Chapter Graphic : Te Whakamakere Moni — Dropping Coins
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Approach: Station
Focus: Students demonstrate their intuition or prior learning about the effects of gravity on objects of differing mass, then carry out a practical investigation and interpret the outcome.
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Resources: 50c coin, 10c coin.

Questions / instructions:
In this activity you will be finding out about how things fall. I tënei mahi ka kitea e koe pëhea ai te makere o ëtahi mea.
     
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1. THINK FIRST — do not try it yet. You have a 10 cent coin and a 50 cent coin.

Which picture do you think shows a way to hold the coins before you drop them so they will hit the floor at the same time?

Circle the picture which you think shows the best way.
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ÄTA WHAKAARO — kaua e whakamätauria inäianei. He tekau hëneti me te rima tekau hëneti täu. Ki öu whakaaro ko tëhea te pikitia e whakaatu ana i te ähua pupuri i ngä moni i mua i te makeretanga, kia kotahi ai te tau a ngä moni ki te papa?
Porohitatia te pikitia e tika ana ki a koe.
 
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2. NOW TRY IT.
    Hold your arms in each of the different ways and drop the coins. Write down which coin hit the floor first.

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KEI A KOE INÄIANEI
Torona ö ringa kia rerekë përä i ërä o ia pikitia, ä, ka whakamakere ai i ngä moni. Tuhia te moni i tau tuatahi ai ki te papa.

10c first
both together
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50c first
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3. Which is the best way to hold your arms so the coins hit the floor at the same time?

Circle the picture which you think shows the best way.

Ko tëhea te toro tino pai mö ö ringa, kia kotahi ai te tau a ngä moni ki te papa?

Porohitatia te pikitia e tika ana ki a koe.
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4. What could you do to check your results in question 2?
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    Me aha koe e whakaritea ai ö otinga i te pätai tuarua?
 
repeat test
have second observer
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Commentary:
MI (Mäori Immersion) students scored statistically significantly lower than GEd (General Education) students.
 
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