| 1.
The Nature of the Human Spirit |
Year
level 6-8 Time for this activity is 50 minutes
|
| Presentation
Format: graphical organizer |
Present to the class a time line (using a graphical organizer) outlining
the major events leading up to the tragic end to Earnest Shakleton's
Antarctic expedition. Then ask your peers to redraw the timeline using
a different set of events that would result in the team making decisions
which see them making it to the South Pole and back home. Use the
site http://riverdeep.net/teaching_the_news_2000/news_2000/oct/100300_antarctica.jhtml
to assist you. |
| 2.
Butterflies |
Year
level 4-6 Time for this activity is 40-45 minutes
|
Presentation Format: television news report |
Have
a look at the web site http://www.geocities.com/europeanbutterflies//indexUS.htm
and find out
" How far butterflies fly
" How long they live
" What they eat and
" How long they take to change from a caterpillar to a butterfly
Once you have discovered these facts ask your classmates the same
question BUT get them to give a reason for their answer. It is important
to have reasons for the things we believe (our theories!). Present
your results as a television news report. |
| 3.
Changing Attitudes |
Year
level 5-8 Time for this activity is 40-45 minutes
|
| Presentation
Format: debate |
Compare
the attitudes of a famous person from the 18th century with those
of a similar person from the 20thcentury. . Focus on their attitudes
and find two similarities and two differences. Select from http://www.biography.com/,
two people who appear quite different |
| 4.
Aztec Graffiti |
Year
level 4-6 Time for this activity is 30-35 minutes
|
| Presentation
Format: Poem |
Use the site: http://mayankids.com/sitelite.htm
or http://www.halfmoon.org/
You have been transported back to the Aztec culture and you find yourself
sitting in the public toilets. You look around and on the walls there
is graffiti everywhere. Apart from some rude things that we don't
wish to discuss, there is a 7 line poem about the upcoming birthday
of a poor 10 year old farm labourer.
Try and visualise what the poem would say Write it as if you were
the author. Remember he is poor and not very well educated. You can
make it serious or funny, and it may include his hopes for the future,
what presents he may get for his birthday, what he will eat to celebrate
this day . . . . . |
| 5.
Egyptian Chatroom |
Year
level 4-6 Time for this activity is 40-45 minutes
|
| Presentation
Format: Radio interview |
Habakuk
Habakkuk is a 12 year- old boy living in Egypt during the time when
Tutankhamen was king. Tutankhamen was a young king and Habakkuk and
the king play board games for one hour a day. List three topics that
they may talk about while playing. Next to each topic write three
comments one or either of the players might make about the subjects
they are discussing.
Use the site http://www.guardians.net/egypt/tut1.htm
to get some ideas of daily life in Egypt. |
| 6.
Art Cop |
Year
level 4-8 Time for this activity is 40-45 minutes
|
| Presentation
Format: PowerPoint |
You
are a visiting police artist and you wish to encourage the class to
become policemen/women. You can use the images from this site and
1 minute of the animation to prepare a 3-4 minute PowerPoint presentation
on why young people should choose the Police as a career.
http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/play/crimedetection/index.html |
| 7.
Colour |
Year
level 5-8 Time for this activity is 40-45 minutes
|
| Presentation
Format: Practical presentation |
Things are
coloured because light is made, light is lost and light is moved.
Prepare a demonstration of each of these principles, backed up by
the resources from this site. You have 5 minutes and up to 8 PowerPoint
slides to support your three demonstrations.
http://webexhibits.org/causesofcolor/ |
| 8.
Regan the Vegan |
Year
level 1-3 Time for this activity is 40-45 minutes
|
| Presentation
Format: Tutorial |
Present the
site to the students peers and have them the answer questions. (Teacher's
note. For this exercise you will need to provide the students with
a short 4 minute lesson on how the dictionary works, and how to work
out the order of the words. . Provide students with a student dictionary
(one between 2) and encourage them to share the decision-making)
Help your peers to help Regan the Vegan make a fresh salad, by correctly
choosing a word to complete each sentence, and then progress through
the online puzzle. http://funbrain.com/whichword/index.html |
| 9.
Flip! |
Year
level 4-6 Time for this activity is 40-45 minutes
|
| Presentation
Format: PowerPoint |
Use the Flip
Viewer software http://www.flipviewer.com/
(free to download) to create a set of bullet-point instructions on
how to:
1. React if there is an earthquake
2. How to find a particular book in the library
3. How to make a paper plane
4. Who to ring in an emergency and what information should be given.
5. . . . . .
