Term 2 Week 2

Kia Ora ākonga, 

This week we will be finishing off on Matariki and focusing on moon phases and how this ( maramataka ) is used by Māori through a lunar calendar to guide their lives. 

Plan for the week is as follows: 

Tuesday:  Māori traditions linked to the moon 

Wednesday/Thursday: Moon phases experiment, background info on moon phases. 

Friday:  scientific  literacy 

Success Criteria: I can/have...

• • to identify the Matariki constellation in the night sky
  • the time of year that Matariki lies in the dawn sky
  • the significance of this Māori calendar event in Māori life.
  • • Name the phases of the moon and identify them based on a model.
    • Identify which phase of the moon occurs in various locations in its orbit around Earth.
    • Describe why only one side of the moon is visible from Earth.
    
    
    
  
  

EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

• We are EXPLORING the context of Matariki and planting by doing Rangahau on the topic of Matariki and what it is about.
• We are EXPLORING the context of Matariki and planting by investigating how Māori myths of the moon compare to the scientific learning of moons
• We are EXPLORING the context of Matariki and planting by recognising the different phases of the moon and finding them based on a model.