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? 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?

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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 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 1 year 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? 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?

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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? 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 1 year 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? 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?

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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? 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 1 year 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, 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? When the family got involved the influence was more. If it carries on it would make a huge difference. We went into where water comes from, the water cycle, what lives in the water and pipe systems too.

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 could have done this better. At this point we branched off into inquiry groups.

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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“It was great to integrate into our wai water topic. Looking at what we use and what we could save was really helpful. Kids liked the maths aspect to it, collecting, analysing etc”

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Posted 1 year 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? 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 likely to turn the tap off while brushing their teeth when we voted.

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? Have not done.

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? Will know once completed.

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

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“We havnt used the whole kit this term as I was away for a long time due to personal reasons. But we unpacked it, talked about different ways to use it in our team meetings. This will be completed in term 4.”

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Posted 1 year 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? Rubbish that goes into our river It has grown their awareness of this special resource

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? I think overall awareness and appreciation of water and how much is wasted.

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 it has changed and improved. Most will now say something if seen to be wasting water. Rubbish still an issue they complain about but don’t seem to make the direct connection …, yet

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

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“The kids were engaged and used this to then develop there own investigations around our community.”

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Posted 1 year 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

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? Being aware of what they can do to play their part

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? It tied in well with our own water unit

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 understand the value 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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“Great resource - everything ready to go in the pack”

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Posted 1 year 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? I think this has had a positive, longer term impact on the students' behaviour and their whānau. As a class we have continued these discussions and reminders after the unit concluded and we have helped spread the word around our kura too.

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 larger posters with more room to print were more impressive for the students as they could track their savings over time and see the huge amount of stamps.

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 the students have a better understanding that water is a precious resource and the availability of it is getting harder to predict due to climate change. Being aware of the amount of water in the manufacturing process was certainly new to them and has made them think about their purchasing decisions.

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

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“A wonderful unit that integrated science, social sciences and statistics. This unit taught the students about the importance of preserving our water resource and developed habits (in a fun and inclusive way) to help for the future. Students can see their water saving progress and were able to pass their learnings onto our wider kura.”

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