We live in Aotearoa New Zealand. As well as our national bond, we are also connected to local places like our home, our school, our workplace, our marae and these connections contribute to our identity.
Maps have always been a means of recording information, as well as a means of expression and communication. In the 21st Century we can use layers on modern digital maps to hide and show complexity and enhance maps as places to record and communicate a wide variety of interconnected information.
To prepare for this field trip, LEARNZ content will support inquiry into:
- Our identity and sense of place
- Traditional paper maps
- Modern digital maps
- 3D and layers for maps
- Online tools for making your own maps e.g. MyMaps
- Mapping projects e.g. conservation
- Primary and secondary sources of information - interviews, photos …
- Māori sense of place - my Waka, my Maunga, my Awa …
- Genealogy/Whakapapa
During this field trip you will:
- See Andrew's tweets on twitter
- Go with students as they explore their place
- Meet adults who identify strongly with where they live and where they originate
- Interview students who are planning and designing their own mapping projects
- Go with students as they collect personalised data for their maps
- Talk live with MyMaps experts
- Explore a conservation project where mapping is a key element
Learning Areas/Levels:
Science: Nature of Science Levels 2-6, Living World Levels 2-6
Social Studies: Place and Environment Levels 1-4, Identity, Culture and Organisation Levels 1-4, Continuity and Change Levels 1-4
For further information and to register: http://rata.learnz.org.nz/summary.php?vft=mapping183
Related content
Explore our many resources under the Mātauranga Māori topic.
Sustainability and interconnectedness are themes that underpin the student activities in our content on Tōku awa koiora, which explores the restoration of the Waikato River. River connections help students visualise the interdependence of species within a river environment. This information is helpful to understand some of the obstacles eels and whitebait face when we modify river environments, as explored in Saving taonga. Discover how the Ake ake model uses Māori perspectives to view changes in a local environment, then try it out with Mapping the future.
