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TEACHER Sally Mathieson
YEAR
9-10 |
LEVEL
5 |
DURATION
3 weeks |
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Strand Achievement Objectives to be Assessed
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Learning Outcomes
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Time, Continuity and Change
How the ideas and actions of individuals and groups that have shaped the
lives and experiences of people are viewed through time
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Students will be able to:
- Explain how ideas about conservation have been viewed through time.
- Explain how the actions of conservationists have been viewed through time.
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Supporting Achievement Objectives
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Learning Outcomes
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Place and Environment
Why particular places and environments are significant for people
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Students will be able to:
- Explain why environments such as National Parks (like Tongariro) are significant for people.
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Processes
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Learning Outcomes
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Social Decision Making
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- Identify a variety of social actions that could be undertaken in relation
to a social issue concerning the park.
- Identify likely consequences of each action.
- Identify and justify a preferred action(s).
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Requirements
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| Settings: | New Zealand |
| Perspectives: | Bicultural, Current Issues, Future |
| Essential Learning About New Zealand Society (ELANZS): |
The physical environment of New Zealand and how people interact with the
landscape.
The location and significance of important natural and cultural features of
the landscape.
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Assessment
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Design your own assessment using the template provided.
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This unit uses many links to online resources provided by Learnz.
Schools are now required to register with Learnz to link to these. The unit
is still useful if your school has not registered, but you will need to supplement
resources about the Tongariro Plateau.
TEACHING AND LEARNING ACTIVITIES
Select and adapt these learning activities to best meet the needs of your
students, and to fit the time available:
Starter Activities
- Significant Places
Select one or more starter activities from the following units:
- Ideas and actions (for teachers)
Tongariro National Park is a very special place for many people. It has shaped
the lives and experiences of many visitors over the years. It is both a National
Park, and a World
Heritage Park.
Tongariro is a sacred place for Maori. It is tapu.
Tongariro is a special place for environmentalists and conservationists such
as DOC (Department of Conservation) because of its unique natural features.
Tongariro is also a special place for visitors from many countries -
including New Zealand; visitors who come to ski, tramp, walk, or simply
enjoy the beauty of the place.
- In pairs, small groups or as a class, take each of these three groups in turn
and discuss some of the ideas that these groups might have about
Tongariro. Complete the Propeller Map.
Possible ideas could include:
respect for land/mountains; protecting the
area; looking after the environment; great place for enjoying the
wilderness/outdoors; neat place for skiing holiday; special place; need to
preserve natural environment...
- What sort of actions could people take to implement these ideas?
(Actions are usually described using ...ing words.)
Possible actions could include:
Banning or restricting people from the park; educating people about the
park; organising tours for people to enjoy the park; set up visitor centres;
protecting special features of the park by controlling access...
- Conservation is The Word
Students construct a
CD Map
or Word Map
to define the term Conservation.
The Sacred Mountains of Tongariro National Park
- How do I get there?
Two young backpackers have just flown in to Auckland airport. They have heard
about the Tongariro National Park and are very keen to visit. Students write
a description telling them how to get there, including: the distance, time
required, the direction, places or landmarks they will pass and/or are nearby.
Students use their atlas and the following websites to get the information:
- Words to know
Teacher References:
Match these words with their correct definitions
Answers to Words to Know
- What do you know?
- Where is Mount Ruapehu?
- What kind of a mountain is it?
- Have any of you visited the Tongariro National Park?
- What is there in the park?
- What is special about this park?
See Teacher references.
Exploring the Park: Take a Virtual Tour
- Tramp the Park
Use any edition of the Tongariro National Park map
and Photographs of Tongariro National Park
and Resources for Exploring the Park.
Work in groups of four. Do a virtual tramp through the park and see if you
can match the photographs to the places you visit. Write your answers in the
spaces. Give the letter of the photo and give it a title.
Answers to Virtual tramp
- Special Features of the Park
Look through the photos of Mount
Ruapehu, Mount
Ngauruhoe,
Mount Tongariro
and Lahars
and make a chart to classify them under these headings:
(some pictures may come under more than one heading)
- Volcanoes
- Crater lakes
- Hot springs
- Forests
- Lahars
- To Think About:
Is there anywhere else in New Zealand where you would find all these things
together? Why might people consider this park to be special?
How was Tongariro Created?
- Tongariro is the Mountain
- Plate Tectonics
- Science and Legend
A Sacred Place
- A Wonderful Gift
- The History of the National Park
- Changing Perceptions
- World Heritage Park
- Conservationists - Then and Now
RESOURCES
Print
- Syme J. (1988) Tongariro Centennial: A day to remember Forest and Bird No 247
- Potton, C. Tongariro, A Sacred Gift, (1995) Nelson. Craig Potton Publishing
- McKinnon M., Bradley B. & Kirkpatrick R. (Ed) (1997)
Historical Atlas of New Zealand Auckland: David Bateman in association with Historical
Branch, Department of Internal Affairs
- Bassett J., Sinclair K. & Stenson M. (1997) The Story of New Zealand
Auckland: Reed Methuen
- Anderson L. Tongariro: A Volcanic Environment (1995) Auckland. Longman Paul.
- The Restless Land: Stories of Tongariro National Park World Heritage
Area (1998) Turangi. Tongariro Taupo Conservancy, Department of Conservation and Tongariro
Natural History Society.
- FMC Bulletin No 112. March 1993- Federation of Mountain Clubs, Wellington
- New Zealand Geographic Number 28 Oct-Dec 1995
Electronic
Other
- Video: National Parks - Tongariro Biology, History, Science, Geography and Maori
language (48 mins) TVNZ 1987 part of a series "Journeys in National
Parks"
- Map: Tongariro Park Map, Scale 1:80,000. Department of Conservation (any edition
would do for the activity)
This material has been produced by UNITEC Institute of Technology
under contract to the Ministry of Education.
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