What to do
Note to teacher: This Internal Assessment Activity may be used unchanged, or can be adapted by the teacher, ensuring that all requirements of the Achievement Standard are still met. This textbox should be removed prior to sharing the activity with your students.
Note to teacher: This Internal Assessment Activity may be used unchanged, or can be adapted by the teacher, ensuring that all requirements of the Achievement Standard are still met. This textbox should be removed prior to sharing the activity with your students.
You are going to work as a group to plan and carry out three investigations that look at the science of hauora (health and wellbeing) through the model of Te Whare Tapa Whā.
Te Whare Tapa Whā is a health model that considers the four dimensions of hauora: taha hinengaro, taha tinana, taha whānau, and taha wairua.
Choose three scientific investigative approaches from the list:
- Pattern seeking.
- Exploring and observing.
- Modelling.
- Classifying and identifying.
- Fair testing.
Identify a research question relating to Te Whare Tapa Whā for each investigative approach. Start with questions from your initial brainstorm and refine them if needed. Your kaiako will provide guidance and support you to refine or create a method for each investigation.
Carry out the three investigations:
- Collect data and report on findings for each investigative approach.
Discuss your findings:
Discuss your processed data. This could be with your kaiako, classmates, with kaumātua, or local kaitiaki, or through consulting a wider body of knowledge through wānanga. The purpose of the discussion is to understand your data, what it shows, and how it relates to other people's data or knowledge.
Use these questions to guide your discussion:
- What can you learn through looking at other people’s findings? Are they similar to your own? Why or why not?
- What new understanding do you have about Te Whare Tapa Whā?
- What new understanding do you have about investigative approaches?
Write or record an analysis of your investigations:
In your analysis, you should use the evidence you collected from your investigations to consider:
- how well each investigative approach answered the research question
- the purpose of using each investigative approach
- whether your investigations were fit for purpose, and why
- if there was a benefit to using a range of different investigative approaches in the same context
- how linking the evidence from all the investigative approaches can contribute to your understanding of Te Whare Tapa Whā.
You are going to work as a group to plan and carry out three investigations that look at the science of hauora (health and wellbeing) through the model of Te Whare Tapa Whā.
Te Whare Tapa Whā is a health model that considers the four dimensions of hauora: taha hinengaro, taha tinana, taha whānau, and taha wairua.
Choose three scientific investigative approaches from the list:
- Pattern seeking.
- Exploring and observing.
- Modelling.
- Classifying and identifying.
- Fair testing.
Identify a research question relating to Te Whare Tapa Whā for each investigative approach. Start with questions from your initial brainstorm and refine them if needed. Your kaiako will provide guidance and support you to refine or create a method for each investigation.
Carry out the three investigations:
- Collect data and report on findings for each investigative approach.
Discuss your findings:
Discuss your processed data. This could be with your kaiako, classmates, with kaumātua, or local kaitiaki, or through consulting a wider body of knowledge through wānanga. The purpose of the discussion is to understand your data, what it shows, and how it relates to other people's data or knowledge.
Use these questions to guide your discussion:
- What can you learn through looking at other people’s findings? Are they similar to your own? Why or why not?
- What new understanding do you have about Te Whare Tapa Whā?
- What new understanding do you have about investigative approaches?
Write or record an analysis of your investigations:
In your analysis, you should use the evidence you collected from your investigations to consider:
- how well each investigative approach answered the research question
- the purpose of using each investigative approach
- whether your investigations were fit for purpose, and why
- if there was a benefit to using a range of different investigative approaches in the same context
- how linking the evidence from all the investigative approaches can contribute to your understanding of Te Whare Tapa Whā.
How to present your learning
Your findings could be presented in a variety of ways such as:
- a presentation (3-4 mins), that could be a video, a voice recording, or a live presentation in front of the kaiako or class
- a written article, report, or blog (750-800 words), in te reo Māori, English or braille which may also include visual or tactile diagrams or pictures.
Your findings could be presented in a variety of ways such as:
- a presentation (3-4 mins), that could be a video, a voice recording, or a live presentation in front of the kaiako or class
- a written article, report, or blog (750-800 words), in te reo Māori, English or braille which may also include visual or tactile diagrams or pictures.
Timeframe
Your kaiako will provide details of:
- the time you have to carry out your investigations
- any checkpoints
- the final submission date and time.
You will have 4-6 hours of class time to complete the final Assessment Activity.
Your kaiako will provide details of:
- the time you have to carry out your investigations
- any checkpoints
- the final submission date and time.
You will have 4-6 hours of class time to complete the final Assessment Activity.
Getting started
As a starter activity, explore Te Whare Tapa Whā and brainstorm a wide range of questions that could be investigated. You may use the Student Resources as inspiration.
Find out about the different science investigation approaches on Science Learning Hub.
