: Te Tai — Tides
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Approach:  One to one  
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Focus: Interpreting a table and a graph 
Resources: Chart with table  
He whakatau kupu: tütohi = table (of data)
  
Questions/instructions: 

Hoatu te tütohi tai ki te äkonga.

Kei roto i te tütohi nei ngä körero mö te tai, te rä, me te marama. E tohu ana te P i te tai pari. E tohu ana te T i te tai timu.

  Give student tide chart.

This chart gives information about tides, the sun and moon. H means high tide and L means low tide.

[click on chart to enlarge]
 

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1. Tirohia ngä körero mö te Rätapu, te 14 o Poutü te rangi (Maehe). He aha te taima i te ahiahi, ka pari te tai ki Port Chalmers?

Look for Sunday, March 14th. At what time in the afternoon will it be high tide at Port Chalmers?
1.51pm

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2. Tirohia ngä körero mö te Rähoroi, te 13 o Poutü te rangi (Maehe). E hiahia ana kia tae atu koe ki St Clair i te wä e timu ana te tai. He aha ngä taima ka timu te tai ki St Clair?

Look at Saturday, March 13th. Imagine that you want to catch low tide at St.Clair. What times would you catch a low tide?
Correct choices:
7.05am & 7.21pm

7.05am

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7.21pm

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3. Kei roto hoki i te tütohi ëtahi körero mö te rä me te marama. Tirohia ngä körero mö te marama i te Rähoroi, te 13 o Poutü te rangi (Maehe). He aha ëtahi körero e toru mö te marama i taua rangi?

The tide chart also has information about the sun and the moon. Look at the moon for Saturday, March 13th. Try to tell me three things about the moon on this date.
rises at 2.02am

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sets at 5.20pm

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is a crescent / moon

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Tohua te wähanga o te kauwhata e whakaatu ana i te tai i te Rähoroi, te 13 o Poutü te rangi (Maehe).

Point to Saturday 13 March tide section of the graph.

4. Tirohia te kauwhata mö te Rähoroi, te 13 o Poutü te rangi. E aha ana te tai i waenganui i te rua me te ono karaka i te ata?

Now look at the graph for Saturday March 13th.
What is happening between 2 am and 6 am?
tide is going out

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5. He äwhina nui tënei tütohi i a wai?

Who might find this chart helpful?
people who need to know about the level of the sea
(or examples of such people)

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Total score:



8–9

8
6–7

16
4–5

29
2–3

27
0–1

20
Commentary:
Almost half of the students had low levels of success with this task.
 
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