: He Aorangi — Planets
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Approach: Station  
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Focus:   Solar system 

Resources:  Picture in recording book

  
He whakatau kupu: waka ätea = space ship, aorangi = planet, tö ä-papa = gravity

Questions/instructions:

Whakaarohia e haere ana koe mä runga waka ätea.
He pikitia tënei o ngä wähi e haere ai koe.
E kitea ana tëtahi rä, e rima ngä aorangi me tëtahi marama.
   Imagine you are going for a trip in a spaceship.
The picture shows the places you will visit.
There is a sun, five planets and a moon. 


 
% responses
1. Tuhia te tau (nama) 1 ki te taha o te whetü.

Write number one beside the star.
sphere in middle

52
2. Tuhia te tau (nama) 2 ki te taha o te aorangi makariri rawa atu.

Write number two beside the coldest planet.
furthest planet

38
3. Tuhia te tau (nama) 3 ki te taha o te aorangi he roa rawa atu töna tau.

Write number three beside the planet with the longest year.
furthest planet

42
4. Tuhia te tau (nama) 4 ki te taha o te aorangi he kaha rawa atu te tö ä-papa (kume ä-papa).

Write number four beside the planet with the strongest gravity.
furthest planet

12
5. Tuhia te tau (nama) 5 ki te taha o te marama.

Write number five beside the moon.
moon of furthest planet

35
6. He aha ëtahi atu mea e noho ana ki te ätea, engari käore e kitea ana i tënei pikitia.

What other things aren’t in this picture that you might expect to find in space?
comets

13
meteors

8
asteroids

10
satellites/rockets/spaceships

2
black holes

0
other stars/constellations

25
other valid response

58
 

Total score:



8–12

0
6–7

4
4–5

33
2–3

40
0–1

23
Commentary:
Most students showed quite limited understanding of planetary systems.
 
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