Present your instructions to the class and get them to carry them
out. Did they need additional instructions? If so make the necessary
additions to yours to ensure that the instructions are adequate. |
| 10.
Heroes |
Year
level 3-5 Time for this activity is 40-45 minutes
|
| Presentation
Format: Television interview with hero |
Invent your own hero
based on your answers to the question below and using the site http://www.heroes.com/
. Complete the profile of your hero by filling the questions below.
" Heroes name
" Describe your heroes nature (kind, strong . . .)
" What sort of things can your hero do that most people cannot
do?
" What is the main job of your hero?
" What sort of things might your hero do in a day?
Conduct a television interview with your hero.
|
| 11.
German 1 |
Year
level 6-8 Time for this activity is 50 minutes
|
| Presentation
Format: Present the results of the questionnaire to the class as a
television news item |
The task here is to develop a feedback questionnaire that can be given
to German tourists when they visit New Zealand.. You will ask your
class peers to propose ten relevant questions (In English). You can
use the web site http://www.germanfortravellers.com/
to translate these questions into German. After you have created the
questionnaire, present it to the class. For your final task find three
German speaking people who can assess your attempts. |
| 12.
Warming-Up |
Year
level 4-6 Time for this activity is 40 minutes
|
| Presentation
Format: Skit |
Present a
short skit using 3 power point slides as a backdrop, to demonstrate
how to do a good warm up before playing a game of either
" Tennis
" Basketball
" Netball
" Soccer
" Hockey
Use the web site http://www.netfit.co.uk/wkmen.htm
as a guide. |
| 13.
Translator Alligator! |
Year
level 4-6 Time for this activity is 30-35 minutes
|
| Presentation
Format: Class tutorial |
" Using
the translator Alligator at http://funbrain.com/lang/index.html
as your teaching tool teach your peers to say the following in a new
language
" "Hello, how are you?"
" "I am well, how are you?"
" "What time is it?"
" "My name is . . . . . . " |
| 14.
Poly-Maths! |
Year
level 7-8 Time for this activity is 50 minutes
|
| Presentation
Format: PowerPoint or Inspiration |
Construct
a relational mind map showing how to work out the areas of a variety
of polygons (at least 5). Use PowerPoint or Inspiration to then teach
the process to your peers. http://www.mathgoodies.com/lessons/toc_vol1.shtm |
| 15.
Playing Order |
Year
level 4-7 Time for this activity is 30 minutes
|
| Presentation
Format: Radio interview with conductor |
Suggest
a theory (it must be logical and observable), to your peers as to
why instruments are arranged the way they are in an orchestra. http://www.sfskids.org/ |
| 16.
Instrumentation |
Year level 3-8 Time for this activity is 40-45 minutes
|
| Presentation
Format: Television interview |
Invent you own musical instrument using the ideas that are at the
site http://www.op97.k12.il.us/schools/longfellow/lrexford/base/
You may want to "deconstruct" one of the ideas at the site,
and then you will need to re-present your modified instrument to your
class as well as demonstrating the processes involved in developing
your "invention". |
| 17.
Bears |
Year
level 2-4 Time for this activity is 30 minutes
|
| Presentation
Format: Power Point |
Construct
a "Diary of a Bear" making 10 entries over the course of
a day in the life of a bear. Use the web site http://www.bearden.org/
to find information that will help you to make your entries. You may
want to talk about where you slept, what you ate, where you went .
. . . . Present your diary via a Power Point presentation. |
| 18.
Save the Rhino |
Year
level 4-8 Time for this activity is 40-45 minutes
|
| Presentation
Format: Television interview |
Write
a script involving an interviewer and a "Rhino Specialist"
that will demonstrate to your peers the endangered nature of the Black
Rhinoceros. You can use images from the site http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/creature_feature/0205/rhinos.html
to form a backdrop for your interview. |
| 20.
NZ Bushrangers |
Year
level 3-7 Time for this activity is 50 minutes
|
Presentation Format: scripted news item |
Propose 3
reasons as to why New Zealand did not have Bushrangers, as did Australia.
You can get some background information on bushrangers at http://scs.une.edu.au/Bushrangers/home.htm
Did New Zealand have an equivalent but called them something else?
Present your results to your peers as a scripted news item. |
| 21.
NZ Timelines |
Year
level 4-8 Time for this activity is 25-30 minutes
|
| Presentation
Format: graphical organizer |
Create a timeline
using a graphical organizer showing one of the following:
" Governors of NZ
" Prime Ministers
" Maori History
" European settlement through the 1800's
You can use the site http://www.atonz.com/new_zealand/
|
| 22.
