Activity T15: What's Happening Locally?

Tiritiri Matangi Activity	Teacher Manual P 35 Technology Level 2 Materials, Structures and Mechanisms - Environmental, Community Created 15/09/2001	Strand C Technology and Society (AO 8) Within a range of technological areas and contexts, students should explore and compare the roles of some example of technology in daily life in their own and another time or place Students talk to older members of their families about catching predator or pests in the past (ie rat traps, fly paper, fly swats etc) Students find out if any local areas are being protected from pests and how this is done © Heurisko Ltd www.learnz.org.nz/2001

Read Island Sanctuary, Restoration, Visitors and Weed control. Tonight at home ask someone older if they know about a trap to catch mice, rats or kiore. Ask them to: tell you what it looks like so you can draw it here describe how it was used rate how good it was as a trap - circle your choice 1 excellent 2 good 3 OK 4 not very good 5 poor Ask them if they used any of these. (Give them a rating using the scale above.) Trap/material Used? Yes/No Rating fly paper     fly swats     jam/honey traps for wasps     other:     other:     Ask someone at home or read the local papers to find out if people are protecting areas near your home or school. What is the name of this area? What species of plants or animals are being protected? How are these species being protected?