Papatoetoe Stream Project –

Wai Care presentation

Papatoetoe Stream Project

Wai Care presentation

Aerial photo, 2005 Stream to Tamaki Estuary

PHS

Stream Studies

10PN, 10FI and 10FH used a sequence of 3 lessons as part of their

Ecology Unit

Unwitting damage to streamecosystems by people.

Wai Care Activity Circuit

Stream Monitoring

Stream Project Requirements

A restoration project requires a sequence of actions, and some of these are seasonal.

Which of these can be worked into class programs, and which will have to be contracted out?

For a baseline survey:

•Photopoints

•Pest tracking ; invertebrate survey

•Bird observations

•Mapping native plants

•Further monitoring of water quality

•Fish survey

•A system of recording and presenting the Project information

Next actions:

•Weed tree removal and

weed groundcover spraying

•Litter removal

•Planting Plan

•Planting native species

•Social engineering

In summary:

And finally, the project could do with a snappy label. Chocolate fish for the person who devises

the best!

Resources:

Stream Education and Assessment Resource for Secondary Schools

http://www.nwp.rsnz.org/resources/StreamKit/index.htm

CREST Case Study: Botany Downs Secondary College

http://www.crest.org.nz/botany-skool.pdf

Mapping CREST onto the NZQA Achievement Standards in Science

http://www.crest.org.nz/CRESTandNZQA1.pdf