:Rivers

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Approach: Station Level: Year 4 and year 8
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Focus: Uses of natural resource
Resources: None
Questions/instructions:
Different groups of people use New Zealand’s rivers for different purposes.
These five people each use the river for a different purpose.
Try to write a different use each person would have for the river, and why they might say the river is important for them.


% responses
2001 ('97)
y4
y8
Reasons:
recreation in and around the water
(swimming, playing in the water, exploring, looking for creatures, fishing for pleasure)
90
93
recreation on the water (boating, rafting, etc)
44
61
view, atmosphere, “good of soul”
(includes photographs, picnics, etc)
23
28
nutrition for people and animals (water, fish)
60
66
water for washing anything
36
38
water for economic purposes
(irrigation, electricity, transport)
12
19
Number of valid responses:
5
44
69
4
24
17
3
19
7
2
6
4
1
5
1
0
2
2
Commentary
Twenty five percent more year 8 than year 4 students provided five valid responses. Year 8 students were markedly more likely to include responses in the category “recreation on the water”.
 
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