:Plants
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Approach:  Station Level: Year 4 and year 8
Focus: Plant identification 
Resources: 8 pictures
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Questions/instructions:

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% responses
2003 ('99)
y4
y8
 1. Look at the plant pictures.

Match the plants in the pictures with their names.

Write the number of the plant beside its name.

Plant names
number
3native plant
   
cabbage tree (tï)
7
 
26 (28)
56 (55)
pohutukawa
2
 
54 (50)
73 (70)
pine tree (paina)
1
 
58 (71)
82 (89)
nikau palm
3
 
34 (39)
65 (67)
kowhai (köwhai)
6
 
52 (52)
77 (71)
oak
5
 
45 (51)
70 (73)
toetoe
8
 
41 (38)
61 (60)
flax (harakeke)
4
 
64 (67)
84 (77)
2. Some of these plants are native to New Zealand.

What do we mean by “native” plants?

not marked
3. Tick the plants that you think are native to New Zealand.

Put your ticks in the “native plant” column.
Identified as native (by name):    
cabbage tree
44 (44)
38 (38)
pohutukawa
73 (72)
89 (83)
pine tree
45 (56)
35 (35)
nikau palm
44 (49)
44 (40)
kowhai
66 (66)
88 (83)
oak
42 (53)
24 (34)
toetoe
45 (45)
50 (50)
flax
65 (65)
73 (67)
 
Total Score:
8
10 (10)
35 (37)
6–7
13 (19)
23 (19)
4–5
30 (26)
26 (25)
2–3
29 (31)
12 (15)
0–1
18 (14)
4 (4)
Commentary
Only the linking of plant names and pictures was included in the total score. About 35 percent more year 8 than year 4 students linked three quarters or more correctly. There is very little change overall between 1999 and 2003, at either year level.
  
 
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