Unit Planning in Technology: Celebrating Matariki

Lesson Outline

Week 4
  • * Matariki – What is it? What is its significance i te Ao Māori?
  • * How can we celebrate this time for us, for our class, for our whanau and for our school – brainstorm
  • * Food focus: With the Matariki story the whanau celebrated with kumara over the fire. Let's look at biscuits – Matariki biscuits
  • * Lets design a biscuit top that represents Matariki for us
  • The best model will be chosen by the whanau and we will then develop the prototype
Week 5
  • *The children will write down the ingredients for the biscuit topping and what other ingredients will be used for the stars etc.
  • *The prototype will be made and taken to Matua Charles to 'test drive'
  • The result will be recorded. Representative of Matariki, tasty?
  • *The children then make their own biscuits and increasing the quantity of ingredients accordingly for the whole whanau and the staff.
  • Design assembly line for making lots of biscuits, following prototype design
Week 6
  • The children will brainstorm other things that could be used as models and prototypes
  • * Model cars will be brought in to study and discuss the differences between models and a prototype
  • * The children will work in pairs to evaluate the biscuits produced and discuss ways they could have improved them.

Celebrating Matariki: Overview | Learning outcomes | Lesson outline | Assessment