Explore the concepts of Te Whare Tapa Whā and hauora, and think about how different investigation approaches could be used to help you collect findings or data related to these concepts. Your kaiako will help you decide on the three questions and investigation approaches to focus on for this Assessment Activity.
As a starter activity, explore Te Whare Tapa Whā and brainstorm a wide range of questions that could be investigated. You may use the Student Resources as inspiration.
Find out about the different science investigation approaches on Science Learning Hub.
Explore the concepts of Te Whare Tapa Whā and hauora, and think about how different investigation approaches could be used to help you collect findings or data related to these concepts. Your kaiako will help you decide on the three questions and investigation approaches to focus on for this Assessment Activity.
Student resources
The walls of Te Whare Tapa Whā
Taha hinengaro — the mental and emotional aspect of hauora, including the capacity to communicate thoughts and feelings, to think critically and coherently.
- Can we use the Stroop Test to measure how well we respond to mental challenges before and after lunch?
- Is there a relationship between the amount of sleep we get and the amount of exercise we do?
Taha tinana — the physical aspects of hauora, including the capacity for physical growth, development, and skilled movement.
- What does coffee do to heart rate?
- How does the amount of exercise affect your breathing rate?
- Can taller people jump higher?
- How is bone density related to diet and health? (From secondary data — bone scans)
- What model can we use to measure the protective effect of toothpaste?
Taha whānau — the social aspects of hauora, including relationships with friends, family, community, and other people.
- What aspects of rongoā are accessible in our rohe?
- What items in a kitchen or garden could be poisonous?
- Is there a link between your outstretched arm and your height? Carry out a survey through your whānau.
Taha wairua — the spiritual aspect of hauora, including personal belief structures, the quest for personal meaning, personal identity, and the values that determine the way people live.
- How long do you and your classmates spend on your phone? What factors influence this?
- Try different relaxation strategies and record their effect on self-reported wellbeing.
What is Wānanga?
In this Standard, wānanga involves discussing, challenging, and considering findings, and collaborating with others. Wānanga can be used to validate conclusions through wider consultation. Notes or recordings of the discussion can form data that supports findings and can validate the conclusions. Wānanga is an important skill for science as it expands the data you have access to and increases your understanding of your topic.
This may involve:
- discussing the investigations and the conclusions with others, including kaumātua, local kaitiaki, kaiako, or classmates
- comparing your results to other bodies of knowledge, like a database of information or data from previous experiments.
Examples of prompting questions for wānanga:
- What features of the chosen investigative approaches meant they were the best approaches to answer your research questions?
- What were the limitations of one approach compared with another?
- What were the advantages of one approach compared with another?
- What were significant similarities and/or differences between results within the class?
- How well did each investigation answer your research questions and inform your understanding of the context?
The walls of Te Whare Tapa Whā
Taha hinengaro — the mental and emotional aspect of hauora, including the capacity to communicate thoughts and feelings, to think critically and coherently.
- Can we use the Stroop Test to measure how well we respond to mental challenges before and after lunch?
- Is there a relationship between the amount of sleep we get and the amount of exercise we do?
Taha tinana — the physical aspects of hauora, including the capacity for physical growth, development, and skilled movement.
- What does coffee do to heart rate?
- How does the amount of exercise affect your breathing rate?
- Can taller people jump higher?
- How is bone density related to diet and health? (From secondary data — bone scans)
- What model can we use to measure the protective effect of toothpaste?
Taha whānau — the social aspects of hauora, including relationships with friends, family, community, and other people.
- What aspects of rongoā are accessible in our rohe?
- What items in a kitchen or garden could be poisonous?
- Is there a link between your outstretched arm and your height? Carry out a survey through your whānau.
Taha wairua — the spiritual aspect of hauora, including personal belief structures, the quest for personal meaning, personal identity, and the values that determine the way people live.
- How long do you and your classmates spend on your phone? What factors influence this?
- Try different relaxation strategies and record their effect on self-reported wellbeing.
What is Wānanga?
In this Standard, wānanga involves discussing, challenging, and considering findings, and collaborating with others. Wānanga can be used to validate conclusions through wider consultation. Notes or recordings of the discussion can form data that supports findings and can validate the conclusions. Wānanga is an important skill for science as it expands the data you have access to and increases your understanding of your topic.
This may involve:
- discussing the investigations and the conclusions with others, including kaumātua, local kaitiaki, kaiako, or classmates
- comparing your results to other bodies of knowledge, like a database of information or data from previous experiments.
Examples of prompting questions for wānanga:
- What features of the chosen investigative approaches meant they were the best approaches to answer your research questions?
- What were the limitations of one approach compared with another?
- What were the advantages of one approach compared with another?
- What were significant similarities and/or differences between results within the class?
- How well did each investigation answer your research questions and inform your understanding of the context?
