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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
Share ideas about the ways in which familiar technologies affect their lives eg. the use and disposal of plastics
Level 2
Identify different views about a specific technological development within the local community eg. roading, waste disposal
Level 3
Identify and consider different views and feelings of people in relation to some specific technological developments or effects eg. noise pollution
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.
Level 4
Identify and compare the range of factors and attitudes that promote or constrain a current technological development in the wider community eg. speed cameras.
Explore and discuss the impacts over time on the local and wider environments and society of some specific technology eg. effluent disposal on farms.
Social Sciences: Why and how people find out about places and environments eg. Explorers and adventurers
English (Reading and Viewing): View a television advertisement for an “environmentally friendly” product and consider how the product is presented to the viewer through dialogue, words on the screen, music, and types of characters.
English (Writing and Presenting): View photographs of a local environmental feature and co-operatively write a newspaper story to accompany it.
Mathematics and Statistics (Statistics): Critically evaluate data presented in media reports on an environmental issue.
