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    EXPLORE / TŪHURA

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

    • We are EXPLORING... the Māori lunar calendar to discover and make connections to planting
    • We are EXPLORING... the moon by taking observations and researching the moon's features

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    Paearu Angitu / Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • Identify + describe the phases of the moon  (new moon, waxing moon, half moon, waning moon, full moon)
    • Create a phases of the moon resource for home 
    • Make connections between the moon phases and the calendar month
    • Extension: Research + report on one famous solar eclipse

    Hei Mahi / Activities:

    1. Practical: plant seeds, investigate movement of water in plants using celery
    2. Hands-on: moon phases with oreos, role play to make moon phases
    3. Class notes: Google Slides
    4. Extension: research + reporting on solar eclipses