Geography
New Zealand Grades 4-8
EBOTM110
$24.99 CAD
Additional information:
- Author : Kerrone, Linda
This resource provides students with an engaging study of New Zealand's rich history, its unusual physical features - from snow-capped mountains to sandy beaches - and the culture and lifestyles of its people. 50 activities and information cards are integrated across the curriculum. Help students explore New Zealand, a tiny island country and the homeland of the Kiwi!
Topics and Skills covered:
Research
1. Rotorua (geysers)
2. Te Wairoa (volcanoes)
3. Sheep
4. Famous Kiwis
5. Coat of Arms
6. New Zealand's Ban on Nuclear Arms
7. Earthquakes
8. Maoris and the Native Indians
9. Major City Research
10. Major Resource/Industry Research
Mapping
1. World Location
2. New Zealand's cities, bodies of water and islands
3. Kiwi Curiosities Map (accompanies the Kiwi Curiosities section)
Reading
1. New Zealand's Beginning
2. The First Explorers
3. The British Influence
4. Bizarre Birds
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Albatrosses
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Keas
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Penguins
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Kiwis
Creative Kiwis
1. Design a fruit-picking robot
2. Syllable Poems
3. Story Starters
4. Choose an Adventure Story
Spelling Units
1. Geographical Terms
2. Sentences and Definitions
3. Alphabetizing
4. Categorizing
5. Root Words
6. Introduction to words used later
Language
1. Punctuation Practice
2. Root Words, Prefixes and Suffixes
3. Proofreading (Pen Pal Writing)
4. Adjectives
5. Creative Phrases
6. Cloze and Syllables
7. Code Writing
8. Word Webbing
Kiwi Curiosities
1. Pancake Rocks
2. Moeraki Boulders
3. Waitomo Caves
4. Te Ana-Au Caves
5. Glow Worms
6. Kouri Trees
7. Glaciers
Art
1. Maori Village Models
2. Stuffed Kiwi Birds
3. Kiwi Cartoon Characters
4. Murals
5. Dough Art Ideas
6. Sheep Booklets (Pattern included)
Culminating Activities
(Teacher Input Suggestions)
1. Fried Bananas Recipe
2. National Anthem
3. Skits
4. Maori Language
5. Footrot Flats Comic Books
6. Adopt a Freighter from New Zealand
7. Listen to Maori Music
8. New Zealand Speaker
9. Travel Agents' Posters/Pamphlets
10. Slides, Videos on New Zealand
11. Compare New Zealand with Canada
Mathematics
1. Pictographs
2. Souvenir Shopping
3. Puzzling Palindromes
4. Practice with(+)(-) (x) (-;-)
5. Place Value
6. Sheepish Situations (Word Problems)
7. Mental Math Calculations
8. Bar Graphs
9. Guess and Test Problems
10. Circle Graphs
Physical Education
1. The basics of Cricket
2. Stick Games (lummi sticks)
107 pages including an answer key.