For Schools

Updated 18 July, 2011

WWF is pleased to be launching a new resource for primary teachers called
"Maui's Dolphin - an inquiry to action"

You can download if for free from our website: Maui's Dolphin - an inquiry to action

The resource supports teachers to use an inquiry learning approach so their students can find out about Maui's dolphin and undertake action projects to help protect this critically endangered species.

Inspiring Digital Stories

These two digital stories feature schools who have received funding from WWF's Environmental Education Action Fund and are outstanding examples of schools who have embraced student-led learning, engaged with their local communities, and implemented the New Zealand Curriculum through taking action to improve their local environment.

These stories will interest teachers at any stage of their Education for Sustainability journey. Each one consists of a short film featuring students, staff and community supporters, and downloads of planning documents, project overview, history and other relevant info.

Hukanui Primary School in Hamilton, and Lincoln High School in Canterbury are the two featured schools.

Here's the link:
http://www.wwf.org.nz/what_we_do/education/inspiring_schools/

These digital stories can be used

• as a motivational starter at a meeting to introduce teachers, trustees, or parents to EFS
• to get ideas for similar projects (eco-classrooms and ecological restoration)
  as a reflection tool to compare where your school is at with the featured schools
• to show to students for information and motivation
• as a professional development workshop for teachers where they identify and unpack aspects of EFS presented in the video