Term 2: Week 10

EXPLORE / TŪHURAlearning intentions:

• We are EXPLORING the 4 pillars of sustainability
• We are EXPLORING issues in terms of a sustainable world
• We are EXPLORING various issues and making decisions about possible actions
• We are EXPLORING Maori concepts of Whakamana (Ako + Wananga), Pono & Awinatanga

• I can define sustainability
• I can discuss the four pillars or lenses of sustainability
• I can discuss issues, in terms of a sustainable world
• I can locate evidence of MHJC's Values-in-Action through my 'Sustainability' learning journey
• I can understand the impact of single-use plastics on the marine environment
• I can describe the impact of humans on the marine environment

Activities:

DO NOW: Complete student feedback survey

1. View the video 'A Plastic Ocean'.  This will take 2 sessions. 
2. In exercise books, complete in-class note-taking activity.  
3. Reflection upon our own lunch-boxes.  How much plastic do we use?  Could we do better?
4. Reflection upon the blue whale that introduces and concludes the film, 'A Plastic Ocean'.  An exploration into baleen/toothed whales and their feeding techniques, so we understand why plastic is such a threat to whales. 

5. We will be revising the Social Science skill of map-drawing.  Go to 'Google Classroom' and read instructions for the mapping activity.

6. Draw a map to show the 'Migration Patterns of Whales in the Southern Hemisphere.'  Examples have been included below...

Follow Up Tasks:
Please continue to practice the lyrics and movements to the MHJC Haka "Kia Mana Ake"