Taupō for Tomorrow

How to sample a sandy or muddy-bottomed stream for macroinvertebrates/freshwater critters.

• Very simple instructions

• Using low-tech equipment that can be found at home

• Designed to be accessible for families as well as schools.

Taupō for Tomorrow

Simple guide to help lead discussion over river health.

• Appropriate for ECE to senior levels - simply adapt the complexity of the investigation.

Taupō for Tomorrow

Common birds around Lake Taupо̄

• Side by side so you can observe their differences

• Questions & facts to spark curiosity

Taupō for Tomorrow

​Beautiful artwork by Sonia Frimmel

• fill in the names of the organs

• answers provided

Riverscapes for Kids | DOC |

NZ Fish Passage Advisory Group

• Created with input from actual scientists

• 2 pages of facts and fun

NZ Landcare Trust

• Students use written clues to work through a key (flowchart) and identify freshwater critters

• Potential to flip the concept and ask students to create their own key (=algorithm)

CAREX | University of Canterbury

• Combine science and art

• Could be done prior to investigating a stream, then re-visited afterward to see the similarities

• Part of a greater Biodiversity Box

CAREX | University of Canterbury

• Simple scavenger hunt 

• Items may not be appropriate to your area, but use as a base to make your own

• Part of a greater Biodiversity Box

CAREX | University of Canterbury

• Simple scavenger hunt - for wetlands

• Items may not be appropriate to your area, but use as a base to make your own

• ​Part of a greater Biodiversity Box

Taupō for Tomorrow

How to sample a stony-bottomed stream for macroinvertebrates/freshwater critters.

• Very simple instructions

• Using low-tech equipment that can be found at home

• Designed to be accessible for families as well as schools.

Taupō for Tomorrow

Questions and facts to lead discussion when collecting macroinvertebrates.

• Use in conjunction with 'Investigate macroinvertebrates' resources.

Greater Wellington Regional Council

Visual guide to common macroinvertebrates - water critters

• English & Te reo

• Numbers indicate tolerance - lower numbers mean the insects will survive even if the water is polluted

WaterNZ | Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori

Classify freshwater using mātauranga Māori

• Use as a fact sheet or a poster

Riverscapes for Kids | 

NZ Fish Passage Advisory Group

• Created with input from actual scientists

• 2 pages of facts and fun

CAREX | University of Canterbury

• Activity to develop observation and inference skills

• Good prep activity prior to heading to a stream

• Part of a greater Biodiversity Box

CAREX | University of Canterbury

• Simple classify and count exercise for in the field

• Graph results on a simple bar chart

• Part of a greater Biodiversity Box

CAREX | University of Canterbury

• Have students find the key indicators of healthy aquatic habitat

• Discuss whether all of the items need to be present for 'healthy' habitat

• ​Part of a greater Biodiversity Box

CAREX | University of Canterbury

• Technically not a worksheet!

• Simple, visual explanation of 'indicator' species in waterways

• Help to make sense of field data

• Part of a greater Biodiversity Box