Freshwater Board Game

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Freshwater

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The

community

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volunteers.

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Dumpingrubbish

causeswaterand

landpollution.

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nativetreesmean

ahappyforestand

ecosystem.

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Wildlife

reservecreatesa

safehabitat.

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People washing cars

on driveways causes

pollution from the

water running into

stormwater drains.

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Sewerage treatment

plants mean

improved water

quality.

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Oil spill causes

water pollution,

killing many

animals.

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Planting day!

The community

gets involved.

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forward 3

Flood!

Habitat loss and

erosion.

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Droughtcauses

habitatlossand

erosion.

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Limitingtimeintheshowerconservesresources(water).

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Unnecessarypackagingonfoodwastesresources(oil,trees,metal).

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Peoplech

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resources

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Fencesalong

waterwayimprove

waterquality.

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Livestockgetinto

streamcausing

waterpollutionand

habitatloss.

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Hydrodamcauseshabitatloss.

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Dumpingweedsmakesthemspreadandtakeovernative

bush.

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Morepeoplereduce,reuse,

recycle,conservingresources(metals,

glass,trees).

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GREY DUCK

Lake Tutira

KaramuStream

LONG FIN EEL(TUNA)

Karamu Stream

FreshwaterBoard Game

WHITEBAIT

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Tukituki River(whitebait spawning

site)

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Game intructions and Eco warrior cards

Instructions

How to make your set of cards:

Print 1 copy of the rst six A4pages out on separate, singlepages (not double-sided).

Print 3 copies of each of the Backpage designs.

Glue or tape the pieces of papertogether so that the arrows arepointing upwards.

Match the Eco loser Back pageup with the orange Eco losercards and the Eco warrier Backpage up with the blue Eco

warrior cards. Cut along the dashed lines so that

you have a deck of cards. You should have 2 sets of both the

Eco warrior and Eco loser cards.

Eggs hatched

Your eggs have hatched!

Move forward

2 spaces

Eggs hatched

Your eggs have hatched!

Move forward

2 spaces

Tree shade helps

fish breathe

Native plants like the pukateatree are planted on the river

bank. This makes good shadefor water life! The cooler

water has more oxygen forthe fish to breathe.

Move forward

4 spaces

Tree shade helps

fish breathe

Native plants like the pukateatree are planted on the river

bank. This makes good shade

for water life! The coolerwater has more oxygen forthe fish to breathe.

Move forward

4 spaces

Objective:To travel around the board andreturn safely to your habitat.

How to play:

or whitebait) and starts on the

starts.

can only move 2 times in 1 turn.

move their animal around the


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Water quality

scientist

The local school gets a waterquality scientist from your

regional council to talk about

your catchment area. Studentslearn how everything is

connected.

Move forward

4 spaces

On their bikes

The families in your localcommunity ride their bikes

along the bike trail withfriends and tell them how

important it is to take actionfor conservation.

Move forward

3 spaces

The water cycle

A class at the local schoollearns about the water cycle.They do a presentation to allof the school parents to teach

them how important cleanwater is.

Move forward

3 spaces

River cleaned up

The community haverecently cleaned up the river.

Enjoy the clean water!

Move forward

3 spaces

Maturity

You have reached maturity,which means you can startto have babies. A healthy

population depends on theyoung being able to grow up.

Move forward

4 spaces

New wildlife

reserve

The Department ofConservation declares a new

wildlife reserve. This creates a

link between your local wildlifereserve area and the next one.You have an expanded clean

habitat to live and eat in.

Move forward

3 spaces

Active

conservation efort

Your local community arevery active in conservation.

Everyone move

forward 3 spaces

Restored stream

The local iwi share theirknowledge of the how the

local stream used to be. Themarae and the school work

together to restore the stream.

Everyone move

forward 3 spaces

Eco warrior cards

Community cares

This community cares andare helping with the animals

migratory journeys.

Move forward

3 spaces

Native trees

Willow trees are cut downon the river bank and native

trees are planted in theirplace.

Move forward

3 spaces


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Water quality

scientist

The local school gets a waterquality scientist from your

regional council to talk about

your catchment area. Studentslearn how everything isconnected.

Move forward

4 spaces

On their bikes

The families in your localcommunity ride their bikes

along the bike trail withfriends and tell them how

important it is to take actionfor conservation.

Move forward

3 spaces

The water cycle

A class at the local schoollearns about the water cycle.They do a presentation to allof the school parents to teach

them how important cleanwater is.

Move forward

3 spaces

River cleaned up

The community haverecently cleaned up the river.

Enjoy the clean water!

Move forward

3 spaces

Maturity

You have reached maturity,which means you can startto have babies. A healthy

population depends on theyoung being able to grow up.

Move forward

4 spaces

New wildlife

reserve

The Department ofConservation declares a new

wildlife reserve. This creates a

link between your local wildlifereserve area and the next one.You have an expanded clean

habitat to live and eat in.

