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Community
Levels 1 to 4
NZC Achievement Objectives
Te Mātauranga o Aotearoa
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Learning Intentions
Integration Ideas
Learning Intentions are from the Ministry of Education
Integration ideas are from the Ministry of Education
Level 1
Why people belong to groups eg. Kiwi Conservation Club
Customs and traditions associated with participation in cultural activities eg. The uses of natural materials to make clothing, special foods for ceremonies.
Level 2
How and why people describe places and environments in different ways eg. What place names reveal about environments
Ways in which communities reflect the cultures and heritages of their people eg. Signs of different cultures in the local environment.
Level 3
How and why people express a sense of belonging to particular places and environments eg. The use of photos and diaries
Level 4
Why and how individuals and groups pass on and sustain their culture and heritage eg. The use of songs and dances and written, oral, and visual records about environments.
How people organise themselves in response to challenge and crisis eg. Civil defence emergencies
The Arts (Dance): Explain how traditional dances reflect the geographical settings of different cultures eg. in their instruments, costumes, formations, and movements.
Mathematics and Statistics (Geometry and Measurement): Specify locations in the local environment, using bearings or grid references.
Related Topics
Resources
This issue of Your environment, Canterbury breathes fresh air into the issue of wintertime smog –
what actually is air pollution, what causes it, why it is so bad in many towns and cities across the
world, and in New Zealand and Canterbury, and what you, your family and friends can do about it!
Level
3-4
Type
Unit
A breath of fresh air
Environment Canterbury
This issue of Your environment, Canterbury breathes fresh air into the issue of wintertime smog –
what actually is air pollution, what causes it, why it is so bad in many towns and cities across the
world, and in New Zealand and Canterbury, and what you, your family and friends can do about it!
The CARIM project, funded by MBIE is researching the decrease in pH in NZ’s coastal waters and its effect on marine life.
Level
4
Type
Poster
Acidification Studies
New Zealand Marine Studies Centre
The CARIM project, funded by MBIE is researching the decrease in pH in NZ’s coastal waters and its effect on marine life.
Inquiry learning resource for Years 5-8 students that builds students' citizenship competencies in response to transport issues.
Level
3-4
Type
Unit
Active Travel Action
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency
Inquiry learning resource for Years 5-8 students that builds students' citizenship competencies in response to transport issues.
BikeReady is about having the skills and experience to bike for life. It is New Zealand’s national cycle education system and includes curriculum-based learning.
Level
1-4
Type
Unit
BikeReady
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency
BikeReady is about having the skills and experience to bike for life. It is New Zealand’s national cycle education system and includes curriculum-based learning.
To review the past, gather information from the present and therefore develop a potential future vision for a local coastal wetland environment
Level
1-4
Type
Lesson Plan
Canterbury's Spectacular Coastal Wetlands
Environment Canterbury
To review the past, gather information from the present and therefore develop a potential future vision for a local coastal wetland environment
Waterways can recover; however it takes a sustained effort over many years. Working together we can make a positive difference. Every bit helps — even small things make a difference.
Level
1-4
Type
Video
Canterbury's Stormwater Story
Environment Canterbury
Waterways can recover; however it takes a sustained effort over many years. Working together we can make a positive difference. Every bit helps — even small things make a difference.
This article demonstrates how students at Sir Douglas Bader Intermediate School designed a technological device to solve a community problem – how to care for the thousands of newborn kittens handed in to the SPCA each year. It encourages the reader to consider the issues, giving a model for how the same process could be applied to other problems.
Level
4
Type
Book
Connected 2020 Level 4: ‘Fostering Felines’
Ministry of Education NZ
This article demonstrates how students at Sir Douglas Bader Intermediate School designed a technological device to solve a community problem – how to care for the thousands of newborn kittens handed in to the SPCA each year. It encourages the reader to consider the issues, giving a model for how the same process could be applied to other problems.
Use these resources to learn about conservation dogs, biosecurity, Predator Free 2050 and how to take conservation action in your local community.
Level
1-4
Type
Unit
Conservation Dogs Programme education resource
Department of Conservation Te Papa Atawhai
Use these resources to learn about conservation dogs, biosecurity, Predator Free 2050 and how to take conservation action in your local community.
