.

On a scale of 1-10, how involved would you say families were at supporting this learning at home?

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“The Water Savers 24 was filled with awesome activities and the tamariki loved realising that they had made a real difference towards reducing their water wastage and recycling their used water for many different purposes. Having the "containers" on the wall was a great visual and brought home to them just how much water as a group and as a family they were using. Great feedback from the whānau as well. The water cycle in a bag was such a simple but effective way to model the water cycle and one that I will always use going forward. Lots of work was needed to ensure that the measurements were accurate so the combination of science and maths in the form of measurement and statistics to provide the evidence was a powerful one.”

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How would you rate the overall effectiveness of the classroom resource in teaching water saving habits?

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Somewhat effective

Significantly effective

Which water saving habit/s were your students most engaged in? Using one cup per day, 5 minute showers, Using the chore chooser

What influence has this kit had in promoting the longevity of water saving habits and what other water related topics did your students come up with? We have talked about saving water regulalry since. We are close to the ocean so there was some discussion there. We wondered why not all houses have a water tank.

Has your students water literacy knowledge improved after using this kit?

Little improvement

Some improvement

Significant improvment

What was the impact of the daily stamping practice in your classroom and which water benchmark did your students find most fascinating? Yes we stamped daily but it took a long time to get through everyone's stamping, so then we moved to stamping anytime during the day to spread it all out.

How have your students' perceptions of water conservation changed since using the resource and did it foster a sense of responsibility and awareness in your classroom? It has fostered a great deal of awareness, and they spread the word to family members. Parents were really shocked in the range of water the different showers used in the one minute challenge.

On a scale of 1-10, how involved would you say families were at supporting this learning at home?

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“I had to use the watersavers kit for a year 3/4 class that I got put with, after I had ordered the kit. I thought it might prove a little difficult, so we glanced over some of the concepts. However, they loved tracking their water use at home and got quite serious about it. They made some really great digital posters to help spread the word. We had some fantastic insights to water use at home. And found out that a dishwasher uses less water than filling a sink.”

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How would you rate the overall effectiveness of the classroom resource in teaching water saving habits?

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Somewhat effective

Significantly effective

Which water saving habit/s were your students most engaged in? Choose water instead of juice / fizzy, Tap off while brushing teeth, 5 minute showers

What influence has this kit had in promoting the longevity of water saving habits and what other water related topics did your students come up with? From a survey some students did it looked like more than half of the students were influenced to keep doing these water saving habits.

Has your students water literacy knowledge improved after using this kit?

Little improvement

Some improvement

Significant improvment

What was the impact of the daily stamping practice in your classroom and which water benchmark did your students find most fascinating? I was disappointed in the response to this because of the absences and the other school curricular that took my students out of the class.

How have your students' perceptions of water conservation changed since using the resource and did it foster a sense of responsibility and awareness in your classroom? Yes for most of the students it did foster a sense of responsibility and awareness in our classroom

On a scale of 1-10, how involved would you say families were at supporting this learning at home?

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“My students enjoyed doing this kit. However I would have liked more participation but becausse of illnesses, absences other curricular activities happening and maybe it was the end of term timing. Some parts of the tasks weren't completed due to these reasons. What they did enjoy were the water conservation. I had a few students complete a class survey to see what water savers were a habit.”

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How would you rate the overall effectiveness of the classroom resource in teaching water saving habits?

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Somewhat effective

Significantly effective

Which water saving habit/s were your students most engaged in? 5 minute showers

What influence has this kit had in promoting the longevity of water saving habits and what other water related topics did your students come up with? They realised that they did already have water saving habits, they added to their repertoir.

Has your students water literacy knowledge improved after using this kit?

Little improvement

Some improvement

Significant improvment

What was the impact of the daily stamping practice in your classroom and which water benchmark did your students find most fascinating? The stamp was stolen early in the piece and we ended up using stickers.

How have your students' perceptions of water conservation changed since using the resource and did it foster a sense of responsibility and awareness in your classroom? Yes, they became keen on being part of the solution.

On a scale of 1-10, how involved would you say families were at supporting this learning at home?

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“My Year 7 and 8 class was engaged during this unit of work and has enjoyed recording and seeing their water saving results. They were surprised that their little acts for saving water added to a large volume of water when 28 people worked together. The badges were also a hit! Thank you.”

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Posted 9 months ago

How would you rate the overall effectiveness of the classroom resource in teaching water saving habits?

Not effective

Somewhat effective

Significantly effective

Which water saving habit/s were your students most engaged in? Using one cup per day, Tap off while brushing teeth, 5 minute showers

What influence has this kit had in promoting the longevity of water saving habits and what other water related topics did your students come up with? Students created water saving posters, then we moved on to look at countries suffering from water scarcity; students created a 2min news clip about one of the countries

Has your students water literacy knowledge improved after using this kit?

Little improvement

Some improvement

Significant improvment

What was the impact of the daily stamping practice in your classroom and which water benchmark did your students find most fascinating? This didn't have the impact it could have as we didn't record daily and many lost their record sheets

How have your students' perceptions of water conservation changed since using the resource and did it foster a sense of responsibility and awareness in your classroom? Yes

On a scale of 1-10, how involved would you say families were at supporting this learning at home?

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“Was a great starting point for our unit about water scarcity. Students enjoyed recording their water saving efforts.”

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Posted 9 months ago

How would you rate the overall effectiveness of the classroom resource in teaching water saving habits?

Not effective

Somewhat effective

Significantly effective

Which water saving habit/s were your students most engaged in? Tap off while brushing teeth, 5 minute showers

What influence has this kit had in promoting the longevity of water saving habits and what other water related topics did your students come up with? The ākonga could actually see how their water use can affect supply.

Has your students water literacy knowledge improved after using this kit?

Little improvement

Some improvement

Significant improvment

What was the impact of the daily stamping practice in your classroom and which water benchmark did your students find most fascinating? N/A

How have your students' perceptions of water conservation changed since using the resource and did it foster a sense of responsibility and awareness in your classroom? We had a field trip to a water pumping station that supported what the ākonga had learnt from this resource. They got the opportunity to compare water usage throughout the world and realised how fortunate we are to be able to access water which made them appreciate it more and work towards conserving water.

On a scale of 1-10, how involved would you say families were at supporting this learning at home?

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“Water Savers was a great resource for us to use alongside our inquiry about water and the water cycle in term 3. It gave our ākonga ideas on how they could be more conscientious about their water use. This led to them creating an inquiry piece on a topic of their choice relating to water.”

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Posted 9 months ago

How would you rate the overall effectiveness of the classroom resource in teaching water saving habits?

Not effective

Somewhat effective

Significantly effective

Which water saving habit/s were your students most engaged in? Choose water instead of juice / fizzy, Tap off while brushing teeth

What influence has this kit had in promoting the longevity of water saving habits and what other water related topics did your students come up with? Students are more aware of the impact saving water can have.

Has your students water literacy knowledge improved after using this kit?

Little improvement

Some improvement

Significant improvment

What was the impact of the daily stamping practice in your classroom and which water benchmark did your students find most fascinating? I am not sure

How have your students' perceptions of water conservation changed since using the resource and did it foster a sense of responsibility and awareness in your classroom? A sense of responsibility was definitely fostered. We heard students talking about ways to conserve water.

On a scale of 1-10, how involved would you say families were at supporting this learning at home?

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“This unit was perfect for our term theme on sustainability and stewardship of our planet. It also tied in well with our statistics unit.”

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