Curious kea scavenger hunt – Discover nature

Curious kea scavenger hunt activity card (PDF, 4,174K)

Teacher resources

• Scavenger hunt list.
• Box or container for ‘discover nature’ chest.

Students will need

• Scavenger hunt pouch/container (or paper/card and tape to make your own by folding).
• Scavenger hunt list.

Activity

Take your treasure pouch and your scavenger hunt list. You can:

• write items on a small whiteboard and take this outside with you
• call out items from list below
• print separate scavenger hunt lists.

Now you’re ready to head outside. Find the items as fast as you can!

• 5 different types of green
• 5 oddly shaped sticks
• 5 little things that roll
• 5 nature triangles
• 5 different smells (eg cut grass, wet bark)

Classroom activity

Make a classroom ‘discover nature’ treasure chest. Choose an item that captures your interest and add it to your chest. As a class, pick out one item at a time – can your class find the same one or where it came from?

Kea Māhirahira rapua – Tūhura i te taiao

Kea Māhirahira rapua (PDF, 4,166K)

Rauemi kaiako:

• rapua kupu taka
• he pouaka, he ipu mō ngā kohikohinga taiao.

Taputapu mā ngā ākonga:

• kōpaki rapua/ipu/kuputaka
• pepa/kāri, he rīpene hei hanga i tāu ake.

Ngohe

Haria tāu kōpaki taonga, me tāu kupu taka.

• Tuhia ngā mea ki tētahi papamā iti, ka kawea ki waho
• Karangahia ngā mea kei runga i te kupu taka
• Tāruaruatia ētahi kupu taka rapua.

Kua rite koe ki te puta ki waho. Me wawe tāu kimi i ngā mea rerekē katoa

• E rima ngā mea kakariki rerekē
• E rima ngā rākau hangakē
• E rima ngā mea iti ka rorerore, ka takapore
• E rima ngā tapatoru taiao
• E rima ngā tairongo rerekē (otaota, kiri rākau)

Ngohe akomanga

Hangaia he pouaka taonga ‘tūhura taiao’. Tīpako i tētahi mea whai paanga ki a koe hei whakapiri ki tāu pouaka. Hei mahinga akomanga tīpako i tētahi taonga, e taea ana te maumahara nōhea taua taonga?