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? 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? It has been great as students are still talking about some of these habits months later. A couple of my students were discussing about how annoying one of their little brothers were because he doesn't turn the tap off while brushing his teeth and she has been telling him to etc.

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? The whole water benchmark idea was great - especially because it was a good visual way to be thinking about amounts of water. There were so many interesting discussions from 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 a Kaitiaki has been a big theme throughout our learning this year. Students are starting to get a really good understanding of why it is important to look after our natural resources and the impact it can have it we don't

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 with lots of hands on and visual activities to get student thinking!”

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Posted 2 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, 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? The kids all discovered that they are already fantastic water savers. Composting toilets, handwashing dishes and cold showers certainly help us to save lots of water! The kids felt a lot of this learning was simple common sense because of their experiences.

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? We found the daily stamping fun to begin with, then tapered off towards the end

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 know why their families have chosen the water conserving systems in their homes, and realised that not everyone is as priveleged with this knowledge as they are

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

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“We connected the learning from the water savers unit, with the water project from wonderproject. The children had lots of fun learning about the water cycle, water as a precious resource, how to filter water for drinking and how water gets to us (lots of different ways being a small rural school! Streams, tanks, desalination, pumps, gravity systems) Then we used the learning from the statistics part of the kit to start off our stats unit.”

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Posted 2 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? 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? The statistics grabbed the attention of our class and we particularly remembered the 5lts per 1 sheet of paper. Most homes have now started using the same cup and turning the tap off while brushing teeth and a majority of our families have started a food scrap bucket. We are a water only school so most of the students do drink water not juice.

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? We initially used the stamps but that fell off as we started the new way of doing things. Most of the students were interested in the eco button on the dishwasher and the 1/2 flush on the toilet and not rinsing dishes but scraping them into food buckets. We are a toothrushing school so a lot of our students are used to brushing their teeth without water, at school, but were using water at home. They now are making sure to turn off the tap while they are brushing.

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 did a water cycle bag on different windows and had a chat about the water being the same water as the dinosaurs and that our rain travels the world so we are getting dirty water from around the world and we all need to look after the fresh water. Being in Invercargill, can lead to complacency about water but I feel they were shocked at all the statistics and have kept quoting some of them during the days, so I feel they have absorbed the information and most will act on it. Wasting water will never be quite the same now! Thank goodness!

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

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“Our class found this a very informative kit and we all have made big changes in how we treat water in our houses.”

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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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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 has certainly made them more aware of how much they use.

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? Shower time/water usage.

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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“First off, the resources provided for teaching this unit have been well thought out and have helped make delivering the content more enjoyable for the kids. Some of the ways of saving water weren't relevant to our learners (not many have dishwashers, most use water bottles at home, so a water jug is redundant).”

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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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Somewhat effective

Significantly effective

Which water saving habit/s were your students most engaged in? Using one cup per day

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 had noticed prior a lot of students who wasted water by drawing water pictures with their water bottles which has lessened since using this!

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? We did struggle to keep up with this consistently to be honest!

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 awareness, like mentioned above, in not wasting water. Alongside other learning, it was a valuable connection.

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

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“A nicely presented kit that supported the learning we were doing in class around wai from a science lense and as an enviro school. Some good opportunity for home/school connection!”

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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? 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? Understand water importance.

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? Good.

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 always did an inquiry topic on water saving. It came at the write time to accompany this.

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

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“Tied in amazingly well with our water care inquiry topic for the term.”

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Posted 2 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? 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? Many of my students were talking about their water usage more. I hope that their increased awareness will encourage them to maintain these water saving habits.

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? The stamping was a before school routine although some students would forget and would do this throughout the day - this was totally fine. They found the challenges of 5 minute showers, tap off while brushing teeth and tap off while washing hands most fascinating which makes sense as these are probably the tasks that they have the most control over. Many of the children live in (mostly) water only households, so we found this one harder to stamp as water wasn't really a choice but rather the only option.

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 used this kits alongside other resources as our school focus was water. I think the kit was very well put together and easy to use, plus it included activities that were very engaging. I think my students have developed a sense of responsibility and awareness of water.

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 love the concept development where they got to learn more about the water cycle and thir own water footprint. The water cycle in a bag was a big hit, and the integrated learning opportunities such as volume (maths) was great. The 5 small actions part of the kit is also a lovely (and simple) way to take action at the end of the inquiry.”

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Posted 2 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? I think it is a sustainable activity.

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? Great 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? People on town water seem to be less knowledgable that those on tank water, so it was great for majority of our students.

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

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“Lots of ideas and allowed the students to become agents for change.”

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Posted 2 months ago

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