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TEACHER Christine Robertson
YEAR
5-6 |
LEVEL
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DURATION
2-3 Weeks |
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Strand Achievement Objectives to be Assessed
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Learning Outcomes
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Place and Environment
How different groups view and use places and environments
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Students will be able to:
- Explain how different groups of people
use Antarctica.
- Explain how different groups of people view Antarctica.
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Inquiry
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- Conduct a Social Studies Inquiry.
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Supporting Achievement Objectives
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Learning Outcomes
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English: Presenting
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Students will be able to:
- Present a PowerPoint or OHP slide show using verbal and visual features to
communicate information and ideas.
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Processes
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Learning Outcomes
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Requirements
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| Settings: | Other, Global, NZ |
| Perspectives: | Multicultural, Current, Future |
| Essential Learning About New Zealand Society (ELANZS): |
- Major events in New Zealand's history
- The location and significance of important natural and cultural features of the landscape.
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TEACHING AND LEARNING ACTIVITIES
- Starter - Picture disclosure
Choose a picture from the
Photos.
Print off a colour
photograph from Winter or Weather and disclose parts for students to
discuss
where it might be, the weather, conditions, problems of living in this
environment and how they might be overcome.
- Pack your bags
Read the first three paragraphs
this story written
by traveller Richard Byrd.
Students imagine they are off to join an Antarctic expedition for six
weeks. In groups of four they write up a list (first draft) of the things they
would take with them.
Oonce students have completed this, check out the
Clothing and Equipment Checklist.
Students can discuss both lists, then add or subtract from their first draft
if they wish.
Read this journal extract -
The journey by sea
by scientist Ann Devereaux.
- Pictionary
Develop vocabulary using this variation on the
Pictionary game.
- Quiz
Go to Antarctica: The
Frozen Continent.
Let students visit different parts of the site to find information about
Antarctica and then try the
Quiz.
- Early Explorers
In groups of four, students investigate an Antarctic explorer
of their choice.
Try for a range of explorers to complete three journal entries their explorer may have written.
- Who knows?
Provide a Who Knows Grid for each student.
Their task is to find out why these different groups visit Antarctica.
Students find as quickly and quietly as possible, someone who can give them
the information for each square. It's a good idea to set a maximum number of
squares to be completed by one person.
As they find the information they note the person's name and answer in the
square.
Share the information in small groups or as a class.
Who goes to Antarctica?
- Inquiry
Assessment Activity
Conduct an Inquiry into how different groups of people view and use
Antarctica.
Gather all the presentations and display them on the classroom wall under
the heading: "How different groups view and use Antarctica"
- Threats to Antarctica
Shared reading:
Broni Stephen Southern Quest Part 3 Leaving it Clean
School Journals: 1990 Pt 4 No 3.
In groups of four, discuss things that are threats to the Antarctic
environment, and complete a bubble chart. Share ideas as a class and add
extra information about threats to the bubble chart.
These sites are worth a look.
- Treaty of Antarctica
Visit The
Antarctic Treaty to see how a group of countries are trying to protect
the Antarctic. In pairs, read about the treaty, jot down three good things
that the treaty does, then share your thoughts with another pair.
- Role play
In pairs, work out a scenario on the ice that shows how a group of people
you have studied view and use the Antarctic. Practise your scene, then
present it to the class.
RESOURCES
School Journals
- Millen, Julia Five Weeks on Ice 1981 Pt 4 No2
- Broni Stephen Southern Quest Part 1 1990 Pt 4 No 1
- Broni Stephen Southern Quest Part 2 Shipwrecked in the Pack Ice 1990 Pt 4 No 2
- Broni Stephen Southern Quest Part 3 Leaving it Clean 1990 Pt 4 No 3
- Westerkov, Kim Time Capsule in the Antarctic 1991 Pt1 No 3
- Sendall, Emily Voyage to the cold south 1994 Pt 1 No 2
This material has been produced by UNITEC Institute of Technology
under contract to the Ministry of Education.
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