: He Whare Mökai — Pet House

Approach: Independent
Focus: Evaluating a pet house design and designing an improved model.
1.3MB Resources: Video recording on a laptop computer (see overleaf), paper to record design.
Questions / instructions: This activity is called Pet House. We’ll start by watching a video. After you have seen the video you have some questions to answer in the book I have given you. Ko te Whare Mökai te ingoa o tënei mahi. Tïmataria mä te mätaki rïpene ataata. Kia mutu tërä, me whakautua ngä pätai ki roto i te puka tuhi kua hoatungia ki a koutou.
			% responses
			GEd	MI
Video Script: “Good afternoon young man. Can I help you?” “Hello. Can I please have a guinea pig” “Certainly. Lets go down here and see if there is one that you like. There should be a box here somewhere. “ “Is there one in here you like?” “Come here my little man. How’s that then?” “Mind you look after him then, Michael.” “Yes” “There you are then. Have you got a house for it — a home for it?” “Mmmm, I’ll have to make one.”
	Click the Play button to start the video. Päwhiria te pätene Tïmata kia whakaaturia te ataata.
1.	Why would a cardboard box not be suitable for a permanent home for a guinea pig? Nä te aha i kore ai i pai te pouaka käri märö, hei käinga tüturu, mö tëtahi mökai guinea pig?
	Problems with cardboard material	not strong	17	0
		not weather/waterproof	9	19
		guinea pig can eat it	23	10
		difficult to clean	5	0
	Problems with existing design	too small	33	19
		poor ventilation	30	40
		dark, no view	11	4
		no special activity areas (sleep, recreation)	11	6
2.	You are going to design a pet house that could be built for a guinea pig. Before you start, write down the things you would need to think about so that the pet house will be a good permanent home. Ka whakarite hoahoa koutou, hei hanga whare mökai mö tëtahi guinea pig. I mua i tö koutou tïmatanga tuhia ëtahi whakaarotanga mäu, kia pai ai te tü o tënei whare mökai tüturu.
3.	Now do a quick drawing of the pet house for the guinea pig. Try to show all of the important parts it would have, and how it is to be made. Kia tere tonu te tä hoahoa mö tëtahi whare mökai poaka. Whakaaturia mai aua wähanga tino whai tikanga ka whakaurua, me te whakaatu hoki, me pëhea te mahi.
4.	Write words on your drawing to help explain your plan. Tuhia ngä tapanga me ngä whakamärama ki runga hoahoa.
	Responses to 2, 3 and 4	adequate ventilation	75	75
		light and view	75	73
		good shelter	67	44
		recreational facilities	47	67
		separate space for separate activities	72	56
		food provided	63	71
		water provided	55	48
		floor covering/bedding	56	19
		entrance/exit/cleaning access	45	50
		adequate size	74	96
		fully enclosed	70	96
	Total score:	more than 11	8	2
		10 – 11	31	23
		8 – 9	26	33
		6 – 7	25	29
		4 – 5	6	11
		2 – 3	1	2
		0 – 1	3	0
Commentary: The results achieved by Mäori students in general education (GEd) and Mäori immersion (MI) settings were not statistically significantly different.

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