🌟 Extension Activities
Ngā Mahi Whakawhānui

Additional activities to extend learning for students who want to go deeper!

Task: Choose one plant or animal from your place. Research it and create a fact sheet.

Include: What it needs, where it lives, how it helps the environment, how we can care for it.

Present: Create a poster, booklet, or digital presentation.

Task: Take photos of your place over several weeks. Document changes you see.

Create: A photo story showing how your place changes and how you care for it.

Share: Present your photo story to the class or whānau.

Task: Plan and create a small native plant garden at school or home.

Research: Which native plants grow well in your area? What do they need?

Action: Plant, care for, and document the garden's growth.

Task: Write a story about being a kaitiaki. It could be:

Include: Drawings or illustrations to go with your story.

Task: Create art using natural materials (leaves, sticks, stones) or recycled materials.

Ideas: Nature mandalas, leaf rubbings, recycled sculptures, nature collages.

Display: Create an art exhibition showing your environmental art.

Task: Compare two different places - your school and your home, or two different environments.

Compare: What living things are there? How are they different? How do we care for each?

Present: Create a comparison chart or Venn diagram.

Task: Identify a problem in your community and create an action plan to help.

Steps: Research the problem, plan a solution, take action, document results.

Share: Present your community action to the class or school assembly.

Task: Create a book about kaitiakitanga for younger students.

Include: Simple explanations, pictures, examples of caring actions.

Share: Read your book to a younger class or create a class library book.

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