This document outlines a stream restoration project presented to students. It discusses using lessons on stream ecology as part of a biology, social studies, geography, and math curriculum. Students would conduct baseline surveys of the stream including photopoints, pest and invertebrate tracking, bird observations, and native plant mapping. Further monitoring would include water quality testing, fish surveys, and recording and presenting project information. Next steps proposed are weed and tree removal, groundcover spraying, litter removal, and a planting plan using native species. Community involvement is also suggested.

1. Papatoetoe Stream Project – Wai Care presentation Papatoetoe Stream Project Wai Care presentation

2. Aerial photo, 2005 Stream to Tamaki Estuary PHS

3. Science Biology Social Studies Geography Math Technology Information Technology Arts English Education for Sustainability Stream Studies

4. 10PN, 10FI and 10FH used a sequence of 3 lessons as part of their Ecology Unit

5. Unwitting damage to stream ecosystems by people.

6. Wai Care Activity Circuit

7. Stream Monitoring

8. 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?

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

13. 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