: Te Mahere a Pähau Pango — Blackbeard’s Map
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Approach: Station
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Focus:   Interpreting a map 
Resources:  Map in resource book  
He whakatau kupu: whanga = bay, tangata tiora = pirate
  
Questions/instructions: 

He tangata tiora a Pähau Pango. Titiro ki tëtahi o ana mahere taonga.

   Here is a treasure map left by the pirate Blackbeard.

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Ki te tü koe ki Tihi Tiroroa, ko tëhea te hiwi ki te tonga?

If you stood on Lookout Peak, what hill would you see to the South?
Hopscotch Hill

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Tuhia te ingoa o te whanga e pätata ana ki Anapöuri.

Name the bay that is closest to Captain’s Cave.
Barnacle Bay

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Anei ngä tohutohu a Pähau Pango hei kimi i te taonga e täpuke ana.
  Here are Blackbeard’s instructions for
finding treasure.
 

1. Tuhia he ‘x’ ki te wähi e täpuke ana te taonga.

Put a cross where you would dig for treasure on the map.
cross where treasure is

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2. Tuhia he rärangi hei whakaatu i te ara hïkoi poto rawa mai i tö waka i Whanga Huriwaka ki te taonga.

Draw a line to show the shortest way to walk from your boat in Shipwreck Bay to the treasure.
shortest route

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3. Tuhia tëtahi ara hïkoi anö mai i tö waka ki te taonga. Me haere tënei ara mä Hiwi Harinui, engari kaua mä te Ngahere Wiriwiri.

 You don’t want someone to follow you to the treasure. Mark a route from your boat to the treasure. It must go through Honeycomb Hill but does NOT go through Wiggly Woods.
route from boat to treasure

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Total score:



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3

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2

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Commentary:
After the first question, which was answered well, many students had little success with the other four questions.
 
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