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? Even after we had finished akonga were still marking their savings on the graphs. It started to become a competition who could save the most.

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 was the brush on tap off was the most successful - so logical and easy to manage.

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? Combined with study on water quality and monitoring clarity of our stormwater systems and streams highlighted the need to conserve and preserve water.

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 linked in extremely well with our Term Inquiry - Investigating water quality of our local awa and statistical investigations. It provided a way to direct akonga thinking into preservation and sustainability, which is a community focus with our Regional Council.”

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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? 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? It was a great reinforcer of what many of the students already know. Having students from rural backgrounds who use tank water added an interesting perspective to the conversations.

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 chore chooser was the most popular. Students wanted to add their stamps and we needed to use extra paper to record all of these savings.

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 loved wearing the badge and did so with pride. It was interesting how they started to be more careful with the drinking fountains in our school.

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

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“This is a great kit to get students talking about this important resource. It is also has great links to statistics.”

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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

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 made kids aware of how much water we 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? As most pieces of paper did not come back I believe some of our data was made up.

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 had done previous learning about this in term one. I think if we had not of done this learning prior the awareness would not of been as high.

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

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“It took a while for kids to collect data. Some also did not bring their sheets back. I get this don’t hook the kids in to their learning as well as other kits I have done before.”

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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? Using one cup per day, 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? The children are still talking about what they did at home to 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? The children found this beneficial because they could do it independently, with the support of home. The water benchmark that they found the most fascinating was the teeth 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? They are certainly more aware and remember to use the water in our class more efficiently.

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 reinforced to the class about how easy it is to save water. Also to ensure that water is being used in a sustainable manner. It made the children realise the importance of drinking enough water every day.”

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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

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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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, 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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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 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

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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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.

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 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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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? 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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Posted 1 year ago

Water Savers 24 Reviews