Section outline

  • Success Criteria: Students will create a collaborative Powerpoint on a famous Kiwi invention and inventor and will be able to recount a basic description of the invention and its practical use. 

    REFLECT / WHAIWHAKAARO

    REFLECT / WHAIWHAKAARO learning intentions:

    • We are REFLECTING on your chosen Kiwi inventor/innovators in the form of a slide presentations


    Students will work in groups of between two and four to create a Powerpoint presentation on one of the famous Kiwi Inventions that we have covered in class..  They will be limited to no more than 12 slides and will cover the following areas:  1) A brief background of the inventor, 2) a description of the invention, and 3) what practical use it performs in relation to what already existed, and 4) a final slide that lists 3 key takeaways in the form of dot-points about your case study that students will write into their red books. 

    Your presentation will be limited to 10-minutes maximum.  You will present during lessons 2 and 3 of Week 10.