Weekly outline

  • General

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  • 29 January - 4 February

  • 5 February - 11 February

    Success Criteria

    Students will gain a thorough understanding why water is essential to human health and well-being and will be able to list several benefits of water to good health.


  • 12 February - 18 February

    Success Criteria

    Students will gain a thorough understanding of the controversy that surrounds the use of infant formula in low-income countries and be able to recount the pivotal role of clean drinking water – and the implications of what happens when formula is mixed with contaminated water.


  • 19 February - 25 February

    Success Criteria

    Students will gain an un understanding of the scientific support for the use of fluoride in Auckland drinking water and be able to recount some of its health benefits.


  • 26 February - 3 March

    Water Controversies in New Zealand

    Success Criteria

    Students will gain a basic introduction to the issue of microplastics in the water and air in New Zealand and potential harmful impacts on our health and the environment – and be able to recount specific impacts in both areas.



  • Week 6: Water Controversies Continued

    Success Criteria: 

    By the end of the week students will be able to recount key differences and health impacts of sports drinks versus energy drinks versus plain water. In terms of the current event, students will be able to name the fundamental tenets of Christianity, and be able to identify the names of some of the major branches.


  • Week 7 - Current Events

    Success Criteria: By the end of the lesson students will be able to describe the concept of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam and recount key tenets.

  • Week 8

    Please follow the instructions - due at on Friday April 5th.

  • 25 March - 31 March

  • Week 10 Global

    Assessment duie at the end of Week 10 by 3:00 pm. 

  • Week 11 - Global presentations

    Success criteria: Students will solidify their knowledge of a particular invasive species and be about to recount at least two ways to mitigate its presence in New Zealand. 

    Students will take the information in the assessment, work with a partner (no more than 3) and create a poster to be presented lesson 3. You will stand in front of the class and present for 3 to 5 minutes. You poster will focus on the problem posed by the species and how to mitigate it (stop its spread) in New Zealand.  

  • 15 April - 21 April

  • 22 April - 28 April

  • Week 1

    Success Criteria
    Students will gain a basic understanding of the history and biology behind the concept of race and will be able to explain the statement: ‘While race is a myth, it is also a social reality.’  By the end of this week, they should be able to recount key terms and ideas that are associated with racism including what constitutes ethnicity and ethnic groups.

  • Week 2

    Confronting Myths about Racism in New Zealand

    Success Criteria

    Students will gain an understanding about myths that surround the history of racism in New Zealand.  Bty the week's end students will become familiar with key vocabulary on this subject and will be able to recount each of the required definitions from Chapter 1.


  • Week 3

    This week

    Success Criteria: 

    By the end of the week students will be able to identify at least 3 specific types of discrimination perpetrated against Maaori in Pukekohe and be able to define intergenerational trauma.


     

  • 20 May - 26 May

  • 27 May - 2 June

  • 3 June - 9 June

  • 10 June - 16 June

  • 17 June - 23 June

  • 24 June - 30 June

  • 1 July - 7 July

  • 8 July - 14 July

  • 15 July - 21 July

  • 22 July - 28 July

  • 29 July - 4 August

  • 5 August - 11 August

  • 12 August - 18 August

  • 19 August - 25 August

  • 26 August - 1 September

  • 2 September - 8 September

  • 9 September - 15 September

  • 16 September - 22 September

  • 23 September - 28 September

  • 30 September - 6 October

  • 7 October - 13 October

  • 14 October - 20 October

  • 21 October - 27 October

  • 28 October - 3 November

  • 4 November - 10 November

  • 11 November - 17 November

  • 18 November - 24 November

  • 25 November - 1 December

  • 2 December - 8 December

  • 9 December - 15 December