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ROTORUA MUSEUM IS A DEPARTMENT OF THE ROTORUA DISTRICT COUNCIL
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THE ARTS – VISUAL ART
Specific Learning Outcomes:
SLO’s are available in lesson outlines or can be developed in consultation with teachers.
Programme Outlines:
A2
Te Arawa Art
Classroom introduction and presentation using images and lesson aids
Gallery exploration & activity.
Exploring / developing either line, texture, pattern, or tonal variation.
Discover forms of Maori art and use learning techniques for observational drawings of taonga, whakairo, tukutuku and kowhaiwhai. Use observational drawings to create a unique art work that represents students understanding.
Cinema Experience “Rotorua Stories”. (optional extra)
Focusing Questions:
What is a koru design and where did it come from?
Where did Maori get influences and ideas for the patterns and designs?
What are the names and the origins of the different patterns Maori used?
SOCIAL SCIENCES
Specific Learning Outcomes:
SLO’s are available in lesson outlines or can be developed in consultation with teachers.
Programme Outlines:
S1
Tarawera Te Maunga Tapu
Classroom introduction and presentation using images and lesson aids.
Galllery Exploration & Activity. Cinema Experience “Rotorua Stories”.
Focusing Questions:
How were the people and land affected by the 1886 eruption?
What were the events that happened before, during and after the 1886 eruption?
Resource for download Tarawera Teacher Resource
H1
Rotorua Past and Present
Classroom introduction and presentation using images and lesson aids
Focus on buildings, streets, transport, clothing, and attractions.
Gallery exploration & activity.
Cinema experience “Rotorua Stories”.
Focusing Questions:
How has Rotorua changed over time?
When was the Rotorua Township developed?
How have major events effected this development?
What are some of the main features of Rotorua and how have they changed over time?
What are some of the effects that Tourism has had on Rotorua and the people that live here?
M1
Maori Battalion
Classroom introduction and presentation using images and lesson aids
Gallery exploration & activity.
Students will explore and compare the different conditions, battles and countries.
Look at map locations. See a timeline of events and investigate food, clothing and shelter of the time. Dress up in Army attire.
Maori Battalion Cinema.
Focusing Questions:
Why was a Maori Battalion formed?
Who were they and where did they come from?
Where did they go?
What did they do?
How did they feel upon coming home?
T1
“Ko Te Oranga Tuturu o Te Arawa” – Early Way of Life for Te Arawa
A highly interactive programme, students participate in a shared learning experience gaining insight into how and why Te Arawa came to Rotorua. Students will explore the ways in which natural resources were utilised to cook, fish, hunt and gather before the arrival of the first European settlers in the 188O’s.
Choose from either early Maori instruments and games activity or the film Rotorua Stories as an additional component.
Curriculum links to Social Sciences and Technology
Suitable for Years 4-10 2 hour programme
T2
Te Arawa Taonga 
Students will investigate what taonga is and explore significant examples of Te Arawa Taonga featured in the galleries. Choose 2-3 from the following to focus on. Te Oha (Pataka / Storehouse) Te Murirangaranga
( Tutanekai’s Flute) Rangitakaroro (Gateway from Te Koutu Pa) Tutauru (Adze used to carve the Te Arawa waka) Horoirangi (Mauri– Carved stone figure) Kahumaemae o Pareraututu ( Dogskin cloak)
Inquiry learning tasks will challenge students to question ownership, use, change over time and importance today. Choose from porotiti making or the film Rotorua Stories as an additional component.
Curriculum links to Social Sciences and Visual Arts
Suitable for Years 4 –10 2 hour programme
T3
Te Arawa Myths and Legends
Classroom introduction and presentation using images and lesson aids.
Gallery exploration & activity highlighting a variety of famous Te Arawa legends. Hatu Patu, Hinemoa & Tutanekai, Ngatoroirangi & Tama o hoi, and Ngatoroirangi & the coming of fire. (Geothermal activity).
Cinema Experience “Rotorua Stories”.
Focusing Questions:
What are legends?
How are they remembered and recorded?
How are they related to the land and people?
What legends are told in the museum?
SCIENCE
Specific Learning Outcomes:
SLO’s are available in lesson outlines or can be developed in consultation with teachers.
Programme Outlines:
V1
Tarawera Science
Classroom introduction and presentation using images and lesson aids.
Gallery Exploration & Activity.
Cinema Experience “Rotorua Stories”.
Focusing Questions:
How are volcanoes formed?
What type of volcanoes are found in this area?
What is a caldera eruption?
What type of volcano is Tarawera Mountain?
What occurred when Tarawera Mountain erupted?
Resource for download Tarawera Teacher Resource
V2
Tarawera Science
V1 plus practical Hokey Pokey experiment (magma/lava)
V3
Tarawera Science
V1 plus classroom introduction to Geothermal Activity
What is geothermal activity?
Where does it come from? How is it used in Rotorua?
What are the different types of geothermal activity found in the Rotorua district?
V4
Sulphur Science
V3 plus a practical science experiments on Sulphur Point where students predict and record temperatures and acidity of ground water and fumaroles in certain areas.