Healthy Ecosystem Exploration

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🌊 Part 1: Understanding Our Ecosystem - Waituna Lagoon

1. What does "He taonga te wai" mean?

Water is dirty

Water is a treasure

Water is cold

2. Circle the te reo Māori words that match the pictures:

Water: wai / whenua / kararehe

Plants: ngā tipu / wai / taoka

Animals: whenua / kararehe / ngā tipu

3. What makes water healthy for our taoka species? Check all that are good:

Clean water with no rubbish

Lots of plastic bottles

Native plants growing nearby

Muddy, dirty water

4. A healthy habitat (whenua ora) needs:

Lots of rubbish everywhere

Safe places for animals to live and food to eat

No plants at all

🐟 Part 2: Caring for Our Environment - Kaitiakitanga

5. Draw or write three things that keep an ecosystem healthy:

6. Fill in the blanks using these words: wai, kaitiaki, taoka, whenua

We are _____________ (guardians) of our environment.

Clean _____________ (water) helps our special species.

Our _____________ (treasure) species need healthy _____________ (land).

7. How can we show manaakitanga (care and respect) for Waituna Lagoon?

🌱 Part 3: My Healthy Ecosystem Plan

8. Design your own healthy ecosystem! Draw and label using te reo Māori words:

Use these words: wai (water), ngā tipu (plants), kararehe (animals), whenua (land)

9. What is one thing you can do at home to help protect our environment?

10. Extension Challenge: Create a short story about how you would help a sick ecosystem become healthy again:

Healthy Ecosystem Exploration

Healthy Ecosystem Exploration

🌊 Part 1: Understanding Our Ecosystem - Waituna Lagoon

🐟 Part 2: Caring for Our Environment - Kaitiakitanga

🌱 Part 3: My Healthy Ecosystem Plan

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