The following units of study are available from the Council:
The Coast - Te Takutai Moana
Focus on the coast with emphasis on the special nature of the Taranaki coastal environment.
| 637kb |
Stream Health Measurement Assessment Kit (SHMAK)
A study unit to be used in conjunction with the Stream Health Measurement Assessment Kit (SHMAK) that the Taranaki Regional Council has modified for local use. Download and more details available:
| 2mb |
Rocky Shore
This unit focuses on the plants and animals that inhabit the many rocky shore sites on the Taranaki coast that are suitable for close investigation by students of all ages.
| Rocky Shore study unit | 2mb |
Living with the River - Te Awa
Focus on the importance of rivers, streams and waterways to the Taranaki environment.
| 1.23mb |
Waste Minimisation and Recycling
Focus on recycling issues in Taranaki and the world. Provides practical ideas for class use. Download available:
| 372kb |
Sustainable Land Management
Focus on the issues related to sustainable land management and the effect of erosion in the eastern hill country. Download available:
| 3.5mb |
Trees for the environment
Focus on the need to understand the relationship between trees and our environment. Download available:
| 1mb |
Weather - Huarere
Focus on the uniqueness of the Taranaki environment and how it affects our weather.
| 854kb |
Wetlands
This unit focuses on wetlands and can be adapted to be used with pond studies, lagoons, marshes, swamps or even boggy areas within paddocks. Download available:
| 136kb |
The Sleeper Awakes
Teaching notes based on The Sleeper Awakes, a novel by David Hill that is set amidst a fictional eruption of Mount Taranaki. Download available:
| 1.5mb |
Mini Units
| Biodiversity | 285kb |
| 91kb | |
| 470kb | |
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| 512kb |