Term 2: Week 8

EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

• We are EXPLORING to research various historical NZ and Global natural disasters
• We are EXPLORING to discover changes in weather patterns that impact Global warming

Success Criteria:

• We understand that events have causes and the impact diasters have on people, place and environment
• We understand how formal and informal groups make decisions that impact on communities.

Activities:

1. DO NOW: Test our  Numeracy skills through our context learning: Access this activity through Google classroom: Further instructions will be provide to you in class.

Numeracy link - Tuanui Survives (You will be reading a story about how Tuanui survives.You will be provided with improper fractions to know the outcome). The task will be explained in detail during classtime.

2. Continue watching a documentary:  Wild weather under threat

Activity: Individually answer the questions below.

• Write down the key points from the video

• What was the impact on these disasters on people, place and the environment?

• Write ⅔ paragraphs.

3. Working on your script for your role play. Please be ready for your roleplay in Week 10

4. Literacy task: Auckland Floods (Refer to the google doc)