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Te Moana - Term 4 Inquiry
Te Moana - Term 4 Inquiry
We are going to be looking at the Pacific Ocean this term and it's islands, it's knowledge, it's effect on us in NZ. Migration of peoples across the ocean to where we live today. The traditional knowledge of Pacific peoples that made them the world's best navigators across the vast oceans and enabled them to reach islands no man has reached before. Welcome to our journey to New Zealand.
Read Tupaia: Master Navigator HERE
Flipgrid here: Tupaia
The Untold Story
Today we think nothing of travelling to a new country, just jump on a plane and you can go anywhere in the world in only a few hours. But imagine if you lived thousands of years ago, and the only way to travel was a double hulled waka.
How did Kupe know?
Eight hundred years ago, crossing the world's largest ocean was about as challenging as us putting a man on the moon today!
How did they find their way?
Eight hundred years ago, sailors on a double hulled waka didn't have Google Maps or Satellites. So how did they know where to steer? Watch to find out!
Who was Tupaia?
Captain Cook gets all the glory for mapping New Zealand, but he actually had a lot of help! This video helps to explain who Tupaia was.
Hanga / Create
Land of Voyagers
Sir Peter Blake
Sir Peter Blake
Here are the photos from our VR session about the sea. CLICK HERE
You are going to write a blog post about our VR session. You can use one or more of the photos or videos.
Answer these questions in your blog. You may use google to help you find more about Sir Peter Blake.
What were we learning about?
Who was Sir Peter Blake?
What did a healthy underwater environment look like?
What did an UNhealthy environment look like?
What happens when we take out too many fish in a habitat?
What can you do to help make marine environments healthier?
You can either make up a slide show, or blog directly.
What do we know NOW about the Pacific Ocean?
What do we know NOW about the Pacific Ocean?
Use this link to a padlet to write down your thoughts. Every post will be approved first. You MUST have your initials on it or it will not be approved.
What do you know about the Pacific Ocean? What lives there? What countries are in it? Where did people who live there come from? What affects the ocean?
The Cook Islands
The Cook Islands
We are going to learn some basic information about the Cook Islands. This will be done by finding information around the room and filling in some puzzle pieces with the information asked for.
The Brief
Find the information hung up around the room.
Match the right puzzle piece to each information sheet.
Write your name on the back of each puzzle piece.
Write/draw the answer on your puzzle piece in PENCIL.
Check your answer with a friend, do you have it right? If you are unsure, ask a teacher.
Go over your answers in BLUE PEN. Rub out any pencil marks left.
Colour in your pictures with COLOURED PENCILS.
Colour in your puzzle pieces with COLOURED PENCILS.
Make them bright and colourful just like the Cook Islands are.
Cut out your puzzle pieces.
We will tape them together into one sheet each when we are finished.
Store them in your tote trays (tuck them inside your MANA books to keep them flat and nice) between completing them.
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