
Transport
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
Different resources that people use eg. Home vegetable gardens, the use of materials in the local environment to build shelters
Level 2
How people’s activities influence places and the environment and are influenced by them eg. The location and use of water sources.
Level 3
How and why people make and implement rules and laws eg. Noise control legislation
Level 4
How and why people view and use resources differently and the consequences of this eg. Environmental preservation versus logging or mining
Technology: Share ideas about the ways in which familiar technologies affect their lives eg. the use and disposal of plastics
Technology: Identify and compare the range of factors and attitudes that promote or constrain a current technological development in the wider community eg. speed cameras.
Science (Nature of Science): Investigate the impact of some well-known technological innovation or scientific discovery on people and/or the local environment eg. the aerosol can, portable audio systems.

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Resources

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.

Suzy visits the Queenstown Airport to find out what makes things fly. Maybe she'll find a way to help herself fly!
Level
1-2
Type
Video
Aerodynamics: What makes things fly?
Suzy's World
Suzy visits the Queenstown Airport to find out what makes things fly. Maybe she'll find a way to help herself fly!

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.

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.

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?

Ahoy there, matey. Come aboard Captain Nye’s Buoyant Barge of Science. There’s no swabbing the decks or battening down the hatches just the science of floating.
Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HZBusjP0uw
Level
1-4
Type
Video
Buoyancy
Bill Nye The Science Guy
Ahoy there, matey. Come aboard Captain Nye’s Buoyant Barge of Science. There’s no swabbing the decks or battening down the hatches just the science of floating.
Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HZBusjP0uw

How climate change is affecting Canterbury is what this booklet is all about. We investigate what it will mean for you, your family and friends, and the natural environment.
Level
1-4
Type
Activity Book
Canterbury's Changing Climate: an educational resource for schools...
Environment Canterbury
How climate change is affecting Canterbury is what this booklet is all about. We investigate what it will mean for you, your family and friends, and the natural 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.

Suzy loves her TurboSuzy 3000 Down Hill Racer! Except... that it only races down hill.... and it doesn't have a few important things. If only it worked like a car. But how does a car work?
Level
1-2
Type
Video
Cars: How do cars work?
Suzy's World
Suzy loves her TurboSuzy 3000 Down Hill Racer! Except... that it only races down hill.... and it doesn't have a few important things. If only it worked like a car. But how does a car work?

Zephyr was winning the cycle race, but everyone passed her at the end. Why? Scientist Lindsey Underwood uses evidence to explain to Zephyr how aerodynamics can improve the performance of racing cyclists.
Level
4
Type
Book
Connected 2014 Level 4: ‘Beating the Wind’
Ministry of Education NZ
Zephyr was winning the cycle race, but everyone passed her at the end. Why? Scientist Lindsey Underwood uses evidence to explain to Zephyr how aerodynamics can improve the performance of racing cyclists.

Electric cars are often seen as the vehicles of the future – but are they? Read about the development of electric cars and see how the technology they use contrasts with that used by fuel-powered cars.
Level
4
Type
Book
Connected 2016 Level 4: ‘Driving Us into the Future’
Ministry of Education NZ
Electric cars are often seen as the vehicles of the future – but are they? Read about the development of electric cars and see how the technology they use contrasts with that used by fuel-powered cars.

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.

If a major earthquake hits your city it's important to have a plan ready to handle the situations that arise. Get students to design and build appropriate emergency vehicles as part of this earthquake lesson plan.
Level
1-4
Type
Activity
Earthquake!
Science Kids
If a major earthquake hits your city it's important to have a plan ready to handle the situations that arise. Get students to design and build appropriate emergency vehicles as part of this earthquake lesson plan.

These PDF posters, student worksheets, Quizzz quiz and teacher notes provide an introduction to: A history of the America’s Cup, the history of sailing, how Genesis is powering Emirates Team New Zealand
Level
3-4
Type
Lesson Plan
Emirates Team New Zealand and the America’s Cup
Genesis School-Gen
These PDF posters, student worksheets, Quizzz quiz and teacher notes provide an introduction to: A history of the America’s Cup, the history of sailing, how Genesis is powering Emirates Team New Zealand

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.

“Flight” is the very first Bill Nye the Science Guy episode in the series, and it’s where Bill Nye really took off… literally.
Link for video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJVPOTv1O7k&list=PLC1A0KOYvlM4Xqyn3GdQqjVm2-THJY-ZH
Level
1-4
Type
Video
Flight
Bill Nye The Science Guy
“Flight” is the very first Bill Nye the Science Guy episode in the series, and it’s where Bill Nye really took off… literally.
Link for video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJVPOTv1O7k&list=PLC1A0KOYvlM4Xqyn3GdQqjVm2-THJY-ZH

Join Nanogirl as she hypothesises and experiments her way through five STEM activities, to figure out how she can overcome gravity and fly through the air!
Level
1-4
Type
Video
Flight Superpower Series
Nanogirl
Join Nanogirl as she hypothesises and experiments her way through five STEM activities, to figure out how she can overcome gravity and fly through the air!

Flight: Control in the Air covers the principles of flight and the structures and adaptations that make flight possible.
Level
1-4
Type
Activity Book
Flight: Control in the Air
Ministry of Education NZ
Flight: Control in the Air covers the principles of flight and the structures and adaptations that make flight possible.

Get a grip – it’s the “Friction” episode.
Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu-5QRYjPQk
Level
1-4
Type
Video
Friction
Bill Nye The Science Guy
Get a grip – it’s the “Friction” episode.
Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu-5QRYjPQk

Welcome to the final challenge for our Go Wild at home programme! Remember to send us any photos or videos as we'd love to see how you got on.
Level
1-4
Type
Video
Go Wild Knot Skills
Whenua Iti Outdoors
Welcome to the final challenge for our Go Wild at home programme! Remember to send us any photos or videos as we'd love to see how you got on.