๐ Extension Activities
Ngฤ Mahi Whakawhฤnui
Additional activities to extend learning for students who want to go deeper!
Additional activities to extend learning for students who want to go deeper!
๐ฌ Research Project Medium
Task: Choose one plant or animal from your place. Research it and create a fact sheet.
Include: What it needs, where it lives, how it helps the environment, how we can care for it.
Present: Create a poster, booklet, or digital presentation.
๐ธ Photo Story Easy
Task: Take photos of your place over several weeks. Document changes you see.
Create: A photo story showing how your place changes and how you care for it.
Share: Present your photo story to the class or whฤnau.
๐ฟ Native Plant Garden Hard
Task: Plan and create a small native plant garden at school or home.
Research: Which native plants grow well in your area? What do they need?
Action: Plant, care for, and document the garden's growth.
๐ Kaitiaki Story Medium
Task: Write a story about being a kaitiaki. It could be:
- A story about a guardian who cares for a special place
- Your own story about being a kaitiaki
- A story from your culture about caring for the environment
Include: Drawings or illustrations to go with your story.
๐จ Environmental Art Easy
Task: Create art using natural materials (leaves, sticks, stones) or recycled materials.
Ideas: Nature mandalas, leaf rubbings, recycled sculptures, nature collages.
Display: Create an art exhibition showing your environmental art.
๐ Compare Places Medium
Task: Compare two different places - your school and your home, or two different environments.
Compare: What living things are there? How are they different? How do we care for each?
Present: Create a comparison chart or Venn diagram.
๐ค Community Action Hard
Task: Identify a problem in your community and create an action plan to help.
Steps: Research the problem, plan a solution, take action, document results.
Share: Present your community action to the class or school assembly.
๐ Create a Book Medium
Task: Create a book about kaitiakitanga for younger students.
Include: Simple explanations, pictures, examples of caring actions.
Share: Read your book to a younger class or create a class library book.
๐ก Tips for Extension Activities
- Let students choose activities that interest them
- Provide support and resources as needed
- Celebrate all extension work - big or small
- Encourage students to share their work with others
- Connect extension activities back to main unit learning
Curriculum alignment
- Social Sciences โ Place and Environment: Understand how the environment is shaped by and in turn shapes the values, attitudes, and actions of people and communities.
- Understand: Systems shape how people and groups organise themselves: rights, responsibilities, and guardianship.