Pollution Plus |
Year
level 5-8 Time for this activity is 30 minutes
|
| Presentation
Format: television documentary |
Using the
images at http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/Human_Dimensions/Population/
make three observations about the pollution issues associated with
large cities. Present your observations to your class using the images
at the site.
Show your results to the class as if you were presenting a television
documentary. |
| 23.
Keeping Brazil Green! |
Year
level 6-8 Time for this activity is 30-40 minutes
|
Presentation Format: graphical organizer |
Deforestation
in Brazil is a major issue as you can see from these images available
at http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/Human_Dimensions/Environmental_Impacts/Deforestation.html
Use the images to stimulate class discussion on ways in which Brazil
could reduce the current mass destruction of its forests. Keep an
electronic record of the discussion by listing the suggestions, or
use Inspiration to make a mind map of the discussion. |
| 24.
Ahoy There! |
Year
level 5-8 Time for this activity is 40-45 minutes
|
Presentation
Format:
radio jingle |
Make
a comparison between pirates who hoisted the Jolly Roger and robbed
ships at sea, and software pirates who make copies of software to
sell cheaply. Identify two similarities and two differences between
these two types of pirate. Use the site http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/pirates/maina.html
to get background information on the ship bound pirate. Using ideas/imagery
from ship-bound pirates, prepare a 15 second radio jingle that you
can use to discourage the class from using pirated software. |
| 25.
Papers Past |
Year
level 4-8 Time for this activity is 35-40 minutes
|
Presentation Format: scripted news item |
Using
the site http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/
select a story that reports on a historic event in the 19th century.
Rewrite the story using modern images and writing style, and report
on the event to the class. |
| 26.
Calling all Adults! |
Year
level 4-6
Time for this activity is 40-45 minutes
|
| Presentation
Format: create a brochure |
Your
challenge is to create a brochure that tells adults what communication
technologies are available and why they should use each one. Use the
site http://www.gettech.org/
to get background information. You need to include at least 5 technologies
which may include mobile phones, Instant Messaging, e-mail, newsgroups,
txt messaging, TtoV, phone, fax . . . . . . . |
| 27.
NZ Innovations |
Year
level 6-8 Time for this activity is 30-40 minutes
|
| Presentation
Format: news report |
Prepare
a news report on a hypothetical, recently developed, New Zealand innovation.
Predict how the innovation will change the lives of New Zealanders
in the "future". Use the site http://www.techhistory.co.nz/
to select an appropriate innovation. |
| 28.
Funny Face |
Year
level 4-7 Time for this activity is 30-40 minutes
|
| Presentation
Format: tutorial |
A
caricature is a drawing in which the subject's distinctive features
(large nose etc.), or peculiarities (they are always smiling etc.),
are deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect. Compose a
set of drawings that illustrates to your peers how to do a step- by
-step caricature drawing of a person known to you all (not your teachers!).
Use the site http://www.magixl.com/heads/intro.html
to develop your drawing lesson. |
| 29.
Alphabet Animals! |
Year
level 0-1 Time for this activity is 15-20 minutes
|
| Presentation
Format: lesson to peers |
Students
will find at this site alphabet sheets. Take 5 letters and add to
each letter an image of an animal that starts with that letter, then
show these to your friends and let them suggest one more animal for
each letter. http://www.bry-backmanor.org/schoolfonts2.html
|
| 30.
Disaster at Sea! |
Year
level 5-8 Time for this activity is 30-40 minutes
|
Presentation Format: PowerPoint |
This is a story about the disaster that was the Titanic. http://www.awesomestories.com/disasters/titanic/the_titanic_ch1.htm
The story is great but you have to click on each individual object
to see them all. Take the story and cut and paste a chapter of it
into PowerPoint, including about 3-4 pictures per chapter. You have
only 50minutes to do all this so you will need to get going. Another
student group will follow you and in 18 days you will hear the whole
story. |
| 31.
Disaster on Landing! |
Year
level 5-8 Time for this activity is 30-40 minutes
|
| Presentation
Format: PowerPoint |
This
is a story about the disaster that was the Hindenburg. http://www.awesomestories.com/disasters/hindenburg/hindenburg_ch1.htm
The story is great but you have to click on each individual object
to see them all. Take the story and cut and paste a chapter of it
into PowerPoint, including about 3-4 pictures per chapter. You only
have 50minutes to do all this so you will need to get going. Another
student group will follow you and in 7 days you will hear the whole
story. |
| 32.
