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The Three Rs of animal ethics – crossword puzzles

Māori concepts for animal ethics – introduction brings together resources that explore animal ethics with a kaupapa Māori approach. Use the crossword puzzles in this activity as an engaging way to explore the resources and develop content vocabulary. There are two different puzzles – the clues for both are in English, the answers for the first are in te reo Māori and the answers for the second are in English.

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Crossword puzzle – exploring the Three Rs of animal ethics with Māori ideas

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Challenge your knowledge of animal ethics. The clues are in English but the answers are in te reo Māori!

Download the Word file (see the link on the web page below) for the complete crossword puzzle.

Rights: Georgina Tuari Stewart
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In this activity, students use information from a range of resources to solve crossword puzzles. 

By the end of this activity, students should be able to:

  • use literacy skills to locate information across a range of texts

  • use content vocabulary in te reo Māori and English.

Download the Word file (see link below).

The Three Rs of animal ethics – crossword puzzles

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Māori concepts for animal ethics – introduction brings together resources that explore animal ethics with a kaupapa Māori approach. Other resources include:

  • Theories of animal ethics 

  • The Three Rs of animal ethics

  • Māori ethical ideas 

  • How do Māori ideas relate to animal ethics?

Activity ideas

The following activities also explore animals and ethics using information and perspectives from the articles above:

  • Animal ethics – creating texts

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  • Should cats be allowed to roam freely?

  • Roaming cats – draw the line

  • Roaming cats – diamond ranking

Acknowledgement

This content has been developed in collaboration with Professor Georgina Tuari Stewart (Ngāti Kura, Ngāpuhi-nui-tonu, Pare Hauraki), Auckland University of Technology, and Dr Sally Birdsall, University of Auckland, with funding and support from the Ministry for Primary Industries – Manatū Ahu Matua and the Australian and New Zealand Council for the Care of Animals in Research and Teaching (ANZCCART).

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Animals of Aotearoa and animal ethics

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Animals of Aotearoa: Kaupapa Māori Summaries and Exploring the Three Rs of Animal Ethics with Māori Ideas were developed with funding from the Australian and New Zealand Council for the Care of Animals in Research and Teaching (ANZCCART) and the Ministry for Primary Industries. The silhouette design was created for this project and is the copyright of Professor Georgina Tuari Stewart and Dr Sally Birdsall.

Rights: Georgina Stewart and Sally Birdsall, ANZCCART, MPI
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Published: 10 September 2024
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