: Te Haere Tawhiti Nui — Ocean Journey
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Approach: One to one  
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Focus:   Navigation methods 
Resources:  2 pictures  
Questions/instructions:

Whakaaturia ngä pikitia ki te äkonga.

I haere mai ö tätou tïpuna Mäori ki tënei whenua mä runga waka.

Äta tirohia ënei pikitia. E whakaaturia ana tëtahi waka e whakatata atu ana ki uta.

Ka kitea hoki ngä tohu o te taiao i whäia e rätou kia tae tika mai ki Aotearoa.


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Show student the pictures.

Ancestors of the Mäori travelled to this land in waka (or canoes).

Have a careful look at the pictures. They show a waka on its way to this land.

The pictures also show the signs these people used to help them find their way. 
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1. He aha ngä tohu o Tama-nui-te-Rä hei äwhina i a rätou?

How could knowing about the sun help them to find their way?
show direction because sun rises in East, sets in West

3
shows the direction/way to go

22
2. He aha ëtahi atu ähuatanga e kitea ana i ngä pikitia hei äwhina i a rätou ki te kimi mai i Aotearoa?

Is there anything else you can see in the pictures that would help them to find their way?







stars

50
moon

10
visible land

25
clouds often associated with land

3
other signs of nearing land
(land-based birds, flotsam,
logs, seeds, other debris)

73
prevailing wind patterns

5
ocean current patterns

3
pathways of migrating birds

22

Total score:


6–10

0
4–5

8
2–3

70
0–1

22
Commentary:
Half of the students indicated that stars can be used for ocean navigation, with fewer aware of any other strategy that could be used until near to land.
 
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