Interactive, self-marking activities
These activities test domain knowledge from the Background pages and assist students to develop higher levels of inquiry.
1. Finding Your Place in the World
2. Mapping Our World
3. GPS
4. Adding More Information to Maps with GIS
5. Topographic Maps
6. Surveying
7. Navigation at Sea
8. Air Navigation
Other activities
Curriculum Area |
Strand |
Background Pages |
Learning Outcome |
Activity |
Social Studies Level 3-5
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Place and Environment Continuity and Change Identity, Culture and Organisation
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All |
- Use map reading skills
- Use google maps to answer questions about location
- Develop awareness of how and when geospatial information is used
- Read, model and use topographic maps
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Mathematics
Curriculum |
Strand |
Background Pages |
Learning Outcomes |
Activity |
Mathematics Level 3-4
Mathematics Level 5-6
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Number and Algebra Statistics
Geometry
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All
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- Students will be able to apply number strategies and number knowledge to a range of problems related to their LEARNZ virtual field trip
- Students will be able to apply laws of trignometry to a surveying context
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More things to try
- diaries and journals - keep your own field trip diary - Word (13k) | PDF (k) | Google doc.
- LEARNZ field trip Web Quest. This print-and-copy task helps students become familiar with the Where are We website functions. It also assists students with their inquiry skills, particularly information gathering and asking good questions. Students need to have an internet connection and their class login - Word (845k) | PDF (671k) | Google doc.
- field trip audioconference activity. Students can work on this activity while they listen to live or recorded audioconferences - Word (25k) | PDF (167k) | Google doc. Notes from these pages could be shared to help put together the class audioconference summary.
- A simple activity for students to build connections between words and improve their vocabulary. Students could enter words from the field trip glossary into http://graphwords.com/.
Post field trip activity
How much have I learnt? - Word | PDF | Google doc