This animated video engages learners to explore their local birdlife. It is part of an inquiry cycle for kura to engage in the New Zealand Garden Bird Survey run by Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research.
What do you know about birds? This video encourages us all to find out more about the birds around us. It is also an opportunity to reflect on the birds that we no longer see but our ancestors did. This can be used as the start of an inquiry cycle of learning to engage ākonga in thinking and observing more about the birds in our local area.
Resources
Engage in your local stories about the manu you see now and the manu you don’t see. Ask your kuia, koro or whānau about what changes they have seen in the environment where you live or where your kura is. What would you like to see changed in the future?
- Manu – past, present and future – article
- Protecting native birds – article
- The Ministry of Education’s Connected series includes these articles and teacher support material: The takeaway table, What Alice saw, Keep your cat inside and Bringing back the birdsong
- Our changing ecosystems – timeline
- Conserving native birds – introduction – resource curation
Transcript
Kia ora, ko Te Ariki ahau!
Kei te mōhio koe ko ngā manu ngā tamariki nō Tāne Mahuta? He aha tō tātou mōhiotanga e pā ki ngā manu, atu i ā rātou huruhuru ātaahua me ā rātou tīoriori reka! E hiahia ana koe te mōhio? Whai mai ēnei kōrero kia ako ngā tahi tātou ngā āhuatanga maha ō ā tātou hoa manu!
Kia ora, my name is Te Ariki!
Did you know that birds are descendants of Tāne Mahuta? What do we really know about birds, apart from having beautiful feathers and birdsongs? Want to find out more? Let me show you where you can learn more about our feathered friends!
Acknowledgements
This video was produced in collaboration with Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research. A special thank you to Te Ariki for providing the voiceover.
