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Welcome to day one of the 21 day challenge!
Welcome to day one of the 21 day challenge!
WALT: Understand kaitiaki – Why is the ocean important? How can we look after it?
WALT: Understand kaitiaki – Why is the ocean important? How can we look after it?
Task One:
Task One:
What do you know about the Tikapa Moana / Hauraki Gulf?
Make a group of three. Create a brainstorm of your ideas, then share them with the class.
(5 Minutes)
Task Two:
Task Two:
Watch the video 'The Incredible Hauraki Gulf.'
(5 minutes)
Task Three:
Task Three:
Locate the Hauraki Gulf / Tīkapa Moana on a map.
(Google Maps). Look around. Are there any places you recognise?
<-- link to the Google Map.
(5 minutes)
Task Four:
Task Four:
Challenge: Wai is the Māori word for water. What is the Māori word for the sea?
Challenge: Wai is the Māori word for water. What is the Māori word for the sea?
Task Five: Kaitiaki
Task Five: Kaitiaki
Watch the video.
Class discussion: What does kaitiaki mean? Can we be kaitiaki?
(7 Minutes)
Task Six: Plastic in our Oceans.
Task Six: Plastic in our Oceans.
Watch the video and discuss the questions.
Why are we doing this?
What is the problem?
What are we going to do about it?
Take Action
Take Action
Go outside - pick up rubbish.
Go outside - pick up rubbish.
Discuss health and safety first!
Make sure to look under plants, in gardens, in gully traps and drains.
How many pieces of plastic can you find?
Use this class tally sheet to record data.
Take a group photo of the class holding up the plastic collected and upload it to Young Ocean Explorers website.
Take a group photo of the class holding up the plastic collected and upload it to Young Ocean Explorers website.
Also, upload the quantity of plastic collected to the Young Ocean Explorers website.
Reflection
Reflection
● What is one thing you learned today?
● What is one thing you learned today?
● Is the Hauraki Gulf important to all of New Zealand? Reasons?
● Is the Hauraki Gulf important to all of New Zealand? Reasons?
● How can being Kaitiaki of the Tīkapa Moana (or our local area) make a difference?
● How can being Kaitiaki of the Tīkapa Moana (or our local area) make a difference?
● Start thinking about how you could encourage others and raise awareness of how to look after our ocean. The last few days of this challenge are going to be for you to create a video (or another way of sharing). Perhaps start a list to write down any ideas that you have as we learn together in the next few days.
Fast Finisher - Optional Extras
Fast Finisher - Optional Extras
Group Discussion
Group Discussion
Divide your class up into 5 groups. The five questions will be on the wall. Start at the question your teacher tells you to and brainstorm all the answers you can think of. move around the room to the next question. Keep going until you have answered all the questions.
What is ON the water?
What is UNDER the water?
What is ABOVE the water?
What is BY the water?
What is NEAR the water?
Hari huritau ko te Pātaka kai o Tīkapa
Hari huritau ko te Pātaka kai o Tīkapa
Moana Te Moananui-ā-Toi.
Did you know that the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park was formed in February 2000 - so in 2021 that makes it 21 years old! Hari huritau ko te Pātaka kai o Tīkapa Moana Te Moananui-ā-Toi. (Happy Birthday Hauraki Gulf Marine Park).
How do you say twenty one in Māori?
How do you say twenty one in Māori?
Research
Research
Research how the Hauraki Gulf is used for each area.
Research how the Hauraki Gulf is used for each area.
How is this area important for New Zealand/New Zealanders? What impact does it have on us?
How is this area important for New Zealand/New Zealanders? What impact does it have on us?
How does human activity impact the Moana?
How does human activity impact the Moana?
Choose one area to research.
● Tourism
● Health and Wellbeing
● Transport
The links are from the National Library of NZ. You can find your information also. If our devices aren't ready yet we will come back to this activity later when we have them.
(15 minutes)
Brainstorm:
Brainstorm:
What are the beliefs about the importance of what is ON/UNDER/ABOVE/BY & NEAR water and the sea to Māori?
Add ideas to your brainstorms.
(5 minutes)
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