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? I think every single student in my class will now turn the rap off while brushing their teeth from now on, forever! Students were not prepared to give up their spa pools or ability to wash down the boat after each use (we live seaside).

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 started off really excited about the stamping. The stamping novelty wore off sooner than I’d expected but towards the end it came back as they could see how full the ‘containers’ were getting.

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 were surprised at how such little changes can save so much water

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

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“Good resource to go along side other teaching/learning about water.”

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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? We've been talking about the river along side our school this term and they were keen to find out if saving water gives the animals in the river more water to have.

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? They found the tap off when brushing your teeth a fascinating concept.

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 more aware how lucky they are that we do have unlimited water but there are countries that either don't have unlimited water or they have to pay to use 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 kids loved the posters and tracking their water saving each morning. They loved using the stamp which made an incentive to save water at home.”

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Posted 10 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? I think that this kit will be a stimulus for change for some of the learners as they have developed good habits around water saving. As mentioned it linked to our Kaitiakitanga inquiry as well.

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? They enjoyed adding all the data at the end and seeing the stamps grow as learners returned their data gathering sheets.

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? Some of the information the kit provided was really interesting - how much water is used in creating items etc. It was definitely something that we hadn't considered prior to this. They also enjoyed the online water tracking/footprint activity as they could see how much water was being used in each household.

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“This kit was a fantastic addition to our Kaitiakitanga - Can one person make a difference? Integrated Inquiry Learning concept. It reinforced our big ideas, while also providing our learners with great information, fun learning experiences, and the opportunity to demonstrate that they can make a difference individually, and that adds up when we put all our collective actions together. An awesome School Kit that I would definitely recommend to others.”

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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

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? Water literacy was emphasized. Students learned that natural resources, including water, are not unlimited and must be protected and conserved. Through journal searches on water issues in Africa and video clips, they understood the importance of water conservation and realized how fortunate we are to have abundant water resources.

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? sorry. there was no the stamping practice. However, stickers and badges were used to promote water literacy at home and at school. Children from other classes even approached me, asking for badges.

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? One great example is that each student has their own plant growing in the classroom. They suggested collecting rainwater to water their plants instead of using fresh tap water.

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 these resources over a 2-week period as part of our science inquiry, not for 10 weeks. Data collection was challenging because not all parents provided information or kept records of how much water they saved at home and even at school. For the chatter box activity, I encouraged learners to come up with their own ways to save, conserve, reduce, and reuse, so they could take ownership of their efforts and learning.”

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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? Tap off while brushing teeth, 5 minute showers, 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? We are moving into an Inquiry unit of Kaitiaki and my students have seen that there are connections and are keen to explore this with our local waterway. So it is likely we will revisit this throughout the remainder of the year.

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? As a Y4-6 studio this has enabled our Y4 students to see and understand the impact of their water usage. It has been especially significant as we get our students to wash their hands before we eat and they are more aware of water waste when leaving the tap on.

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? While actively doing this my students were able to make connections to being Kaitiaki and as mentioned in the previous question are making savings when hand washing for kai.

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

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“Wanna be a Water Saver has been our mathematical inquiry for the term and we have really learnt a lot. From showering to full dish loads my parents are happy to see we can make savings not only with our water but the bill as well. Y6 Student feedback.”

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Posted 10 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

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? Little, they did not want to continue it for long

What was the impact of the daily stamping practice in your classroom and which water benchmark did your students find most fascinating? Little, and juice/fizzy

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 importance of water, but also see it as something too big for them to do much 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 infographics were a fantastic idea in theory, but my class struggled to debunk many of the ideas presented - an answer sheet would be helpful to give more clarity, or a purposefully fake one to help them get the idea of it. My class loved learning about how much water it took to produce different items and diving deeper into why. The statistical inquiry had potential, but I found my Year 7s didn’t have great motivation for it and it took more razzmatazz from me than I expected to keep it up for 10 days and then analyse.”

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Posted 10 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? Using one cup per day, Tap off while brushing teeth, 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? Where fresh water comes from and how we can protect it. Thinking of how we could use sea water to make fresh water. Which is better - bath or shower.

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? We did not always use these as we had a lot of kids away sick for anywhere from 2 days to 1 or 2 weeks.

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 better understand that water can run out if we keep wasting it. That even though we think only a little amount of water is lost by not turning taps off properly, if every house did this it amounts to a lot more than they think. They are more responsible when using water in the class or 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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“This kit was very engaging and it prompted lots of discussions both in the classroom and at home. Kids enjoyed trying to out do each other.”

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Posted 10 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? The kids are keen to see how they can persuade older siblings to have shorter showers:) It has made them really think about how they use water. As part of the 4 Earth spheres study they were also doing, they came up with a short rap about the hydrosphere and shared it with their peers.at an assembly.

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? I htink most were interesting to them but winners, drink fizzy/juice, tap off, and half flush:) The stamping took a bit of time and the odd day we stamped thorughout the day rather than all at once.

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? Defivntely awareness with all but some students are keen to do as much as they can. It will be interesting to see how they do over the holidays and long term.

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“From the start my class were engaged. They were blown away by the statistics when it came to water usage, others and their own. This kit was timely as we were studying Statistics in Mathematics this term so it was interesting for them to see how the charts changed each day. When it came to discussing and caluclating how much water they had saved as a group during the 10 day investigation they were amazed at how much they had saved. It was well worth doing this.”

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