Volcanic Disaster! |
Year
level 5-8 Time for this activity is 30-40 minutes
|
| Presentation
Format: PowerPoint |
This is a story about the disaster that was the destruction of Pompeii.
http://www.awesomestories.com/disasters/pompeii/pompeii_ch1.htm
The story is great but you have to click on each individual object
to see them all. Take the story and cut and paste a chapter of it
into PowerPoint, including some of the pictures (about 3-4 per chapter).
You have only 50minutes to do all this so you will need to get going.
Another student group will follow you and in 8 days you will hear
the whole story. |
| 33.
Disaster at NASA! |
Year
level 5-8 Time for this activity is 30-40 minutes
|
Presentation Format: PowerPoint |
This is a story about the disaster that was the destruction of the
Space Shuttle: Challenger. http://www.awesomestories.com/disasters/challenger/challenger_explosion_ch1.htm
The story is great but you have to click on each individual object
to see them all. Take the story and cut and paste a chapter of it
into PowerPoint, including some of the pictures (about 3-4 per chapter).
You have only 50minutes to do all this so you will need to get going.
Another student group will follow you and in 12 days you will hear
the whole story. |
| 34.
Black Death Disaster! |
Year
level 5-8 Time for this activity is 30-40 minutes
|
Presentation Format: PowerPoint |
This
is a story about the disaster that was the great plague known as the
"Black Death". http://www.awesomestories.com/disasters/black_death/black_death_ch1.htm
The story is great but you have to click on each individual object
to see them all. Take the story and cut and paste a chapter of it
into PowerPoint, including some of the pictures (about 3-4 per chapter).
You have only 50minutes to do all this so you will need to get going.
Another student group will follow you and in 12 days you will hear
the whole story. |
| 35.
Disaster in Ireland! |
Year
level 5-8 Time for this activity is 30-40 minutes
|
| Presentation
Format: PowerPoint |
This is a story about the disaster that was the great famine known
as the "Great Irish Potato Famine" http://www.awesomestories.com/disasters/great_hunger/great_hunger_ch1.htm
The story is great but you have to click on each individual object
to see them all. Take the story and cut and paste a chapter of it
into PowerPoint, including some of the pictures (about 3-4 per chapter).
You have only 50minutes to do all this so you will need to get going.
Another student group will follow you and in 10 days you will hear
the whole story. |
| 36.
Disaster at Tenerife! |
Year
level 5-8 Time for this activity is 30-40 minutes
|
| Presentation
Format: PowerPoint |
This
is a story about the disaster that was the greatest airline disaster
ever that occurred at Tenerife in the Canary Islands. http://www.awesomestories.com/disasters/tenerife/crash_tenerife_ch1.htm
The story is great but you have to click on each individual object
to see them all. Take the story and cut and paste a chapter of it
into PowerPoint, including some of the pictures (about 3-4 per chapter).
You have only 50minutes to do all this so you will need to get going.
Another student group will follow you and in 8 days you will hear
the whole story. |
| 37.
Story Time |
Year
level 0-3 Time for this activity is 30-40 minutes
|
Presentation Format: teaching lesson |
Select one of the stories that you have not heard. Present the story
to your friends so that they can learn the new ideas. Once they have
heard the story have them help you answer the question in the online
activity that is also available here. http://www.storyplace.org/preschool/other.asp |
| 38.
News Desk! |
Year
level 3-8 Time for this activity is 30-40 minutes
|
| Presentation
Format: news presentation |
Using PowerPoint or similar software create two news items to present
to your class using the site http://fyi.cnn.com/fyi/
. Make sure the images you use assist the viewer to understand the
story you are reporting on. You can get images from other sites if
you need to. The focus on your presentation is the use of your voice.
A newsreader needs to be credible and authoritative! Use your voice
very precisely and enunciate (make sure the words are clear!) each
word before starting to say the next. Note the difference in style
between Jim (the weather man and Richard Long/Judy Bailey!) |
| 39.
Anti-Advertising Advertising |
Year
level 4-8 Time for this activity is 40-50 minutes
|
| Presentation
Format: television commercial |
Select
a visual advert from this site http://www.badvertising.org/
that can be turned into a TV commercial. Use the image as a background
and write a short 10-15 second script to accompany it. Use the members
of your team to act out the commercial to the rest of the class. |
| 40.
CPR |
Year
level 4-8 Time for this activity is 30-40 minutes
|
| Presentation
Format: |
It
is important that students can apply the principles of CPR if required.
Using this site http://www.amherst.edu/~jaloduca/cpr.html
put together a series of PowerPoint slides that will enable you to
instruct students on the basics of this procedure. If a mannequin
is available you can use this to demonstrate CPR to your peers. |
| 41.
