
Technological Practice
Levels 1 to 4

NZC Achievement Objectives

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Learning Intentions

Integration Ideas
Learning Intentions are from the Ministry of Education
Integration ideas are from the Ministry of Education
Levels 1 to 4
Produce technological solutions in a range of technological areas and contexts.
Social Sciences: Different types of work that people do eg. That of the conservation officer

Related Topics
Resources

Build up your science with the “Architecture” show.
Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGNgqqRgR0w
Level
1-4
Type
Video
Architecture
Bill Nye The Science Guy
Build up your science with the “Architecture” show.
Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGNgqqRgR0w

Bicycles is the topic for this book because bikes are familiar to children from most cultures and also because they allow easy investigation into the concepts of levers, friction, and motion.
Level
3-4
Type
Activity Book
Bikes: Levers, Friction, and Motion
Ministry of Education NZ
Bicycles is the topic for this book because bikes are familiar to children from most cultures and also because they allow easy investigation into the concepts of levers, friction, and motion.

This activity assists teachers and students who are new to coding to get started with block coding or programming. Students can create simple code, choosing a digital sprite/character and using block instructions to make it move.
Level
2-4
Type
Lesson Plan
Block coding for beginners
Genesis School-Gen
This activity assists teachers and students who are new to coding to get started with block coding or programming. Students can create simple code, choosing a digital sprite/character and using block instructions to make it move.

Bridges are so useful. People have been making them for thousands of years. It would be really good to have a bridge so I can keep my clean floor nice and clean :D But how do you make a really strong bridge?
Level
1-2
Type
Video
Bridges: How do you build a strong bridge?
Suzy's World
Bridges are so useful. People have been making them for thousands of years. It would be really good to have a bridge so I can keep my clean floor nice and clean :D But how do you make a really strong bridge?

Bill Nye the Science Guy has downloaded the “Computers” episode into his Random Access Memory.
Link to video: https://www.schooltube.com/media/1_en0xw8er
Level
1-4
Type
Video
Computers
Bill Nye The Science Guy
Bill Nye the Science Guy has downloaded the “Computers” episode into his Random Access Memory.
Link to video: https://www.schooltube.com/media/1_en0xw8er

This article describes the systems and technologies that have been developed to prevent unwanted pests, diseases, and goods coming into New Zealand and to prevent precious taonga such as native species being smuggled out of the country.
Level
3
Type
Book
Connected 2011 Level 3: ‘Protecting the Border’
Ministry of Education NZ
This article describes the systems and technologies that have been developed to prevent unwanted pests, diseases, and goods coming into New Zealand and to prevent precious taonga such as native species being smuggled out of the country.

“Healing Honey” explains how mānuka honey has special healing properties that make it valuable for medicinal purposes. It discusses the technological experimentation and modelling that went into the development of a honey bandage to treat wounds.
Level
2
Type
Book
Connected 2012 Level 2: ‘Healing Honey’
Ministry of Education NZ
“Healing Honey” explains how mānuka honey has special healing properties that make it valuable for medicinal purposes. It discusses the technological experimentation and modelling that went into the development of a honey bandage to treat wounds.

“Greig’s Pointed Problem” explores the processes involved in planning, designing, and producing a technological solution to a problem through the process of developing a new umbrella.
Level
3
Type
Book
Connected 2012 Level 3: ‘Greig’s Pointed Problem’
Ministry of Education NZ
“Greig’s Pointed Problem” explores the processes involved in planning, designing, and producing a technological solution to a problem through the process of developing a new umbrella.

Christchurch students from years 7 to 13 entered the Amazing Place City Project competition. They were asked to design an amazing place to help make Christchurch the best small city in the world. The year 7 winning team tested their ideas and used evidence to show that the ideas could really work.
Level
3
Type
Book
Connected 2014 Level 3: ‘Rebuilding Christchurch with...
Ministry of Education NZ
Christchurch students from years 7 to 13 entered the Amazing Place City Project competition. They were asked to design an amazing place to help make Christchurch the best small city in the world. The year 7 winning team tested their ideas and used evidence to show that the ideas could really work.

A group of students investigate how to stop food rotting on a journey to Mars. They share what they know about the different methods of food preservation to come up with a plan.
Level
2
Type
Book
Connected 2017 Level 2: ‘Space Food’
Ministry of Education NZ
A group of students investigate how to stop food rotting on a journey to Mars. They share what they know about the different methods of food preservation to come up with a plan.

Ryan Kothe, an animator from Auckland, uses stop-motion animation to make short videos and advertisements. In this article, he explains how to create your own stop-motion animation movie.
Level
2
Type
Book
Connected 2018 Level 2: ‘Animation Creations’
Ministry of Education NZ
Ryan Kothe, an animator from Auckland, uses stop-motion animation to make short videos and advertisements. In this article, he explains how to create your own stop-motion animation movie.

