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Curriculum Connections
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Learning Area
Phase 3 · Phase 4
Curriculum Phases
Each statement below is quoted verbatim from Te Mātaiaho (the New Zealand Curriculum). Connections are audited links between this unit's resources and the national curriculum — no paraphrasing, no generated alignment. This unit has 50 audited connections in total — the 5 strongest are shown below.
Core connection
"Evaluating ways humans can positively impact ecosystems and communicating actions that support kaitiakitanga (e.g. planting trees, composting, recycling, growing food, planting native species)"
Core connection
"Indigenous knowledge systems, such as mātauranga Māori, are often founded on long-term observations of environmental patterns. For example, ngā tohu o te taiao can be used to monitor seasonal changes and ecosystem health."
Core connection
"Photosynthesis is a process that plants, algae, and some bacteria use to make their own fuel in the form of sugar (glucose) using light, water, and carbon dioxide."
Where this is taught
Core connection
"Investigating emerging energy production types and assessing their relevance to New Zealand."
Core connection
"Combustion is a process in which energy is transferred, primarily as heat and light."