Resources for teachers
- Units of work
- Maps and printouts
- Additional lessons and activities
- Text Resources
- Online Resources
- Video clips
Units of work
What's the plan Stan - New Zealand Civil Defence
This resource includes unit plans for junior, middle and senior
primary, these are accompanied with lesson plans, fact sheets,
relevant stories and suggested activities. It is available in both
the English and Maori languages.
What's the Plan Stan seeks to improve awareness and understanding
of the hazards we face in New Zealand. It also promotes emergency
preparedness in primary and intermediate schools by providing
teachers and students with the knowledge and skills to act in a
safe manner when a disaster occurs. Students' increased awareness
and understanding may also prompt their parents, families and
communities to be better prepared.
Each school in New Zealand should have been provided with a copy
of this resource, but it can also be downloaded in full or in part
from their web site.
Waiora Healthy Water
This resource is a teaching kit put out by Bay of Plenty Regional Council focused on the water cycle, human water use and its impact on water and how water quality can be measured for students' levels two - four. An experiment box is available on loan to Bay of Plenty schools to accompany the teacher kit.
Waikato Regional Council
Waikato Regional Council has a number of classroom units for school to use, the two mentioned below are of particular relevance to the issue of flooding.
Taranaki Regional Council
Taranaki Regional Council has a number of study units for school
to use.
The following two may be of particular interest;
Maps
and printouts
Interactive Bay of Plenty Map
The Bay of Plenty Regional map shows the Bay of Plenty region, districts, land cover, townships, state highways and major roads. This map also shows broad scale Geology and Soils information, as well as Bay of Plenty Regional Council office locations. To view this map you must have Flash installed.
Interactive Bay of Plenty Soils Map
This map is simple to use and is run through a google viewer.
Additional lessons and activities
NIWA resources
Niwa have a range of information designed for use in schools, this includes weather data for New Zealand and ideas on how to use it with your students.
Australian Government's Bureau of Meteorology
A range of experiments and investigations, scroll to the bottom of the page for lessons. These are based on Australian data, depending on the activity this doesn't always matter, or data could be exchanged with NZ data. Topics such as high and low pressure systems, climate change, and El Nino.
Australian Government's Bureau of Meteorology education resources
Spike's Science Projects
This is a site filled with science discoveries for students to make, uses easy to find equipment and promotes deeper thinking. There are a tone of experiments broken up into topics, for ones relevant to flooding look under the topics, Meteorology, Geology, and Liquids. Experiments include measuring rainfall, natural water cycle, measuring the absorbtion rate of soils and the force of water.
Civil Defence - Public education toolbox
A range of resources that may accompany lessons, photos, quiz questions, examples of radio messages and civil defence promotional material.
Civil defence - Public education toolbox
Text resources
A range of relevant text titles easily accessable and their reading levels, including school journals and PM readers as well as some links to relevant advanced reader online texts suitable for high school students.
Link to list of text resources
Online Resources
A range of online resources including online books, activities and worksheets.
Link to list of online resources
Video clips
Link to a list of relevant Bay of Plenty flooding clips, many from youtube. All have been screened and contain no swearing or sensitive material.