SLH: Rivers and Us

Join Greta Dromgool and Alex Daniel from the Waikato Regional Council in a free webinar which will take a hands-on look at fresh water monitoring.

Exploring our urban and rural waterways is a fantastic way to get students engaged in the world around them while developing their science capabilities.

In this session you will be guided on how to support students to use a variety of water quality indicators to gather data about a local stream. Resources showing step-by-step instructions, protocols, recording sheets and how-to videos for monitoring stream health will be shared.

Stream health monitoring offers opportunities for cross-curricular learning and action. The webinar will also provide information about curriculum links, pedagogy and resources to support your teaching and learning programme.

This session will be valuable for both primary and secondary school teachers.

I just want to thank you for the resources you've put up on water testing. My students were able to write a comprehensive report as a follow up to our stream study on camp because you had a video available on every parameter measured in a stream study. The videos were invaluable in helping my students.

Teacher

Register here.

Joining the webinar

Follow these simple steps to join our webinar:

1. Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android by clicking on the link https://waikato.zoom.us/j/359736528 and following the instructions. You can also access Zoom on your phone, just follow the prompts.
2. Find the chat box located in the toolbar at the bottom of your screen. You may need to access this by clicking on ‘More’.
3. Using the chat box, introduce yourself, where you teach and, if you are in a group, how many people are there.
4. Set up your screen for optimal viewing. If you’re using a mobile device, you may wish to view in landscape. We recommend selecting a thumbnail view of the presenters – this way you can easily see what is being shared on the screen.

Then you can:

1. watch, listen and respond via chat to the presentation and discussion
2. ask questions using the chat box at any time
3. continue your learning on Slack – our online discussion forum

The Science Learning Hub team will be there to support you and answer questions.

PLD certification

We currently offer recognition of teachers’ involvement in our online PLD.

To qualify for a professional learning and development certificate, teachers must:

• register for and watch the live webinar or let us know they have viewed the recorded version once it is published on the website
• register in Slack and participate in our discussions about Rivers and Us in our #exploringecology channel or in the Slack learning reflections channel.