: Te Whakaröpü — Sorting
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Approach:  One to one  
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Focus: Classification 
Resources: 3 bags, nail, balloon, coin [bag 1: rubber band, plasticine, foam cube;
bag 2: metal spoon, magnet, metal paper ring; bag 3: stone, wooden cube, plastic counter]
He whakatau kupu: poihau = balloon, nëra = nail, moni uka = coin 

Questions/instructions:

Ko tënei mahi, he tirotiro i ëtahi röpü taonga, me te äta whakaaro he aha i përä ai te whakaröpü o aua taonga. Kätahi ka tonoa koe ki te hoatu i ëtahi taonga anö ki ngä röpü. E pai ana te whäwhä i ngä taonga.

In this activity you will be looking at some groups of things and deciding why they have been grouped together. Then you will be adding some more things to the groups. You can touch the things.
 
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Whakatakotoria ngä taonga o te pëke tuatahi ki runga i te pëke.

Place objects from bag 1 on top of the bag.

1. He aha tëtahi ähuatanga örite o ënei taonga katoa?

What is something the same about the things in this group?
soft/flexible

 

65
Whakatakotoria ngä taonga o te pëke tuarua ki runga i te pëke.

Place objects from bag 2 on top of the bag.

2. He aha tëtahi ähuatanga örite o ënei taonga katoa?

What is something the same about the things in this group?
hard

15
metal

57
magnetic metal

17
Whakatakotoria ngä taonga o te pëke tuatoru ki runga i te pëke.

Place objects from bag 3 on top of the bag.

3. He aha tëtahi ähuatanga örite o ënei taonga katoa?

What is something the same about the things in this group?
hard

47
not metal

0
not magnetic metal

0
Inäianei, me hoatu tëtahi o ënei taonga ki ia röpü. Köwhiria te taonga e tino rite ana ki tënä röpü, ki tënä röpu.
Hoatu te nëra, te poihau me te moni uka.

Now I would like you to put one of these things into each of the groups.
Choose a thing that fits best into each group.
Hand out nail, balloon and coin.

4. Ko tëhea te röpü e tika ana mö te poihau? Tukuna he wä whakaaroaro mä te äkonga.

Where would you put the balloon?
Allow time.
bag 1

96
5. He aha koe i hoatu ai i te poihau ki tënä röpü?

Why did you put it there?
soft/flexible

64
6. Ko tëhea te röpü e tika ana mö te nëra?
Tukuna he wä whakaaroaro mä te äkonga.

Where would you put the nail?
Allow time.
bag 2

81
7. He aha koe i hoatu ai i te nëra ki tënä röpü?

Why did you put it there?
hard

6
metal

38
magnetic metal

17
8. Ko tëhea te röpü e tika ana mö te moni uka?
Tukuna he wä whakaaroaro mä te äkonga.

Where would you put the coin?
Allow time.
bag 3

68
9. He aha koe i hoatu ai i te moni uka ki tënä röpü?

Why did you put it there?
hard

36
not magnetic

9
E hiahia ana koe ki te hoatu i ngä taonga ki tëtahi röpü kë atu?
Tukuna he wä whakaaroaro mä te äkonga.

Is there anything you would like to change?
Allow time.
10. Why did you change that?
He aha koe i huri ai i öu whakaaro?

Why did you change that?

[some students had not included “magnetic” as a factor for bag 2 and needed to change that]
not marked

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Total score:
11–16

2
9–10

18
7–8

26
5–6

28
3–4

17
0–2

9
Commentary:
Most students cam up with classification schemes that were at lease partially appropriate but few distinguished magnetic metals from other metals.
 
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