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Kia orana and
greeting to you all from the Cook Islands.
We have been having lots of fun with the Sandwatch programme. The
Curriculum Advisory Unit created a short workshop of activities from the
programme that suited the environment of our schools. We also translated
some of the worksheets into Cook Islands Maori. We have visited each
school and done the activities with the teachers. |
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Now when teachers are planning their units, they can include activities
from the Sandwatch programme. Most teachers will practice the
activities on the school grounds first e.g. transect lines across the
field and then go onto the beach site.
Teachers have included Sandwatch activities in units on
a) landscapes by looking at erosion and weathering
b) recycling by looking at the amount and type of litter at the beach
c) tourism – by seeing how and when the beach is used for different
activities.
d) Ecosystem studies by using the mapping, transect and composition
activities to find out about the place they are studying.
We have found it best just to choose the bits that suit us – this means
we don’t necessarily do all the activities in every unit but just the
ones that suit what are students are learning. It has been very successful
with the students as it is their work and they own it and can talk about
it to others. They enjoy studying their own environment rather than
reading about someone else’s.
We hope you are all having fun with Sandwatch too. We look forward to
sharing ideas through this newsletter and finding out what students in
other countries are doing.
Please check out our
'Activities' page to see amazing photos from many of
our islands!
By Gail Townsend,
Curriculum
Development Unit, Ministry of
Education,
Rarotonga
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