: Te Tipihaere — Tripping Around
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Approach:  One to one  
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Focus: Interpreting a map 
Resources: Map  
Questions/instructions:

Tirohia te mahere o Te Ika a Mäui. I tängia tënei mahere hei whakaatu i ngä täwhitiwhiti i waenganui i ngä täone.

Hoatu te mahere o Te Ika a Mäui ki te äkonga. Mënä e hiahiatia ana, mäu e äwhina ki te kimi mai i ngä täone.

   In this activity you will need this map of the North Island. The map was designed to show driving distances between towns and cities.

Give student map of North Island. Help student locate cities if necessary.

[click on map to enlarge]
 

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% responses
1. E hia te tawhiti mai i Rotorua ki Tauranga?

How far is it from Rotorua to Tauranga?
60km

87
2. Me pëhea taku kimi i te tawhiti mai i Tämaki-makau-rau ki Kaitaia?

How would I work out how far it is from Auckland to Kaitaia?
325km

52
3. Ki te hiahia haere ahau mai i Taupo ki Kirikiriroa mä te huarahi poto rawa, ka haere mä tëhea täone?

If I wanted to go the shortest way from Taupo to Hamilton which town would I go through?
Cambridge

96
 

Total score:



4

52
3

13
2

18
1

17
0

0
Commentary:
Most students succeeded with reading the map to answer questions 1 and 3. The addition involved in completing the answer to question 2 apparently made the question harder.
 
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