What to do
Note to teacher: This Internal Assessment Activity may be used unchanged, or can be adapted by the teacher, ensuring that all requirements of the Achievement Standard are still met. This textbox should be removed prior to sharing the activity with your students.
Note to teacher: This Internal Assessment Activity may be used unchanged, or can be adapted by the teacher, ensuring that all requirements of the Achievement Standard are still met. This textbox should be removed prior to sharing the activity with your students.
You are going to work as a group to plan and carry out three investigations that look at the science of hauora (health and wellbeing) through the model of Te Whare Tapa Whā.
Te Whare Tapa Whā is a health model that considers the four dimensions of hauora: taha hinengaro, taha tinana, taha whānau, and taha wairua.
Choose three scientific investigative approaches from the list:
- Pattern seeking.
- Exploring and observing.
- Modelling.
- Classifying and identifying.
- Fair testing.
Identify a research question relating to Te Whare Tapa Whā for each investigative approach. Start with questions from your initial brainstorm and refine them if needed. Your kaiako will provide guidance and support you to refine or create a method for each investigation.
Carry out the three investigations:
- Collect data and report on findings for each investigative approach.
Discuss your findings:
Discuss your processed data. This could be with your kaiako, classmates, with kaumātua, or local kaitiaki, or through consulting a wider body of knowledge through wānanga. The purpose of the discussion is to understand your data, what it shows, and how it relates to other people's data or knowledge.
Use these questions to guide your discussion:
- What can you learn through looking at other people’s findings? Are they similar to your own? Why or why not?
- What new understanding do you have about Te Whare Tapa Whā?
- What new understanding do you have about investigative approaches?
Write or record an analysis of your investigations:
In your analysis, you should use the evidence you collected from your investigations to consider:
- how well each investigative approach answered the research question
- the purpose of using each investigative approach
- whether your investigations were fit for purpose, and why
- if there was a benefit to using a range of different investigative approaches in the same context
- how linking the evidence from all the investigative approaches can contribute to your understanding of Te Whare Tapa Whā.
You are going to work as a group to plan and carry out three investigations that look at the science of hauora (health and wellbeing) through the model of Te Whare Tapa Whā.
Te Whare Tapa Whā is a health model that considers the four dimensions of hauora: taha hinengaro, taha tinana, taha whānau, and taha wairua.
Choose three scientific investigative approaches from the list:
- Pattern seeking.
- Exploring and observing.
- Modelling.
- Classifying and identifying.
- Fair testing.
Identify a research question relating to Te Whare Tapa Whā for each investigative approach. Start with questions from your initial brainstorm and refine them if needed. Your kaiako will provide guidance and support you to refine or create a method for each investigation.
Carry out the three investigations:
- Collect data and report on findings for each investigative approach.
Discuss your findings:
Discuss your processed data. This could be with your kaiako, classmates, with kaumātua, or local kaitiaki, or through consulting a wider body of knowledge through wānanga. The purpose of the discussion is to understand your data, what it shows, and how it relates to other people's data or knowledge.
Use these questions to guide your discussion:
- What can you learn through looking at other people’s findings? Are they similar to your own? Why or why not?
- What new understanding do you have about Te Whare Tapa Whā?
- What new understanding do you have about investigative approaches?
Write or record an analysis of your investigations:
In your analysis, you should use the evidence you collected from your investigations to consider:
- how well each investigative approach answered the research question
- the purpose of using each investigative approach
- whether your investigations were fit for purpose, and why
- if there was a benefit to using a range of different investigative approaches in the same context
- how linking the evidence from all the investigative approaches can contribute to your understanding of Te Whare Tapa Whā.
How to present your learning
Your findings could be presented in a variety of ways such as:
- a presentation (3-4 mins), that could be a video, a voice recording, or a live presentation in front of the kaiako or class
- a written article, report, or blog (750-800 words), in te reo Māori, English or braille which may also include visual or tactile diagrams or pictures.
Your findings could be presented in a variety of ways such as:
- a presentation (3-4 mins), that could be a video, a voice recording, or a live presentation in front of the kaiako or class
- a written article, report, or blog (750-800 words), in te reo Māori, English or braille which may also include visual or tactile diagrams or pictures.
Timeframe
Your kaiako will provide details of:
- the time you have to carry out your investigations
- any checkpoints
- the final submission date and time.
You will have 4-6 hours of class time to complete the final Assessment Activity.
Your kaiako will provide details of:
- the time you have to carry out your investigations
- any checkpoints
- the final submission date and time.
You will have 4-6 hours of class time to complete the final Assessment Activity.
Getting started
As a starter activity, explore Te Whare Tapa Whā and brainstorm a wide range of questions that could be investigated. You may use the Student Resources as inspiration.
Find out about the different science investigation approaches on Science Learning Hub.
