EARTH SCIENCE

Volcanic Origins

Strand: Planet Earth & Beyond

Achievement Objective:
Gather and present information about the origins and history of major natural features of the local landscape.

Specific Learning Outcomes:
Identify and describe the different types of volcanoes in New Zealand.
Describe and present information about two different eruptions within the Taupo Volcanic Centre.

List the many effects volcanic eruptions can have on the environment and people.
Identify and describe different types of Geothermal Activity found in the local landscape.

Students will explore the unique legends of Te Arawa and how they
relate to our volcanic landscape.

Focusing Questions:

What is a volcano?   How are they formed?  What types of volcanoes are found in this area?  What is a caldera eruption?
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?

Programme Snapshot:

Hells Gate- Introduction and Overview to geothermal processes that form the valley, Geothermal Valley Tour highlighting different types of volcanic rock and how they came about - history and evolution of this unique valley. Insight into the unique relationship of Maori with the geothermal landscape. (1 1/2 hours)

Optional Extra - Opportunity for students to undertake supervised Ph and temperature testing activities in the geothermal reserve. (extra 1 hr)

EARTH SCIENCE & SOCIAL STUDIES COMBINATION

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Achievement Objective:
Gather and present information about the origins and history of major natural features of the local landscape.

Social Studies Strands: Place and Environment/ Time, Continuity and Change/
Culture & Heritage

Achievement Objectives:
How and why people express a sense of belonging to particular places and environments.  How places reflect past interactions of people with the environment.
How the past is recorded and remembered in different ways. Causes and effects of events that have shaped the lives of a group of people. Why and how individuals and groups pass on and sustain their culture and heritage

Specific Learning Outcomes:
Explain what legends are.
Describe how myths and legends are remembered, recorded and retold.
Retell at least 3 different Te Arawa legends.
Identify the unique landscape that is associated to these legends.

Focusing Questions: What are legends?  How are they remembered, retold, recorded? What are the legends that relate to our unique landscape?

Programme Snapshot:
Hells Gate - Introduction and Overview of the geothermal volcanic valley - both from a general volcanology perspective and an in-depth encounter with the myths and legends of the reserve, as well as the link between the land and the people. Valley Tour - depicting history, cultural link and make up of this unique valley. (1 1/2 hours)
Optional Extra- Ph and temperature testing (extra 1 hr)

SCIENCE - EARTH SCIENCE

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Achievement Objective:
Investigate and describe processes which change the Earth's surface over time at local and global levels (volcanoes, plate tectonics)

Specific Learning Outcomes:

1. Describe the process that gives rise to the volcanic and geothermal activity of this region. (Plate Tectonic Theory)
2. Describe the different types of lava and eruptions within the Taupo
Volcanic Zone
3. Explain how geothermal activity is formed and the different types found within this region.
4. Carry out, record and analyse accurate Ph and temperature tests

Focusing Questions:
What are volcanoes? How are they formed? Why do we have volcanoes in this region? What are the different types of volcanoes in the Taupo Volcanic Zone? How is geothermal activity formed? What are the different types of geothermal activity?

Programme Snapshot:
Hells Gate - Introduction and Overview of volcanic processes from plate tectonic theory through to a sharp focus on the processes that have formed the geothermal valley. Geothermal valley Tour - and task sheet, which focuses on the identification of different geothermal and volcanic processes contained within the valley, the different types of rocks and how they were formed, the uniqueness of geothermal muds.

Followed by supervised Ph and temperature testing of thermal pools to gain an understanding of the numerous processes and their differing results in a volcanic context. (2 hours)

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