What time is it Mr. Wolf? |
Year
level 1-3 Time for this activity is 20-25 minutes
|
| Presentation
Format: lesson |
Using
the web site http://www.teachingtime.co.uk/clock/clockres.html
a team of students can learn to tell the time, and then present the
site to their peers and test their knowledge of telling the time.
|
| 42.
It doesn't add up! |
Year
level 2-5 Time for this activity is 20-25 minutes
|
| Presentation
Format: tutorial |
Understanding
how to add, subtract, divide and multiply is very important. You can
download this program from http://www.dep.anl.gov/aattack.htm
and then make sure you feel confident with it. Now present a collection
of questions to the rest of your class. When they have completed the
exercise get them to exchange papers and provide them with the correct
answers so that they can mark each other's work. |
| 43.
Tiger Maths |
Year
level 5-7 Time for this activity is 45-50 minutes
|
|
Tiger
Woods is well known for his golf but golf is about maths! Go to the
article at http://www.riverdeep.net/current/2002/04/041502t_golf.jhtml
and read the first two sections. Move down to "Learn About the
Problem" section and carry out the activity before presenting
the same problem to your classmates. You will need to introduce the
topic before they look for a solution to the problem. |
44. Beauty: Inside or Out? |
Year
level 5-7 Time for this activity is 45-50 minutes
|
|
Read
the article at http://www.riverdeep.net/current/2002/05/050602t_beauty.jhtml
and make a series of 4 PowerPoint slides that summarise the principles
that the article is trying to communicate. As an extension exercise
you may want to explain the term "media literacy" and give
some examples of its importance in this context. |
| 45.
Blooms Day Out |
Year
level 5-7 Time for this activity is 45-50 minutes
|
|
In
his most famous work, Ulysses, the author James Joyce describes a
day in the life of Leopold Bloom, from 8 a.m., when we witness him
preparing kidneys for his breakfast, to 2 o'clock the following morning,
when he returns home from his travels around the city. Read the introduction
at this site http://www.riverdeep.net/current/2002/06/061702_bloomsday.jhtml
down to the place where you can listen to excerpts from the book.
Introducing the same detail, write a passage about a day in the life
of one of your team. Limit it to 4-5 paragraphs but make it detailed.
Introduce the idea to your classmates and then have them do the same.
|
| 46.
Go Fly a Kite! |
Year
level 4-6 Time for this activity is 45-50 minutes
|
|
Scroll
down the site http://www.riverdeep.net/current/2002/04/040802_kites.jhtml
to "What makes a kite fly?" and read this section. Present
to your class a series of diagrams that explain why a kite flies.
You may need to use the site recommended at the end of this section.
|
| 47.
Holidaying in Space |
Year
level 3-7 Time for this activity is 45-50 minutes
|
|
The
idea of holidays in space has been around for a long time but now
it is a real possibility but at a huge cost. Read the article at http://www.riverdeep.net/current/2002/04/042902_spacetourists.jhtml
and then create a promotional presentation for your new company "Space
Dreams". Try and entice your audience to book NOW as there is
limited space on your rocket plane. Describe what they will see and
experience, and the advantages to be gained from this experience.
If you have time you may want to design and print some tickets. |
| 48.
Fierce Creatures: Piranhas |
Year
level 3-7 Time for this activity is 45-50 minutes
|
|
Using
the site http://www.field-trips.org/tours/sci/fierce/_tourlaunch5.htm
read about Piranhas. Present a short skit/advert to your class telling
them how Piranhas make great pets and that every home should have
one. In your presentation tell the class facts about this fierce fish,
including what they eat, how to care for them and some tricks you
can teach them. |
| 49.
Yellow Eyed Penguins |
Year
level 2-6 Time for this activity is 45-50 minutes
|
|
You
have been asked to erect a sign to warn visitors about the Yellow
Eyed penguins that live in Stewart Island. The sign needs to tell
visitors about these threatened animals and how to limit human effects
on them, as well as providing breeding information, and listing animals
that threaten them. Use the site http://www.penguin.net.nz/yep/yeps.html
to assist you to make your sign, and explain the sign to your class
as if they were tourists in the area. |
| 50.
My Pet Frog |
Year
level 2-4 Time for this activity is 45-50 minutes
|
|
Using
the site http://allaboutfrogs.org/info/doctor/first.html
design and produce a brochure about looking after a pet frog. Present
your brochure to your class and get them to submit in writing, questions
about frogs. Then go to http://allaboutfrogs.org/info/doctor/common.html
and find the answers, which you can then write on the question
sheets and "post" them to the people who asked the question.
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