Mighty movement

To Māori, Papatūānuku is the mother earth and Ranginui is the father sky. Papatūānuku is changing her shape all the time. We don't really notice it because it happens very slowly over millions of years. View the interactive Crusty Stuff, and see how Papatūānuku has changed over the last 200,000,000 years. Then answer these questions:

1. How many years ago did Aotearoa start to appear on the scene?
2. How many years ago did Aotearoa finally separate from Australia?
3. What are some of the forces that helped shape Papatūānuku (the Earth)?
4. Aotearoa is very isolated from the rest of the world. Name three animals that are unique to this country.

Email your answers to wiki@tki.org.nz

Papatūānuku

Hei tā te Māori ko Papatūānuku te whaea, ko Ranginui te matua o te ao. Kua rerekē te āhua o Papatūānuku i ngā wā katoa. Kāore tonu e kitea e te hunga tangata, nā te roa o ēnei mahinga, neke atu i te miriona tau tēnei tō āhua e haere ana. Tirohia te tauwhitiwhititanga, Crusty Stuff kia kitea e pēhea ana te rerekētanga o Papatūānuku i roto i ngā tau 200,000,000. Ka whakautu mai i ngā pātai nei i te wā e mārama ai koe ki ēnei mahi.

1. Inahea i tīmata ai te puta ake o Aotearoa ki tēnei ao?
2. Ēhia tau ki muri i wehe mai ai a Aotearoa i Āhitereiria?
3. He aha ētahi o ngā taipana e āwhina ana i a Papatūānuku ki te whakarerekē i tōna āhua?
4. He tino taratahi nei te noho o Aotearoa mai i te ao whānui. Whakaingoatia mai ētahi kararehe, taketake ake nō tēnei takiwā.

Imera atu i o whakautu ki a wiki@tki.org.nz

Super scientist

It is science week at Ed and Wiki's school and their first activity is to create an identification card of a famous scientist for a class display. Check out the list of scientists below and see if you can help.

1. Read about one of the following scientists:
• Ernest Rutherford
• Alan MacDiarmid
• Allan Wilson
• Beatrice Tinsley
• Maurice Wilkins
• Open up the scientist identification (ID) card and provide the missing information.
• In Paint, create a portrait of your scientist and insert it into the ID card.

Email your ID card to ed@tki.org.nz.

Distinct differences

After visiting the local aquarium, Wiki was amazed that within a species adults looked so different from their young.

1. Play the Tank Turmoil matching game.
2. Open the Tank Turmoil science match worksheet and match the baby descriptors to the correct mother.

Email the completed worksheet to wiki@tki.org.nz.

Science QuizIt

Choose which version of the quiz you would like to do.

Tahi
Rua

Finish the quiz then take a screen shot to send to Ed:

• Press the Print Screen button on your keyboard.
• Open a Microsoft Word document.
• Press Ctrl V (paste).

Email your screen shot to ed@tki.org.nz

Science crossword

Open the Science Crossword
Finish the crossword then take a screen shot to send to Ed:

• Press the Print Screen button on your keyboard.
• Open a Microsoft Word document.
• Press Ctrl V (paste).

Email your screen shot to ed@tki.org.nz

Murky materials

Remember Kekeno the seal who was found caught in a net? Seals can get harmed from oil spills as well. This activity shows you how to separate materials like oil and water to help make the world a cleaner place.

1. Open the Revise Wise Science site
2. Read through and complete Wise Up. You can read the fact sheet as well for further information.
3. Complete the online quiz.
4. Make sure your teacher has checked your quiz result then take a screen shot and send to Ed:

• Press the Print Screen button on your keyboard.
• Open a Microsoft Word document.
• Press Ctrl V (paste).

Email your screen shot to ed@tki.org.nz

Scientific mission

Your mission is to see how far you can fly your rocket on a fuel of fresh tomatoes! You collect tomatoes by answering questions on different science topics.

1. Open the revise wise science quiz.
2. Complete all the answers correctly to earn points.
3. If you earn enough points you can fuel your own rocket and play the science knowledge game.
4. Take a screen shot of your game result to send to Ed:

• Press the Print Screen button on your keyboard.
• Open a Microsoft Word document.
• Press Ctrl V (paste).

Email your result to ed@tki.org.nz.

Juicy acids

Have you ever eaten an orange or kiwi fruit and felt a burning sensation in your mouth? That's because the juice is acidic. Operate Gem's alien juice bar to find out all about acids and bases.

1. Open up the juice bar activity and play.
2. Open the acids and bases worksheet and save it to your work folder.
3. Complete the work sheet making sure you can tell the difference between an acid and a base.

Email your worksheet to ed@tki.org.nz.

Scientific gobbledygook

Help Ed and Wiki unscramble these scientific words.

1. Open the anagrams website and unscramble 20 words.
2. Push the exit button and put your initials and Alabama on the certificate page.
3. Take a screen shot to send to Ed:

• Press the Print Screen button on your keyboard.
• Open a Microsoft Word document.
• Press Ctrl V (paste).

Email your screen shot to ed@tki.org.nz