Approach: Station |
Level:
Year 4
and year 8 |
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Focus:
Plant
identification
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Resources:
8 pictures
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1.5Mb |
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Questions/instructions:
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%
responses
2003 ('99) |
y4
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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.
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Plant
names |
number |
3native
plant |
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cabbage
tree (tï) |
7 |
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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?
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not
marked |
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3.
Tick the plants that you think are native to New Zealand.
Put your ticks in the “native plant” column.
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Identified
as native (by name): |
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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) |
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Total
Score:
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8
|
10
(10) |
35
(37) |
6–7
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13
(19) |
23
(19) |
4–5
|
30
(26) |
26
(25) |
2–3
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29
(31) |
12
(15) |
0–1
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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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