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

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? Great topic! Our students were able to relate this learning to our school's yearly learning theme about Sustainable Development Goals.

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? Students who had involvement at home were really engaged. Students whose parents didn't participate, found it less interesting. It was hard to

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 gained a good insight into their own consumption of water. They somewhat understood the wider context of water conservation at a community level.

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

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“Students were very excited to receive the physical prompts to help them conserve water at home. The display posters were great, and added a visual element to something (water conservation) which is hard to visualise for younger students. It would be great to have some resources for students undertaking their own water conservation inquiry project. Data sheets etc.”

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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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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? The waste of flushign toilets, reduing the washing.

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? Not huge but the toothbrushing was most popular

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 did increase the sense overall, especially created awareness that saving water is not something everyone knows about and does.

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 saver kit was great, but what I hadnt realised was that is was a little less 'useful' at a rural country school where all the ākonga are on water restrictions and are superstars at saving water! But we still had lots of great discussions and explored ways to save even more water.”

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Posted 8 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

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 still mention how they save 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? Tap off

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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“We used it with our year 7’s while the 8’s were at tech. It was very engaging and they students felt like they were getting a new learning experience at school. Lots Of resources and well planned!”

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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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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? I am hoping increased awareness and habit changes may have taken place.

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 the part of the kit that fell down for me. Hard to stamp or track when things didn't come to school.

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 they did have a shift, we have already studied the water cycle and water pollution so they had a good understanding and being in Wellington with continued water woes we are aware of how precious it is.

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

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“The learning content for the classroom was fantastic, robust discussions and learning about the water cycle and saving water. I found that I had little or NO buy in from home and it was extremely difficult to get any information back to track things. I felt that I had failed somewhat, however, the discussions and learning in the classroom hopefully made up for this.”

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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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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 really got the kids to think about what happens if everyone does the same thing everyday - like leaving the tap running, and how much water that can add up to.

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 kids thought the toilet half flush debate hilarious. Lots of discussion around 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? Very hopeful that it continues in the long term, and will work well when using other water science kits through our Science Kit providers

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 really gets the kids to think about something they take for granted everyday - water. With links to engage whānau, and hands-on measurement tasks, it really gets the class to think about water critically. A little quickly adds up to a lot, and helps to make changes in their habits.”

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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? 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 helped students to remember to turn off the tap

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? It reminded students to do them. But many of them kept forgetting.

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? Students enjoyed learning about the water cycle and found it very interesting.

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

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“Their weren't enough activities for the students to do in groups themselves. It was mostly to do with home activities.”

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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

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 great amount of interest

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? The students who chose to partake in the daily stamping practise really enjoyed doing so. They found the 'juice not fizzy' one interesting!

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 changed by enabling the kids to realise THEY can take actions NOW, and to help their families do so too. Through this a sense of responsibility and awareness was fostered.

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

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“Thank you SchoolKit, your Water Savers kit was a great addition to our Inquiry topic all about Water. Our tamariki were excited by their packs they got to take home to help raise awareness and save water! We hung up the classroom posters and several of our kids chose to keep track of their water saving efforts using the water droplet stamps provided. The videos to support the resources were also a great help. It would have been even better to have a few photos of what the kids could do with the overall stamping data - e.g. examples of crearing bargraphs, pie charts 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?

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, 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's hard to determine the longevity of the impact but they displayed a commitment to change

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? Not too much, but was a good reminder of the key mesages

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? Not too much, but did give them some practical ideas that they didn't know about

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 was a great resource that complimented our topic theme of kaitiakitanga. The kit gave our learners some great opportunities to think about their water usage and realistic ways to reduce their impact.”

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Posted 9 months ago

Water Savers 24 Reviews