Teacher-only planning companion for Awa Cause and Effect. Use this page to keep the organiser focused on reasoned explanation, not superficial blame or tidy slogans.
This page is for kaiako. The organiser works best when students must justify each claimed cause or effect with actual observation, data, or kōrero from the inquiry.
A mātauranga Māori lens matters because whakapapa and kaitiakitanga both position environmental issues as relational and systemic rather than isolated incidents.
Students participate in thinking about community challenges and what could be done in response.
The organiser helps students analyse a local problem before action planning, which makes participation more thoughtful and less performative.
Best used as the bridge between evidence collection and an actual class decision.
Students consider how people use places differently and how those uses carry consequences.
Prompt students to think about infrastructure, habits, land use, and restoration work, not just obvious litter.
Useful for moving from simple environmental morality to more sophisticated local analysis.
Students use discussion to explain ideas, respond to questions, and build on evidence together.
Keep talk evidence-led and ask for clarifying follow-ups such as “What makes you say that?” or “What did we actually observe?”
This is where the organiser becomes a serious reasoning tool rather than a simple worksheet.
Ministry of Education. (2007). The New Zealand Curriculum. Learning Media.
Ministry of Education. (2021). Te Mātaiaho: The Refreshed New Zealand Curriculum. Ministry of Education.
Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand. (2021). Tātaiako: Cultural Competencies for Teachers of Māori Learners. Teaching Council.