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

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Which water saving habit/s were your students most engaged in? Choose water instead of juice / fizzy

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 are very aware of water savings now and will often tell each other/their whānau how they can save water. They challenge themselves to improve each day.

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? They really enjoyed stamping and this held them accountable for their actions.

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? They are taking it on responsibly and feel that it is their duty to look after our earth and the resources we have.

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

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“This fit perfectly with our statistics unit and our school's kaitiakitanga inquiry. Our students were able to delve into water usage. Heaps of useful resources and all of the material kept the kids super engaged and wanting to work on it each day!”

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Posted 8 months ago

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

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? Collecting rain water for watering 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? We didn’t use this

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? Being more aware of our water usage and how we can better protect our resource

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

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“A great kit for student leaders to run with their tēina to get them all thinking about our water supply!”

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Posted 8 months ago

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 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? Definitely sparked a conversation amongst the students but this is not a new topic so it needs a face lift or reinvention to really engage students .

What was the impact of the daily stamping practice in your classroom and which water benchmark did your students find most fascinating? this was difficult to execute on a daily basis but thry were fascinated by the water fountain and viewed it differently when we looked at the science of slowly down water - trickle effect. They were also interested in saving water when mulching or lawn mowing.

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 it was a good reminder but not a new concept

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

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“It had a lots of great ideas but it needed a clear concise teaching plan step by step. Most of the activities could be completed very quickly and the students needed more in depth excercises.”

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Posted 8 months ago

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, 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? It definitely helped to promote water conservation, especially getting into the habit of turning the taps off properly as it made the kids aware of what they need to do.ed

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? we started the daily stamping but it did not continue for long as we had a lot of other things to do.

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 it did, I now hear the children telling others off if they are wasting water at the drinking fountains.

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 Unit work well with our integrated topic of Wonderful Water. We used your unit to look at water conservation along with where we get our water from and what would happen if we don't change what we are doing with our water ways etc.”

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Posted 9 months ago

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? We investigated reticulating water pumps.

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

Little improvement

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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? They liked the stamp but the display wasn't in an obvious place so some students followed it's increasing drops but others lost interest.

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? They already knew about water conservation, our school is coastal and rural so it's a daily focus.

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 kit needs a lot of space! There are many posters to put up and stamp so it needs to be accessible for the students. I think there are many benefits to this kit but in hindsight I should have used it in the summer months when water is running out. I live in a rural community and most homes are using tank water, many of my students already know about how much water they use. I started off my technology unit with this kit and had planned for my students to design a water measuring device to track how much water is used every day BUT early on I could see that this wasn't going to grab their attention or interest. I made a huge shift and we designed mini water slides and had a bit of investigation into the Achimedes screw pump. So, to summarise, I didn't get as much out of my kit as I thought I would. I think the kit might work better in an urban school where there isn't such a focus on daily water usage.”

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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? Huge influence as it's about creating an awareness of the behaviours we can change to make a positive impact - children also talked about having full loads in the washing machine and using the eco-setting (as well as using cold water).

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? They loved all of them - huge impact as above

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 are more aware - and aware of there positive impact.

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

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“Fantastic learning. Children were very motivated by stamping the large display on the whiteboard. It created such awareness about water use. The virtual water information was also great - we had excellent discussions about this - children and teachers were shocked with the amount of virtual water used to manufacture fizzy drink and juice, in particular. The fact checking information was also great - there is so much information on the internet, all of which needs triple checking.”

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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? 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? It brought an awareness to the importance to water and that we all play a part.

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? Little 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 importance of water to all life.

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

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“Not an engaging or stimulating unit. It was tricky to integrate into our full teaching programme.”

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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? We used this within digi tech asa base to learn facts and gather information and then share this with an audience through the use of stop motion animation. It gave the kids a focus but also something they were excited to tell me more about what they had been doing differently at home, when they saw me the following week.

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? Unfortunately I didn't use this as I don't see them everyday however they did take these to use as a reminder and they could sign them off themselves.

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? They seemed very positive to make a change and share their learning with others.

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 trialling this kit in a new context as I moved from my own class of 30 to a technology teacher role working with 5 different classes per cycle. I was easily able to take the resource and adapt it to use within the tech class. The resources and tools included were straight forward for the students to use to gather data as well as gain information quickly.”

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Posted 9 months ago

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