:New Zealand Places
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Approach: Station Level: Year 4 and year 8   
Focus: Knowledge of New Zealand geography
Resources: Computer program on laptop computer
Questions/instructions:
This activity uses the computer.
Click on the button that says New Zealand Places to begin the task. The computer will tell you what to do. [Destinations shown in sequence as below.]
 


% responses
2005 (01)
y4
y8
Auckland –
Dot 3
50 (47)
83 (82)
Wellington –
Dot 7
56 (49)
87 (83)
Christchurch –
Dot 9
52 (49)
74 (72)
Dunedin –
Dot 12
36 (28)
58 (60)
Queenstown –
Dot 11
34 (30)
52 (51)
Waitangi –
Dot 2
11 (17)
40 (28)
Mount Cook –
Dot 10
10 (18)
45 (40)
Mount Taranaki/Egmont –
Dot 6
19 (15)
36 (34)
Mount Raupehu –
Dot 5
18 (18)
42 (46)
Ninety Mile Beach –
Dot 1
6 (15)
41 (38)
Cook Strait –
Dot 8
31 (39)
73 (73)
Stewart Island –
Dot 4
67 (58)
93 (88)
Total score:
11–12
2 (1)
15 (10)
 
9–10
6 (6)
21 (22)
7–8
13 (12)
23 (27)
5–6
17 (16)
23 (21)
3–4
28 (28)
12 (10)
0–2
34 (37)
6 (10)
Commentary:
More than half of year 4 students and 74 to 93 percent of year 8 students could correctly locate Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Stewart Island. No more than 20 percent of year 4 students and 50 percent of year 8 students could correctly locate Waitangi, Mount Cook, Mount Taranaki/Egmont, Mount Ruapehu and Ninety Mile Beach. There was little change, at both year levels, between 2001 and 2005.
  
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Stewart Island Dunedin Queenstown Mount Cook Christchurch Cook Strait Wellington Lake Taupo Mount Ruapehu Mount Egmont Auckland Waitangi Ninety Mile Beach