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    Description

    This learning module contains a range of activities aimed at extending students’ learning following the 'Awesome Aotearoa (NZ Species)' education session at Auckland Zoo. The activities focus on a range of NZ species, their habitats, adaptations and some key terminology.

    Audience: Aimed at Primary aged students (years 0-6)

    Pre-requisites: Access these activities after the Awesome Aotearoa (NZ Species) education session at Auckland Zoo.

    Curriculum links - Primary and Intermediate

    Science - Living World:

    • Life Processes L1-2: Recognise that all living things have certain requirements so they can stay alive.
    • Ecology L1-2: Recognise that living things are suited to their particular habitat.
    • Ecology L3-4: Explain how living things are suited to their particular habitat and how they respond to environmental changes, both natural and human-induced.
    • Ecology L5: Investigate the interdependence of living things (including humans) in an ecosystem.
    • Evolution L1-2: Explain how we know that some that some living things from the past are now extinct.
    • Evolution L3-4: Explore how groups of living things we have in the world have changed over a long period of time and appreciate that some living things in New Zealand are quite different from living things in other areas of the world.
    • Nature of Science: Understanding about Science, Investigating in Science, Communicating in Science, Participating and Contributing.
    • Education for Sustainability: Responsibility for Action, Sustainability, Biodiversity, Interdependence.

    Onsite education session

    For more information on the onsite education session linked to this online module: Awesome Aotearoa | Education at Auckland Zoo

    

• Select topic New Zealand Species - Taonga of Aotearoa

  New Zealand Species - Taonga of Aotearoa
  • Select activity New Zealand species - endemic, native and introduced

    

    New Zealand species - endemic, native and introduced Interactive Content
• Select topic New Zealand Species - Threats and how we can help

  New Zealand Species - Threats and how we can help
  • Select activity Interactive video: Identify threats to New Zealand species

    

    Interactive video: Identify threats to New Zealand species Interactive Content
  • Select activity Solutions to threats facing New Zealand animals

    

    Solutions to threats facing New Zealand animals Interactive Content
• Select topic 'Who lives in this habitat?' activities

  'Who lives in this habitat?' activities
  • Select activity Key terms activity - Habitats and adaptations

    

    Key terms activity - Habitats and adaptations Interactive Content
  • Select activity Who lives in this habitat? Wetlands

    

    Who lives in this habitat? Wetlands Interactive Content
  • Select activity Who lives in this habitat? High Country

    

    Who lives in this habitat? High Country Interactive Content
  • Select activity Who lives in this habitat? Coast

    

    Who lives in this habitat? Coast Interactive Content
  • Select activity Who lives in this habitat? Forest

    

    Who lives in this habitat? Forest Interactive Content
  • Select activity Drag and Drop the animals into the habitat where they live

    

    Drag and Drop the animals into the habitat where they live Interactive Content
  • Select activity New Zealand habitat quiz

    

    New Zealand habitat quiz Interactive Content
  • Select activity Congratulations! You have completed the Awesome Ao...

    Congratulations! Ka pai!

    You have reached the end of this module.