Oil Free Aotearoa/Teaching and learning plans



= Teaching Plan =

Goals
Students will:
 * Learn about deep sea oil drilling off the coast of NZ
 * Understand the possible consequences of deep sea oil drilling on
 * People and environment
 * Climate change
 * New Zealander's right to protest
 * Plan for a future based on clean energy
 * Be able to express an informed opinion based on their learning

NZ Curriculum Objectives:
Social Science - Level 3


 * Understand how groups make and implement rules and laws
 * Oil Free Otago, DCC, Chamber of Commerce, parliament re deep sea oil drilling
 * Understand how people view and use places differently
 * Tangata whenua, locals, visitors, council, government and corporations
 * Context of using our coastline
 * Understand how people make decisions about access to and use of resources
 * Tangata whenua, locals, visitors, council, government and corporations

Science - Level 3 Nature of Science - Participating and contributing


 * Students to use their growing science knowledge when considering issues of concern to them.
 * Explore various aspects of an issue and make decisions about possible actions.
 * Ecology - explain how living things are suited to their particular habitat and how they respond to environmental changes, both natural and human-induced.

View and respond

 * Prime Minister John Key talking about mineral exploration
 * Discuss what this means for NZ, Dunedin and for ourselves
 * Oil Free Otago - local perspective
 * Stopping at the end of each speaker to recap themes
 * Discuss where oil comes from and what it is needed for - historic/future
 * Types of oils - vegetable etc
 * Determine what individuals believe the aim of "Oil Free Otago" is
 * Brainstorm and partner activities - public transport, bicycles
 * Mix and mash simple but modern technology - electric bikes, dog drawn buggies
 * An eyewitness to the Gulf of Mexico disaster
 * Discuss content during viewing
 * Create a word bank in response to images and commentary
 * Select a word from list to write as a heading that captures the essence of the video

Identifying local flora and fauna

 * Linking students to their immediate surroundings
 * Take students on a bird spotting expedition


 * Create a local bird spotting guide
 * Aimed at children from 2+
 * Images are Creative Commons licenced then digitally altered via Gimp
 * Blueskin Bay Birds
 * NZ Science Hub Flight of the Godwit
 * What does the Godwit eat?
 * National Geographic - Ocean Acidification
 * How could ocean acidification effect the Godwit's food supply and its ability to migrate?

Environmental Action

 * Beach clean-up to allow for familiarisation of the coastal environment
 * Collecting rubbish and then sorting into categories:


 * 1) Washed up etc
 * 2) Plastic etc
 * 3) Potential hazard to animals, environment


 * Use of beach by ancestors - kai moana, seaweed storage bags, recreational etc
 * Viewing and discussing habitats of birds - dead and alive
 * Discuss range and food supply
 * Migration v permanent residents
 * Reasons for finding dead bird/s

NOW WHAT?
 * Use the Enviroschools Action Learning Plan

Social Activism
Parihaka
 * Tatarakihi - The Children of Parihaka (3min)
 * Use this as a starter to finding out about
 * 1) Parihaka - past and present
 * 2) Te Whiti o Rongomai and Tohu Kakahi and their nonviolent resistance


 * Women suffragettes


 * Springbok Tour - Flour Power
 * Flour Bombs on Eden Park
 * 1) Why did these protesters try to stop rugby games?
 * 2) Many of the protesters were arrested, were they criminals?


 * Rainbow Warrior sinking
 * 1) Who blew up the Rainbow Warrior?
 * 2) Why was the Rainbow Warrior blown up

Compared with
 * Get Free - NZers speaking out about climate action
 * Why are these people putting their reputation "on the line"?


 * What have these people achieved for NZers?
 * 1) Martin Luther king
 * 2) Nelson Mandela
 * 3) Gay rights activists
 * 4) Animal rights campaigners