This project will walk students and teachers through the process of designing a solution to an issue within their transport community. Students and teachers can work through this planning document in groups or individually. It takes students from problem detection through to initial design ideas.
Level
3-4
Type
Unit
Developing community transport solutions
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency
This project will walk students and teachers through the process of designing a solution to an issue within their transport community. Students and teachers can work through this planning document in groups or individually. It takes students from problem detection through to initial design ideas.
This resource provides ideas and learning experiences to enhance the native and endemic biodiversity in your green space.
Level
1-4
Type
Unit
Enhancing biodiversity in your green space
Department of Conservation Te Papa Atawhai
This resource provides ideas and learning experiences to enhance the native and endemic biodiversity in your green space.
Note: This is just a suggested format. Let your students come up with their own ideas. Then together, you and your students can decide on an action plan for your class.
Level
1-4
Type
Poster
Environmental Action Planner
New Zealand Marine Studies Centre
Note: This is just a suggested format. Let your students come up with their own ideas. Then together, you and your students can decide on an action plan for your class.
This activity encourages students to explore various aspects of complex issues. It encourages students to consider the interaction of science and diverse community views.
Level
3-4
Type
Activity
Establishing priorities for solving problems
Ministry of Education NZ
This activity encourages students to explore various aspects of complex issues. It encourages students to consider the interaction of science and diverse community views.
It’s Old Mac Science Guy’s “Farming” show, E-I-E-I-O.
Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhKkSCxgels&list=PLC1A0KOYvlM7HWpQfsCu2z-PkwUHfn10S&index=5
Level
1-4
Type
Video
Farming
Bill Nye The Science Guy
It’s Old Mac Science Guy’s “Farming” show, E-I-E-I-O.
Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhKkSCxgels&list=PLC1A0KOYvlM7HWpQfsCu2z-PkwUHfn10S&index=5
The Feet First resources provide learning experiences for teacher-directed inquiry around the context of walking as a type of active travel.
Level
1-4
Type
Unit
Feet First
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency
The Feet First resources provide learning experiences for teacher-directed inquiry around the context of walking as a type of active travel.
Hold it right there, buddy – it’s the “Forensics” show
Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP3xuHnbXM4
Level
1-4
Type
Video
Forensics
Bill Nye The Science Guy
Hold it right there, buddy – it’s the “Forensics” show
Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP3xuHnbXM4
It’s time to put your shoes on, go out into the fresh air and find some things in your
garden you are grateful for!
Level
1-4
Type
Mindfulness
Gratitude Scavenger Hunt
Whenua Iti Outdoors
It’s time to put your shoes on, go out into the fresh air and find some things in your
garden you are grateful for!
Curriculum resources for young people to contribute, connect and extend their ideas about keeping safe around trucks on New Zealand roads.
Level
1-4
Type
Unit
Keeping safe around trucks
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency
Curriculum resources for young people to contribute, connect and extend their ideas about keeping safe around trucks on New Zealand roads.
Kia Pai Tō Haere is a flexible curriculum resource for Māori Medium Schools that provides guidance for teachers planning contextualised learning based on a kaupapa that keeping whānau safe on a journey is everyone’s work.
Level
1-4
Type
Te Reo Māori
Kia Pai Tō Haere
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency
Kia Pai Tō Haere is a flexible curriculum resource for Māori Medium Schools that provides guidance for teachers planning contextualised learning based on a kaupapa that keeping whānau safe on a journey is everyone’s work.
The third video in our series on Whenua Iti Ways to wellbeing during our lockdown time, Joni suggests how easily we can find ways to Give.
Level
1-4
Type
Video
Manaakitanga
Whenua Iti Outdoors
The third video in our series on Whenua Iti Ways to wellbeing during our lockdown time, Joni suggests how easily we can find ways to Give.
It’s a population party with Bill Nye the Science Guy, and everyone’s invited.
Link for video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1K3d-HLZ-c
Level
1-4
Type
Video
Populations
Bill Nye The Science Guy
It’s a population party with Bill Nye the Science Guy, and everyone’s invited.
Link for video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1K3d-HLZ-c