New Zealand Lesson Plans

1. KuneKuneKune
...ed to martial arts. Now there are lots of good sites out there! Physical features Rarity Diet Origins If you are interested in buying a kunekune pig, have a look at History the pig selling page. If you have photos of your kune kunes, please send them in to my Origins picture page! Introduction into New Zealand Recent history Below is list of recently updated kunekune-related sites. Just Say Oinc Practical New Zealand Kune Kune Breeders' Association Care British Kune Kune Breeders Society Why get one? USA Kune Kunes Kunes wanted Kunes for sale Pig owners' page Sign Guestbook by GuestWorld View Miscellaneou...

2. Maori
Challenge your pupils to use their atlas to find New Zealand towns, rivers, regions, mountains and other geographic features that have Maori names that include any of the following Maori words in any combination. Using the 'meanings chart', have pupils define and write a general meaning for each place found. tara peak kapua clouds paonga toi fern root wai wat...

3. Sun and Earth
...odeling is a way of allowing students to see what actually happens, unfortunately however, seeing is not believing! You Need 1. a dark room 2. a lamp 3. a globe of the earth 4. a small model person to be blu-tacked on to the globe or a sticker to represent a person. Show This Attach the 'person' to New Zealand. Show that when the person is on the side towards the Sun, it is light or daytime. Slowly turn the Earth and see how the person moves around into the dark side or night. Extend It More fully explain this idea by seeing that when the person first comes into the Sun, it is appearing just over the Eart...

4. Traveling Apples
A to Z Teacher Stuff ~ Teacher Resources, Lesson Plans, Themes, Tips, advertise Printables, and more Click Here! Quick Links: Teacher Downloads Free Newsletter Sites for Teachers ? Leveled Books Search home themes lessons tips articles discuss store printables subjects tools search Home : Lesson Plans : Social Studies : Grades K-2 : Geography : Traveling Apples Click Here! Click Here! Traveling Apples Click Here! Grade Level(s): 1-2 By: Dana L. Craig, Stude...

5. What's It All About?
...sary to the story. 2. Pick out the less important or repeated ideas from the passage and them. 3. Highlight the important and necessary details using key words. 4. Pick a topic sentence 5. Invent a topic sentence if there is none. - Copy of Space Rock Makes a Crash Landing, National Geographic Kids News for each student. Plan: 1. First we will begin by reviewing what comprehension is. Ask the students what they think comprehension is. Good job! When we are reading it is important that we comprehend what we are reading. That is being able to understand and remember what we have read when finished. Today we...

6. Cross Cultural Student Collaboration Project
...eas. Suggested Grade Level: 3-8 Materials Needed: Computer with email capabilities. Cross Cultural Student Collaboration Project The cross cultural collaboration project at Alegheny Elementary School began when physical education teacher Gerry Cernicky met Rex Wood a physical education teacher from New Zealand on the USPE listserv. The two teachers decided to initiate a collaborative project which would allow students to communicate with one another. The first task was for students at Allegheny Elementary School to send letters to students at Reporoa school in New Zealand. In the initial letter students w...

7. Invasive aquatic animals: Minnesota DNR Field guide to aquatic exotic plants and animals
Minnesota Department of Natural Invasive aquatic Resources (MN DNR) animals A-Z List Site Map Contact the DNR What's New? Newsroom Events & Seasons Select this link to skip over navigation links and proceed to content. _ > MN DNR Home > Natural resources > Invasive species > Invasive aquatic animals Related Pages: Bighead Common & Bighead & carp Common silver silver carp Invasive species carp carp Main page Invasive Species P...

8. Introducing Temperature Measurement
...t who made the measurement Photo of colored count the first 10 beads of one color, and six beads of the second beads on a string color. Hang the string in front of the class so that only these 16 from the classroom of beads are visible. For example, hang them over an easel with the Dianne Cluett in New remaining beads hanging down the back. See photo to the right from Zealand Dianne Cluett's class in New Zealand, with the blue and yellow beads hanging on the side of the easel. Using a class chart or individual worksheets, have a student color Photo of rainfall and in this temperature on a chart for the da...

9. Summarization Superstars
...om the passage and delete them. 3. Pick out the repeated ideas from the passage and delete them. 4. Highlight the important and necessary details using key words. 5. Pick a topic sentence 6. Invent a topic sentence if there is none. Copy of Space Rock Makes a Crash Landing, National Geographic Kids News for each student. Procedures: 1. ?Today we are going to talk about comprehension. Does anyone know what that means? The reason that we learn to read is so that we can comprehend, or understand, the information given in whatever we are reading. When we comprehend, we understand what we are reading and are a...

10. Summin' It All Up (Reading to Learn)
...he story. 2. Pick out the less important or repeated ideas from the passage and eliminate them. 3. Highlight the important and necessary details using key words. 4. Pick a topic sentence 5. Invent a topic sentence if there is none. -Copy of Space Rock Makes a Crash Landing, National Geographic Kids News for each student. Procedure: 1. Begin by asking students if anyone knows what comprehension means. Wait for response and then review their responses. "Good job! Comprehension is understanding what we are reading and then remembering it after we are done. Today we are going to learn a couple of steps that a...