:Ocean Journey
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Approach: One to one Level: Year 4 and year 8
Focus:   Navigation methods 
Resources:  2 pictures
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Questions/instructions:

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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% responses
y4
y8
1. How could knowing about the sun help them to find their way?
show direction because sun rises in East, sets in West
5
23
shows the direction/way to go
34
49
2. Is there anything else you can see in the pictures that would help them to find their way?







stars
21
54
moon
25
37
visible land
13
22
clouds often associated with land
8
13
other signs of nearing land
(land-based birds, flotsam,
logs, seeds, other debris)
47
69
prevailing wind patterns
10
12
ocean current patterns
21
25
pathways of migrating birds
12
24
Total score:


6–10
2
10
4–5
14
39
2–3
42
42
0–1
42
9
Commentary:
About one third more year 8 than year 4 students scored four or more. 
 
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