(^ Play this video to your class to introduce the week! Teaching resources are further down this page.
Summary: The towering, ancient giants of the forests are dying… and all due to a microscopic organism! This week, you’ll take a deep dive into the cause of kauri dieback and learn about ways to prevent its spread. Play fun games with your class, do hands-on activities or create a kauri dieback cleaning station in your classroom. Although kauri forests are only found north of Hamilton, there are resources to make this relevant to all schools, no matter where in the country you are! Explore why these 2000 year-old trees hold such a special place in the hearts and minds of New Zealanders and how they are regarded in Te Ao Māori.
Core objective:
Learn about Kauri Dieback and how to reduce its spread.
Prizes for this week:
The top 3x classrooms will be put in touch with a local Trees that Count advisor who will talk to you about the best native trees for your schools site, and help you access free native trees through their online marketplace! Too easy!
UPDATED: PRIZES AND HIGHLIGHTS BELOW:
Curriculum links:
Levels 1 and 2:
Major link: Science: Living world, ecology.
Minor links: Measurement. Health and Physical Education: Movement Concepts and Motor Skills, Healthy Communities and Environments. (Varies).
Levels 3 and 4:
Major link: Science: Living world, ecology.
Minor links: Measurement. Health and Physical Education: Movement Concepts and Motor Skills, Healthy Communities and Environments. (Varies).
Years 1-4
60 minute lesson-plan focus: Learning about kauri dieback while investigating local trees.
Extra resources:
1) Fun kauri activites
2) Kauri Dieback School Resource
3) Investigate local trees
4) 'Save our kauri' game
Call to action: Initiate a tree planting project!
Each week we provide a simplified 60-minute lesson plan. However, we will also provide more activities for the extra keen teachers… we know you’re out there! Check out the “extra activities + content” button above. (Got questions/improvements for the resource? Comment directly on the pdfs)
^Take footage of your class in action and go into win the weekly prizes, feature on the weekly highlights video and be in the running for the GRAND PRIZE…!
Years 5-8
60 minute lesson-plan focus: Learning about kauri dieback and how it can be spread.
Extra resources:
1) ‘Save our kauri' game
2) Kauri Dieback School Resource
3) Investigate local trees
4) Inquiry based learning - Kauri in Te Ao Māori; Gum Diggers; Kauri, the perfect building material?; History and time-scales.
Call to action: Initiate a tree planting project!
(Got questions/improvement ideas for the resource? Comment directly on the pdf)
^Take footage of your class in action and go into win the weekly prizes, feature on the weekly highlights video and be in the running for the GRAND PRIZE…!
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