Move forward

3 spaces

Active

conservation efort

Your local community arevery active in conservation.

Everyone move

forward 3 spaces

Restored stream

The local iwi share theirknowledge of the how the

local stream used to be. Themarae and the school work

together to restore the stream.

Everyone move

forward 3 spaces

Eco warrior cards

Community cares

This community cares andare helping with the animals

migratory journeys.

Move forward

3 spaces

Native trees

Willow trees are cut downon the river bank and native

trees are planted in theirplace.

Move forward

3 spaces


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Eco loser cards

Tree removal

Your local community decidesto take out all of the trees

and plants along your streambank, and this causes the sunto heat the temperature of thewater. Some of the wildlife inthe stream cannot live in thewarmer water and they die.

Move back

2 spaces

Tree removal

Your local community decidesto take out all of the trees

and plants along your streambank, and this causes the sunto heat the temperature of thewater. Some of the wildlife inthe stream cannot live in thewarmer water and they die.

Move back

2 spaces

Whitebait capture

Too many people are catchingwhitebait. Whitebait are the

young of several types ofnative fish, so as a result there

are less fish in the river.

Move back

4 spaces

Whitebait capture

Too many people are catchingwhitebait. Whitebait are the

young of several types ofnative fish, so as a result there

are less fish in the river.

Move back

4 spaces


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Eco loser cards

Subdivisions

A new subdivision is built inthe area that you live in and

all of the habitat is destroyed.

Everyone must move

back 5 spaces

Didymo kills

species

Someone kayaking in a lakeinfected with didymo forgets

to check, clean and drythe kayak. They enter yourlocal stream and spread thedidymo, which kills lots of

species.

Move back

3 spaces

New bridge

A new bridge is built acrossyour river causing lots of

erosion and loss of plant life.This destroys your habitat

and reduces your foodsupply.

Move back

3 spaces

Water pollution

A milk tanker crashes on theroad side spilling milk into

the water. polluting the wateryou live in.

Move back

5 spaces

Drought

There hasnt been much rainthis year, which has resulted

in a drought.

Move back

2 spaces

Major fire

pollutes water

There is a major fire in awarehouse next to a stream.The chemicals from the fire

go down the stormwater drain

into the stream. This flowsdownstream and pollutes the

whole catchment.

Move back

2 spaces

Lazy attitude

The people in your localcommunity have a lazy

attitude towards conservation.

Everyone must move

back 4 spaces

The food web

Students learn about thefood web at school, but theydont share the information

with others. As a result,the community does not

understand how important theconnection between animals

and plants is.

Go back 1 space

Upstream dam

A dam has been buildupstream of your habitat.

Hardly any water is able toflow during the hot summer

months and many of thelocal freshwater species die.

Move back

4 spaces

Culvert block

A culvert has been built onyour local river and blocksall wildlife from travelling

upstream.

Move back

2 spaces


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Eco loser cards

Subdivisions

A new subdivision is built inthe area that you live in and

all of the habitat is destroyed.

Everyone must move

back 5 spaces

Didymo kills

species

Someone kayaking in a lakeinfected with didymo forgets

to check, clean and drythe kayak. They enter yourlocal stream and spread thedidymo, which kills lots of

species.

Move back

3 spaces

New bridge

A new bridge is built acrossyour river causing lots of

erosion and loss of plant life.This destroys your habitat

and reduces your foodsupply.

Move back

3 spaces

Water pollution

A milk tanker crashes on theroad side spilling milk into

the water. polluting the wateryou live in.

Move back

5 spaces

Drought

There hasnt been much rainthis year, which has resulted

in a drought.

Move back

2 spaces

Major fire

pollutes water

There is a major fire in awarehouse next to a stream.The chemicals from the fire

go down the stormwater drain

into the stream. This flowsdownstream and pollutes the

whole catchment.

Move back

2 spaces

Lazy attitude

The people in your localcommunity have a lazy

attitude towards conservation.

Everyone must move

back 4 spaces

The food web

Students learn about thefood web at school, but theydont share the information

with others. As a result,the community does not

understand how important theconnection between animals

and plants is.

Go back 1 space

Upstream dam

A dam has been buildupstream of your habitat.

Hardly any water is able toflow during the hot summer

months and many of thelocal freshwater species die.

Move back

4 spaces

Culvert block

A culvert has been built onyour local river and blocksall wildlife from travelling

upstream.

Move back

2 spaces


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Back page for Eco warrior cardsprint 3 copies

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Back page for Eco loser cardsprint 3 copies

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cut

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Animal playing pieces

1. Cut around the entire playingpiece shape (as shown by thedashed line on the bittern).

2. Make a cut along the dashedlines (slits).

3. Fold on the solid black fold linesand slot both of the slits together.

4. Your playing piece should nowstand up.

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Dice

1. Cut around the entire dice shape.2. Make folds on the solid black

lines.3. Fold up the dice and using the

flaps either glue or cellotapetogether.

Fold

Cut

Flaps

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