Explore the concepts of Te Whare Tapa Whā and hauora, and think about how different investigation approaches could be used to help you collect findings or data related to these concepts. Your kaiako will help you decide on the three questions and investigation approaches to focus on for this Assessment Activity.
As a starter activity, explore Te Whare Tapa Whā and brainstorm a wide range of questions that could be investigated. You may use the Student Resources as inspiration.
Find out about the different science investigation approaches on Science Learning Hub.
Explore the concepts of Te Whare Tapa Whā and hauora, and think about how different investigation approaches could be used to help you collect findings or data related to these concepts. Your kaiako will help you decide on the three questions and investigation approaches to focus on for this Assessment Activity.
Student resources
The walls of Te Whare Tapa Whā
Taha hinengaro — the mental and emotional aspect of hauora, including the capacity to communicate thoughts and feelings, to think critically and coherently.
- Can we use the Stroop Test to measure how well we respond to mental challenges before and after lunch?
- Is there a relationship between the amount of sleep we get and the amount of exercise we do?
Taha tinana — the physical aspects of hauora, including the capacity for physical growth, development, and skilled movement.
- What does coffee do to heart rate?
- How does the amount of exercise affect your breathing rate?
- Can taller people jump higher?
- How is bone density related to diet and health? (From secondary data — bone scans)
- What model can we use to measure the protective effect of toothpaste?
Taha whānau — the social aspects of hauora, including relationships with friends, family, community, and other people.
- What aspects of rongoā are accessible in our rohe?
- What items in a kitchen or garden could be poisonous?
- Is there a link between your outstretched arm and your height? Carry out a survey through your whānau.
Taha wairua — the spiritual aspect of hauora, including personal belief structures, the quest for personal meaning, personal identity, and the values that determine the way people live.
- How long do you and your classmates spend on your phone? What factors influence this?
- Try different relaxation strategies and record their effect on self-reported wellbeing.
What is Wānanga?
In this Standard, wānanga involves discussing, challenging, and considering findings, and collaborating with others. Wānanga can be used to validate conclusions through wider consultation. Notes or recordings of the discussion can form data that supports findings and can validate the conclusions. Wānanga is an important skill for science as it expands the data you have access to and increases your understanding of your topic.
This may involve:
- discussing the investigations and the conclusions with others, including kaumātua, local kaitiaki, kaiako, or classmates
- comparing your results to other bodies of knowledge, like a database of information or data from previous experiments.
Examples of prompting questions for wānanga:
- What features of the chosen investigative approaches meant they were the best approaches to answer your research questions?
- What were the limitations of one approach compared with another?
- What were the advantages of one approach compared with another?
- What were significant similarities and/or differences between results within the class?
- How well did each investigation answer your research questions and inform your understanding of the context?
The walls of Te Whare Tapa Whā
Taha hinengaro — the mental and emotional aspect of hauora, including the capacity to communicate thoughts and feelings, to think critically and coherently.
- Can we use the Stroop Test to measure how well we respond to mental challenges before and after lunch?
- Is there a relationship between the amount of sleep we get and the amount of exercise we do?
Taha tinana — the physical aspects of hauora, including the capacity for physical growth, development, and skilled movement.
- What does coffee do to heart rate?
- How does the amount of exercise affect your breathing rate?
- Can taller people jump higher?
- How is bone density related to diet and health? (From secondary data — bone scans)
- What model can we use to measure the protective effect of toothpaste?
Taha whānau — the social aspects of hauora, including relationships with friends, family, community, and other people.
- What aspects of rongoā are accessible in our rohe?
- What items in a kitchen or garden could be poisonous?
- Is there a link between your outstretched arm and your height? Carry out a survey through your whānau.
Taha wairua — the spiritual aspect of hauora, including personal belief structures, the quest for personal meaning, personal identity, and the values that determine the way people live.
- How long do you and your classmates spend on your phone? What factors influence this?
- Try different relaxation strategies and record their effect on self-reported wellbeing.
What is Wānanga?
In this Standard, wānanga involves discussing, challenging, and considering findings, and collaborating with others. Wānanga can be used to validate conclusions through wider consultation. Notes or recordings of the discussion can form data that supports findings and can validate the conclusions. Wānanga is an important skill for science as it expands the data you have access to and increases your understanding of your topic.
This may involve:
- discussing the investigations and the conclusions with others, including kaumātua, local kaitiaki, kaiako, or classmates
- comparing your results to other bodies of knowledge, like a database of information or data from previous experiments.
Examples of prompting questions for wānanga:
- What features of the chosen investigative approaches meant they were the best approaches to answer your research questions?
- What were the limitations of one approach compared with another?
- What were the advantages of one approach compared with another?
- What were significant similarities and/or differences between results within the class?
- How well did each investigation answer your research questions and inform your understanding of the context?