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, 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? A lot of our class were already making really good choices so it ended up just being a cool way to see how much we save compared to if we weren't making those choices already.

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? Just a great visual. Not many were super fascinated by anything in particular. Just excited to fill containers and see progress.

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 don't feel their perceptions changed hugely.

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

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How did the activity help students make connections between circuit theory and real-world applications? It helped them by seeing how we could all investigate and make a change as a group.

“I chose to add the Water Savers School Kit onto the end of a water saving unit run through another provider. It was enjoyable to discuss and record our efforts. Some of the process/plan was a bit unclear for me. The fact checking was confusing for some but it was good learning. Often not enough online to be able to find multiple sources to support for most claims. We filled in most of the graphs really quickly but others were very difficult to fill in the time given. It's unfortunate that I can only use this kit once.”

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Posted 5 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, 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? They loved learning about the water cycle

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? The 5 minute shower one

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 of their water use, and are helping their family make better decisions around water saving

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

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“Great way to get students involved in saving water”

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Posted 6 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? It has given some students food for thought but others were still struggling to see the relevance for us in NZ depsite us discussing this.

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? It was hard for us to do this successsfully as we did it in a Year 8 Science class and we only see them twice a week. That meant we couldn't get the daily updates that they would get in homeroom. It sort of lost it's appeal because of this and we couldn't get momentum going.

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? In some students it has made a difference but in others not so much.

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

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“The Watersavers unit was used by our Year 8 cohort where we linked it into the particle nature of matter and an environmental topic. There were some great ideas in the unit and the take home portion was exciting but unfortunately not all our students bought into that side of it. The concept of the amount of water used in manufacturing (eg phones), along with the ideas about how much water a whale gulps was intriguing for the students and really engaged them.”

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Posted 7 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, 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 made the students think about their behaviours when it came to water use.

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 sure of the immediate 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? Yes

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

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“The students were very engaged and there was lots lof leraning come out of this kit”

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Posted 7 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? Choose water instead of juice / fizzy, 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? It was a success because the whanau kept the students accountable and vice versa.

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? They were excited to talk about what they were doing at home. Some who had forgotten were encouraged to get back on board with their tasks.

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 see water as precious so they must not waste it.

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

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“We involved whanau so it was Homework for 2 weeks. The children and whanau engaged willingly.”

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Posted 7 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? 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 talked about using water affectively and how we could water plants with 'spare' water.

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? There was equal interest across the benchmarks from different students.

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 has made students more aware of water usage. They were shocked with some of the statistics that we looked into, I think this was a real eye opener for them.

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

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“Students found the shower song entertaining. There were elements that they could easily relate to which was fantastic for students buy in.”

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Posted 7 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, 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 helped make students more aware to turn the tap off when brushing teeth

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? unsure

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? unsure

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 with activites that engaged learners”

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Posted 7 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, 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 also looked at the health of our local stream and how to keep water clean . The resources are always a big hit with your kits .

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? Everyone loves a stamp! They all commented on being more aware of water use.

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 are already an enviro school and so have been monitoring water in our community and this kit was awesome to foster personal responsibility.

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

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“This was an engaging fun activity for my class, we loved it!”

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Posted 7 months ago

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