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Take notes, make notes
Ed and Wiki have heard about lots of famous singers and sports
people but they don't know as much about some of New Zealand's
quiet achievers. Here is a list of famous mathematicians and
scientists that Ed would like to find out about. When he looked
at the websites about them he was overwhelmed by all the information!
He needs a summary. Take notes to make it easy for Ed to understand
some key ideas about these people.
- Choose one of the following famous New Zealand scientists
or mathematicians.
- Read about them.
- Open a Word document.
- Copy and paste relevant information from the web page under
the following headings:
- What they are famous for.
- How they achieved their discovery.
- A brief description of their background and special talent.
- Reword the information into your own words.
- Present your
information with an interesting heading and border.
Email your notes to ed@tki.org.nz.
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Virtual journeys
Ed really admires Sir Edmund Hillary. Take a virtual
climb up Mount Everest with them. If you were going up Mount
Everest what would you need to pack? Find out from here.
- Open your
pack and record what you need.
- Check out Hillary and Tenzing's route
up the mountain.
- Complete
the map showing the route to the summit and putting in
all the camps on the way.
- Write a short diary of your journey including the difficulties
of the climb and how you felt at altitude.
Email your pack, map and diary to ed@tki.org.nz.
Or
Sir Peter Blake was a great sailor and explorer. Read about Sir Peter Blake's trip down the Amazon, from his log
entry written just before his death. Then read the next entry.
- Imagine you are Sir Peter Blake and record a diary entry
for one of the days prior to his death.
- Include a description of your location, what is happening
and how you are feeling.
Email your diary entry to ed@tki.org.nz.
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Quiz creations
See if you can stump Ed and Wiki; create a quiz based on the
lives of famous New Zealanders with answers to test them. Your
quizzes will be published on wickED quiz it.
- Read through some websites about different famous New Zealanders.
- Write a ten-question multichoice quiz up using Word. Bold
the correct answer.
Email your quiz with answers to ed@tki.org.nz
and he will put them up in Quiz it. |
Ballad bonanza
A ballad is a poem or song that tells a story of an event.
Ballads were often used to spread the news, provide entertainment,
or create a "bigger than real life" story. Help Ed
to remember Jean Batten and celebrate her achievements.
- Read
Examples of ballads and find out how
to write them.
- Find out about Jean
Batten.
- Open a Word document and write a ballad that is
at least 12 lines long.
Email your ballad to ed@tki.org.nz.
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Momentous mocumentary
Script writers wanted!! Write an interview including questions
and answers for a documentary on a famous New Zealander so Ed
and Wiki and feature it on wickEDtv.
- Choose one of the following people to interview and read
about them.
- Write an introduction to introduce the famous person to
the audience. Include their name, their achievement, and where
they are from.
- Create five open–ended questions and record the answers
the famous person would have given.
For an extra 5 points!
- Using actors in the roles of interviewee and interviewer,
video the documentary.
Send your script or video to ed@tki.org.nz.
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Re-enacting a famous event
Ed really wants to show some exciting video re-enactments
of events that have happened in New Zealand's history on wickEDtv.
- Choose one of the following events to re-enact.
- Download the storyboard
sheet and save it to your work folder.
- Get together with two other people and plan on the storyboard
sheet exactly what is going to happen.
- Practise, practise, practise!
- Film your event, with background, sound and props.
- Edit your re-enactment.
Email your documentary to ed@tki.org.nz.
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wickED writer
Write a review about a famous New Zealand musician.
- Choose one of the people from the list below:
- Open the review
template and save it into your work folder. Complete the
review template.
Email your review to wiki@tki.org.nz.
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wickENZ
Split Enz from New Zealand made it BIG in the world music
scene in 70s and 80s. When Split Enz broke up Neil Finn went
on to form Crowded House, another world famous Kiwi band. He
was later joined by his brother, Tim. Check out the Crowded
House biography to answer these questions.
- What year did Split Enz break up and form Crowded House?
- What two Crowded House songs have hit the US top ten charts?
Your next task is to design a fabulous and outrageous new
costume and hairstyle for Split Enz. Check out their costumes
on the Split
Enz Photo Album.
Using the site for inspiration and ideas design a costume
design and hairdo either in Paint or by hand. Here's Wiki's
example.
Email wiki@tki.org.nz
with your answers and design. |
Will the real Hone Heke please stand
up!
For many New Zealanders, Hone Heke is known as the Rangitira
who kept chopping down British flagpoles. There is much more
to the story. Read about what actually happened on the New
Zealand in History website then answer the following questions:
- Which tribe was Hone Heke from?
- How many times did Hone Heke chop down the British flagpoles?
- What motivated Hone Heke to chop down the flagpoles?
- Use the cartoon
template to create a cartoon strip about the event. The
cartoon needs a beginning, middle and end.
Email wiki@tki.org.nz
with your cartoon. |
Off to the big apple!
You and Ed are going to be speaking at an international arts
conference in New York about one of these of two renowned Māori
artists.
- Hareruia Aperahama is a singer, songwriter and musician.
He is best known as the lead singer from The Southside of
Bombay and for their smash hit, "What's The Time Mister Wolf".
- Ralph Hotere is often referred to as New Zealand's greatest
living visual artist.
Choose one of the artists and use their websites to collect
information and present it in PowerPoint:
Hareruia Aperahama
- Read the interview with Hareruia
Aperahama in Māori. Create a slide to feature your
answer to each question.
- What are Hareruia's iwi connections?
- What were some things that really inspired Hareruia to sing
in Te Reo Māori?
- How did he start writing songs?
Or Ralph Hotere
- In his artwork - what aspects influence Hotere's subject matter?
- What sorts of materials does Hotere use to make his art?
- In your own words use this site to tell us a little about
the person Ralph
Hotere. Include information on his iwi, where he first
trained in art and some of his achievements?
You can also search the net for further information to juice
up your presentations. Create designs and graphics that reflect
the artist and will appeal to the international audience. Give
it a real kiwi/Māori flavour! Go for it!
Email wiki@tki.org.nz
with your presentation. |
Māori artist profile
 Lisa
Reihana plays a leading role in multi media art in New Zealand
today. Find out more about this amazing artist and some of her
artwork. Look at her artwork titled "Marakihau"
(PDF, 681kb).
- What are some of the medium Lisa uses in her artwork?
- Compare "Marakihau" to some traditional carved figures:
two Māori carvings at the Auckland
Museum and Māori carvings from the meeting house
in Waitangi
– use the slide show to view carvings.
- What can you see that is similar between Lisa's artwork
and the carved figure?
- Describe three ways that Marakihau is different from
the carved figure?
- Marakihau is an ocean taniwha. In Māori tradition taniwha
are often ancestors usually represented as "mermen"
with fish–like lower bodies and human heads. They are
said to have hollow tongues from which, from the bottom of
the sea, they can suck down fish, people and whole canoes.
wickED eh! Ngake and Whātaitai are two taniwha who lived in the
Wellington harbour. Read the story and then use Paint to draw
one of the taniwha using a Lisa Reihana multi media approach.
You could add your own original music, animate in PowerPoint,
make a web page, or create
a digital story.
Email wiki@tki.org.nz
with your answers and your drawing, PowerPoint, web page, or
digital story. |
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