Climate Change
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Approach:  One to one ACCESS
Level: Year 8
Focus: Interpreting a key and creating new meanings  
Resources:
Poster, card
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Questions/instructions:


Hand student poster.
This poster shows how climate change might affect New Zealand. Climate change is the change in weather patterns over time.


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% responses
y8
toni Hand student card. Point to Auckland on poster.
Toni is a market gardener in Auckland. He grows vegetables.

1. How might climate change affect Toni?		  
more irrigation required because of less rainfall, increased evaporation
28
increased chance of heat stress so will need to protect himself
1
increased winds may require added precautions
(e.g. protection cloth)
1
other valid information from key not specfic to growing vegetables (e.g. electricity use, financial issues)
5
Point to Christchurch on poster.
Imagine you live in Christchurch.

2. How might climate change affect you?		  
  Number of valid points from key likely to affect children and their lifestyle:  
2
2
1
10
0
89
Number of valid points taken from key but not specifically relevant to lives of children:
3
3
2
8
1
17
0
73
3. Give me one reason why it is important for someone of your age to know about climate change?
  one valid reason given
44

Total score:
5–6
4
3–4
14
2
16
1
30
0
36
Subgroup Analysis [Click on charts to enlarge] :
Year 8
 
Commentary:
Most students had great difficulty with this task, with very few students showing any real grasp of the consequences of climate change. Mäori students performed considerably less well than Pakeha and Pasifika students.