
Beach Habitats
Levels 3 and 4

NZC Achievement Objectives

Te Mātauranga o Aotearoa
The Biological Environment: Recognise and explain the changes undergone by species (especially those of Aotearoa) over long periods of time.
Te Taiao: Ka āhukahuka, ka whakamārama i ngā panoni o ngā momo koiora (me ngā mea motuhake o Aotearoa), o neherā tae noa ki tēnei wā.

Learning Intentions

Integration Ideas
Learning Intentions are from the Ministry of Education
Integration ideas are from the Ministry of Education
Level 4
Students can explain the relationships between animals and plants within a beach ecosystem.
Social Sciences: How different groups view and use places and the environment eg. Different environments in which people live, such as the tundra, atolls, and war zones.
Social Sciences: How and why people express a sense of belonging to particular places and environments eg. The use of photos and diaries
The Arts (Drama): Develop drama for a performance in an environmental setting.
English (Writing and Presenting): Listen to waiata that describes some feature of the natural environment and retell the story in writing.
English (Writing and Presenting): View photographs of a local environmental feature and co-operatively write a newspaper story to accompany it.
English (Oral Language): Prepare and present an oral report following a visit to a site in the local environment.
Mathematics and Statistics (Geometry and Measurement): Specify locations in the local environment, using bearings or grid references.
Mathematics and Statistics (Statistics): Collect and display time series data on an environmental phenomenon, such as river heights.
Technology: Describe and identify the positive and negative effects of some instances of technologies on people’s lives and the environment eg. the effects of fast ferries on shorelines.
