Education Kit Resources

Teacher education kits have been developed in a collaborative project between Waitakere City Council and teachers in Waitakere City secondary schools.  The resources are for use by secondary school teachers and students and primary school teachers.  The aim if for students to learn using local information - historical, environmental, economic and social about Waitakere City and develop an understanding of the key issues and trends it faces.

Resources have been gathered from many sources including Waitakere City Libraries local history collection and the J.T. Diamond Photographic Collection, Council records, the State of the City report - Waitakere City, Auckland Regional Council, census data, Western Leader and the New Zealand Herald news articles and community groups.

The resources are to be used as links to the curriculum and are divided into four sections:

Natural Environment

Many of the publications provided can be cross-referenced to all topics.  In addition to these publications, there are several resources which have been separately collated.

Community Study
All levels can do aspects of Community Study from analysis of particular areas to food chains associated with native plantings.  Resources available in Waitakere fall into three categories: bush lands, stream communities and estuarine flats.

Water Use
EcoWater and Waicare have water use, water disposal and storm water as a single packet.  There are some good resources available here as well as a number of experimental projects that are easily visited.  Resources available include: water management, water disposal and storm water (water run off).

Waste Management
The principal business involved with waste management is located at the Refuse Baling Station on The Concourse, Henderson.  This mainly research project area involves: waste and refuse collection, recycling and plastics and eco-buildings.

Publications

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	The Whau (Size 2151K) A fantastic project summary on what has been researched and done with the environs of the Whau Creek and its tributaries
	Sustainable Home Guidelines Excellent statistics, graphs and facts for research, energy use and savings, waste and waste management.  Good text for research
	The West Coast Plan What is being done to save the West Coast beaches and who is responsible
	Waitakere Gardening Guide (Size 475K) Information about planting.  Includes medicinal and edible guide
	Waitakere City Parks Strategy (Size 5264K) Lots of useful information on uses and design of parks
	Wising Up On Waste (Size 2085K) Lots of useful facts and figures on waste.  Good for research.
	Food for Thought (Size 14987K) An eco-friendly environment created for Glen Eden Intermediate School.
	Watercycle Strategy (Size 3764K) About implementation of future water systems.  Facts and useful diagrams
	The Better Restaurant and Cafe Guide (Size 486K) Recycling in the food industry.  Quite informative
	Guide to Managing Waste (Size 3389K) Lists all the possible waste and gives some action plans
	The Paremuka Stream Detailed facts about the stream.  Many ecological projects and experiments could be based on this one alone.
	Associated NCEA References (Size 2460K) Biology achievement standard 1.4
	Pamphlets specifically for community studies topic
	Pamphlets specifically for water use topic
	Pamphlets specifically for waste management topic

Community Study

Resources (Size 262K)

	Waitakere City Walkways Map and brief comment on the City's walkways.  Might be used to compare wasteland with eco planted area.  Also has time for each walkway
	"Living In" series - brochures on what to plant in various regions of the City. Living by the Waitemata Harbour (Size 296K) Living in the Foothills (Size 355K) Living on the West Coast (Size 336K)
	Green Network pamphlets dealing with weed eradication, help from the council for replanting and eco-sourcing of plants Slip sliding away (Size 111K) Plants for you (Size 242K) Eco-sourcing (Size 220K) Bring out your weeds (Size 259K) Be rid of your weeds (Size 278K)
	Walks Out West Series of walks detailing the location and extent of the walkway
	Invasive or Environmental Weeds (Size 897K) List of environmentally damaging plants
	Twin Streams Newsletter (Size 2070K) Illustrates problems about ecology of the city and invites solutions
	Revegetation timeline (Size 655K) Green network timeline and flowchart for replanting
	Native Plants for Stormwater Ponds and Wetlands (Size 250K) Plants are listed by species names only
	Native Forest & Wetlands (Size 7439K) A Guide to the Care and Protection of Natural Areas
	Environmentally Damaging Plants (Size 493K) Waitakere District Plan brochure

Water Use

Resources (Size 154K)

	Online Education Resources
	What's Stormwater (Size 337K) Summary on stormwater
	Urban Stormwater Newsletters January 2000 issue (Size 2470K) March 2000 issue (Size K) July 2000 issue (Size K) November 2000 issue (Size K)
	Every Drop Counts (Size 955K) Pie graph about water use in the home - level 3 standard
	The Ecology of Henderson Creek (Size 1325K) Excellent booklet showing vegetation, bird life, water quality indicators, species recorded at the creek, and a map.
	Streamline - Ecowater customer newsletter Issue One (Size 386K) Issue Three (Size 656K) Issue Four (Size 953K) Issue Six (Size 513K)
	Water Matters (Size 2888K) Newsletters about future plans for water use
	Stormwater fact sheet (Size 546K) Indicates where trial stormwater projects such as artificial wetlands and rain gardens are located
	Streamside Planting (Size 432K) Excellent pamphlet on planting close to a stream/waterway.  Could be used for adaptations
	How to save water (Size 40K) Information sheet on actual water use, with facts for research
	Native Plants for Stormwater Ponds and Wetlands (Size 250K) Plants are listed by species names only
	Protect Our Streams (Size 588K) Everyday things you can do to help

Waste Management

Resources (Size 194K)

	The Green Retail Guide (Size 255K) Ideas for recycling/reuse of packaging
	Ways to Save the Planet (Size 261K) Some starters for recycling
	The Business Guide to Cleaner Production (Size 404K) Life cycle of a produce.  Could encourage a different approach to looking at recycling
	Wise Resource Use newsletter about how Council is working with industries to reuse and recycle Issue One (Size 340K) Issue Two (Size 337K)
	Cleaner Production case studies about industries that are working with the Council to reduce waste Carter Holt Harvey Tissue (Size 1725K) Phoenix Natural Foods Ltd. (Size 1446K) Enterprise Waitakere (Size K) Norcross Management & Marketing (Size 1035K)
	Solid Waste Management Plan This plan is the short term operational guideline of how the Council intends to manage waste over the next three - five years - adopted 2005.
	Auckland Regional Council resources Includes the very extensive Resource Pack on Recycling