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? 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? As a whole the unit influenced the kids.

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

Little improvement

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Significant improvment

What was the impact of the daily stamping practice in your classroom and which water benchmark did your students find most fascinating? How much water we actually used versus how much we need.

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.

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

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“The unit covered details that I was unaware which made it insightful the kids to use and access. Supporting materials like the water used in a household were paricularly useful. The unit/learning for the kids and myself was excellent. Well set out and easy to follow.”

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Posted 3 weeks 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? 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? Drinking water and not wasting 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? Too difficult for my tamariki

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? More knowledge and awareness and lost of questions!

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

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“The ideas, and resources within this kit are really great however I was not prepared for the fact it covered multiple curriculum areas. We were doing Wai for our inquiry topic but the graphing and data collection elements were very time consuming, especially as this was not the focus for maths for us during term 3. It was also an extremely busy term for us and we were very time poor. I don’t feel I was prepared enough for the kit and probably didn’t do it justice, sadly! The children loved the resources within the kit, which was a real positive and helped to support our learning. Some connections to te ao Māori, specifically Tangaroa, would be great.”

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Posted 3 weeks ago

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? Using one cup per day, 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? The kit promoted long lasting habits thanks to the 10-day statistical investigation and the paraphernalia provided such as the shower stickers and one glass-a-day coaster that remained beyond the duration of the activity. Other topics: water pollution, how do we know if our local bodies of water are healthy, local water sources ecosystems, the states of water.

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

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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 daily stamping was highly motivating for students and a nice activity as it brought the class together to achieve a common goal.

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 resource really helped my students grow more aware of how easy it is to waste water. It also made them realise that water is use to make everything we use or consume. The 10 day statistical inquiry really fostered their sense of responsibility and pushed them to get their families involved. I had a few parents telling me they were being told off for not turning off the taps fast enough and siblings getting in trouble for taking too long showers! ! 😂

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

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“We incorporated the Water Savers kit into our term inquiry into Wonderful Wai & Whenua. This was a highly motivating and fun resource to use that had a longlasting impact on our class water conservation habits.”

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Posted 1 month ago

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? 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? Sharing learning with whaanau

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? How it reduced with the more that they knew about how to conserve water

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? that is a taonga that needs to be looked after

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

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“This kit was great for a statistical analysis and lots of amazing and engaging conversations about our water supplies and how we use them. It fitted really well with our concept of Kaitiakitanga and how we can look after our resources and be sustainable for the future.”

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Posted 1 month 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? Making sure we are all bringing water or drink bottles to school. Being more aware when cleaning dirty feet

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? Yes in the classroom but not across the whole school

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

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“The resources were great and could be used across a variety of different learning rpogrammes within a school.”

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Posted 1 month 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? This really encouraged the students to use a water bottle even at home to reduce the amount of washing up. At school the students became water warriors - encouraging people to fill water bottles rather than use the fountains where lots of the water fell on the ground while drinking.

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? Students were excited to see the water levels rising

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? I think some were definitely shocked at home much water their household used. A few became very invested, taking water meter readings and seeing if they could reduce the amount each week.

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

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“Great kit - Students really enjoyed the investigation part of this kit - documenting how much water they each used and collectively used at home. Encouraged good discussions about small ways to save water.”

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Posted 1 month 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? I am unable to see students at home and they are reluctant to discuss much outside of school but I believe there has been an impact.

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? A great routine and way to consolidate our learning

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? Awareness certainly and the hopes of sustainable responsibility.

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

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How did the activity help students make connections between circuit theory and real-world applications? This went a little over their heads but maybe needed more time allocated from my end.

“This was a great set of resrouces that supported out unit of work perfectly. The kit made our lessons engaging and meaningful to our students, who need tangible tools to learn.”

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Posted 2 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? A lot of our class were already making really good choices so it ended up just being a cool way to see how much we save compared to if we weren't making those choices already.

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? Just a great visual. Not many were super fascinated by anything in particular. Just excited to fill containers and see progress.

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? I don't feel their perceptions changed hugely.

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

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How did the activity help students make connections between circuit theory and real-world applications? It helped them by seeing how we could all investigate and make a change as a group.

“I chose to add the Water Savers School Kit onto the end of a water saving unit run through another provider. It was enjoyable to discuss and record our efforts. Some of the process/plan was a bit unclear for me. The fact checking was confusing for some but it was good learning. Often not enough online to be able to find multiple sources to support for most claims. We filled in most of the graphs really quickly but others were very difficult to fill in the time given. It's unfortunate that I can only use this kit once.”

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Posted 2 months ago

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