Chemistry and Te Ao Māori
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Chemistry and Te Ao Māori
A spring, a stream and a question
A community is discussing how to care for a geothermal area and the stream that flows from it. People have noticed warm water, mineral deposits on rocks and changes in the stream after heavy rain. They want to understand the chemistry and consider their responsibilities to the place. In chemistry, an element is a substance made of one kind of atom. Compounds contain atoms of different elements joined together. Water is the compound H₂O; dissolved table salt is mainly sodium chloride, NaCl. A mixture contains substances together without all of them being chemically joined. Seawater, for example, is a mixture of water and dissolved substances. Māori concepts such as mauri and kaitiakitanga have meanings grounded in Māori knowledge and relationships with the environment. They are not chemical measurements or alternative names for atoms. Chemistry can help investigate substances and changes; mātauranga Māori can offer knowledge, values and ways of understanding relationships with places. Different communities may hold different knowledge and priorities.
Sample
Temperature
Dissolved salt reading (arbitrary units)
Spring outlet
38 °C
6
Stream, upstream
16 °C
2
Stream, downstream
20 °C
4
Investigate and explain
Answer each question using the case study and your chemistry knowledge.
- A substance consisting of atoms of the same chemical element
- Any substance that dissolves in water
- A mixture of two or more compounds
- A substance that is always a liquid
- Element
- Compound
- Mixture
- Substance containing different elements chemically joined
- Substance made of one kind of atom
- Substances together that are not all chemically joined
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