This article describes the process undertaken by three students from Feilding’s Manchester Street School as they designed and built a robot that won the New Zealand VEX IQ Challenge. The article offers an authentic way of introducing students to programming and computational thinking, as well as physics and engineering concepts related to energy, weight, and balance.
Level
3
Type
Book
Connected 2018 Level 3: ‘To Build a Bot’
Ministry of Education NZ
This article describes the process undertaken by three students from Feilding’s Manchester Street School as they designed and built a robot that won the New Zealand VEX IQ Challenge. The article offers an authentic way of introducing students to programming and computational thinking, as well as physics and engineering concepts related to energy, weight, and balance.

This article describes how three Kiwi companies have used digital technology to help solve health or social problems. It demonstrates how digital technologists think through a problem and how a seemingly abstract issue can be turned into a series of tasks that digital technologies can solve.
Level
4
Type
Book
Connected 2018 Level 4: ‘Saving the World, One Swipe at a Time’
Ministry of Education NZ
This article describes how three Kiwi companies have used digital technology to help solve health or social problems. It demonstrates how digital technologists think through a problem and how a seemingly abstract issue can be turned into a series of tasks that digital technologies can solve.

This article explains the Global Positioning System – a technology that we’ve quickly become dependent on. It explains how it works and its benefits, while also prompting students to think critically about the risks of over-reliance.
Level
4
Type
Book
Connected 2019 Level 4: ‘The Global Positioning System’
Ministry of Education NZ
This article explains the Global Positioning System – a technology that we’ve quickly become dependent on. It explains how it works and its benefits, while also prompting students to think critically about the risks of over-reliance.

Johnny gives you some great tips & tricks that will help to take some awesome photos, and there are a couple of prizes up for grabs!
Level
1-4
Type
Video
Go Wild Photo Skills
Whenua Iti Outdoors
Johnny gives you some great tips & tricks that will help to take some awesome photos, and there are a couple of prizes up for grabs!

Investigate how we can harness the power of the wind. Design a sailboat model that can use wind power to move. How can the power of Tāwhirimātea, atua of the winds, help Emirates Team New Zealand’s boat go faster?
Level
3-4
Type
Lesson Plan
Harnessing the Power of Wind
Genesis School-Gen
Investigate how we can harness the power of the wind. Design a sailboat model that can use wind power to move. How can the power of Tāwhirimātea, atua of the winds, help Emirates Team New Zealand’s boat go faster?

The title of this topic refers to the transfer of heat energy - a phenomenon that is familiar to children as they experience the processes of warming and cooling in everyday life.
Level
3-4
Type
Activity Book
Heat on the Move: Transferring Heat Energy through...
Ministry of Education NZ
The title of this topic refers to the transfer of heat energy - a phenomenon that is familiar to children as they experience the processes of warming and cooling in everyday life.

Uiuitia kia pēhea te whītiki te mauri me te kaha o Tāwhirimātea. Whakatauira mai he waka moana kua waihangatia e taea ana te hau pupuhi te mau i te ihi hei whakaangi.
Level
3-4
Type
Te Reo Māori
Hei whakaratatia te hiko a Tāwhirimātea
Genesis School-Gen
Uiuitia kia pēhea te whītiki te mauri me te kaha o Tāwhirimātea. Whakatauira mai he waka moana kua waihangatia e taea ana te hau pupuhi te mau i te ihi hei whakaangi.

An inventions episode – what a great idea!
Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDjyseCqRKc
Level
1-4
Type
Video
Inventing
Bill Nye The Science Guy
An inventions episode – what a great idea!
Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDjyseCqRKc

Design and build some cool Lego cars. Use this lesson plan and activity to help children create vehicles that can compete against each other in challenges such as speed and strength.
Level
1-4
Type
Activity
Lego Cars
Science Kids
Design and build some cool Lego cars. Use this lesson plan and activity to help children create vehicles that can compete against each other in challenges such as speed and strength.

Lordy! Suzy's having trouble lifting a special delivery. What can she use to help her move it? It's a problem that Suzy just wont "lever" alone! Oh, there's a thought - she could use a lever! The only thing she needs to ask first is... "What's a lever?"
Level
1-2
Type
Video
Lever: What is a lever?
Suzy's World
Lordy! Suzy's having trouble lifting a special delivery. What can she use to help her move it? It's a problem that Suzy just wont "lever" alone! Oh, there's a thought - she could use a lever! The only thing she needs to ask first is... "What's a lever?"