The Water Challenge
Teaching Hub
Let’s get you ready to make waves!
Here you’ll find everything you need to help you prepare for the Water Challenge, including all of your printable and downloadable resources.
Work through the checklists below to make sure you’re ready for your splash-tastic adventure. You’ll need to tick off everything in the list before the challenge starts at the start of Term 3.
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Pre-challenge checklist
Prep for teachers
- Complete teacher training
- Read the health and safety guidance
- Read the challenge guide
- Familiarise yourself with the Student Hub
- Check the wai kit has arrived
- Meet up with your ambassador to plan lessons
- Complete the teacher pre-challenge survey
- Ask ākonga to complete the student pre-challenge survey
- Share the caregiver information sheet
- Start collecting resources for the challenge
- Join the Wonder Project Facebook group
Prep for ambassadors
- Complete ambassador training
- Read the health and safety guidance
- Order your free Wonder Project t-shirt using code WATTEE2025. You should wear the tee on your Wonder Project visits
- Read the challenge guide
- Familiarise yourself with the Student Hub
- Meet up with your kaiako match to help plan your time in the classroom
- Prepare your career presentation
- Start collecting resources for the challenge
- Join the Wonder Project Facebook group
Scroll down to get started!
You'll find everything you need to run the challenge successfully on this page.
Challenge training
Complete teacher training
A series of fun videos that cover all the important information you’ll need to know before you get started on the challenge.
Complete ambassador training
A series of fun videos that cover all the important information you’ll need to know before you work with ākonga on the challenge.
Challenge resources: Teaching
Challenge guide
Pānui the challenge guide for resource lists, timings, lesson plans, the ambassador's role in the classroom, and support notes.
Key concepts
Read the key concepts document for detailed notes on Water Challenge learning concepts.
Career presentation template
Download our ambassador presentation template to use for telling your career story in Module 1.
Health and safety guidance
Learn everything you need to know to keep you and ākonga safe in the classroom.
Assessment: guide
Use our guide to assess your ākonga on their learning during the Water Challenge.
Assessment: reflection template
Let ākonga reflect on their learning after each module and provide answers in their own way.
Assessment: achievement tracking
Use curriculum achievement objectives and key competencies comment bank for formal reporting.
Learning quiz
Get ākonga to participate in this quiz as a fun way to recap their challenge learning.
Wonder Project Facebook group
Join this support forum for ambassadors and kaiako to access advice and tips from fellow Wonder Project participants across the country.
Challenge resources: Student
Student Hub
The Student Hub has all the content your class will work through to complete the challenge. Check it out before you start to get familiar with the learning content.
Student activity booklet
Download and print a workbook of all the ākonga activities for modules 1–6 (print A3, double-sided, flip on short edge).
Poster: Te Hurihanga Wai
Print and display this poster on the Te Hurihanga Wai – the water cycle.
Poster: Ngā momo wai
Print and display this poster on the ngā momo wai – types of water.
Poster: STEM design process
Print and display this poster on the STEM design process – six steps engineers use to solve a problem.
Ākonga participation certificate
Certificate to distribute to ākonga to celebrate and mark the end of the challenge.
Challenge resources: Further information
Overview of the programme
Understand what ākonga will learn during the Water Challenge.
Information for caregivers
Print out a copy for ākonga to take home to their whānau.
Information for ambassadors
Learn more about the Water Challenge and being an ambassador.
Ambassador badge
Our volunteer Wonder Project Ambassadors can display this digtial badge proudly on their email signature or business card.
Impact surveys
Make sure you complete our pre and post challenge surveys. These are an important tool for us to improve the programme each year and continue our funding to keep the Wonder Project free for schools.
Before the challenge starts
Student pre challenge survey
All ākonga should complete the student pre-challenge survey before they begin the challenge.
Teacher pre challenge survey
Each participating kaiako should complete the teacher pre-challenge survey before they begin the challenge.
After the final module
Student post challenge survey
All ākonga should complete the student post challenge survey after they complete the challenge.
Teacher post challenge survey
Each participating kaiako should complete the teacher post challenge survey after they complete the challenge.
Ambassador post challenge survey
Each participating ambassador should complete the ambassador post challenge survey after they complete the challenge.
Student Hub
Access the content your class should work through to complete the challenge.