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Waituna Lagoon Environmental Threats

Look, think and answer. Circle or tick the best choices. Kaitiaki are guardians who care for places and living things.

A mountain-to-lagoon mission

Ana, Talia and Mele are walking on a mountain track above a stream that flows towards Waituna Lagoon. They spot a plastic bottle beside the stream. After rain, soil from a bare slope washes into the water. At the lagoon, birds feed among the wetland plants. The friends put the bottle in a rubbish bin and stay quiet so they do not frighten the birds.

1.What could happen if the plastic bottle is washed into the lagoon?
  • A bird or fish could be harmed.
  • The water would turn into sand.
  • The birds would grow bigger.
2.Circle the two things in the story that could harm the lagoon.
  • Plastic rubbish in the stream
  • Soil washing off a bare slope
  • Birds feeding
  • Friends putting rubbish in a bin
3.What might soil washing into the water do to the lagoon? Choose one.
  • Make the water muddy
  • Make the water sparkle with stars
  • Turn plants into birds
4.Match each problem to what it might affect.
  • Rubbish in the water
  • Too much soil in the water
  • Loud noises near nesting birds
  • Birds may be frightened
  • Birds or fish may be harmed
  • Water can become muddy

Choose caring actions

Small actions can help protect wetland homes. Think about what people can do when visiting or caring for a place like Waituna Lagoon.

5.Tick all the actions that help care for the lagoon.
  • Put rubbish in a bin
  • Stay quiet near birds
  • Leave rubbish beside the stream
  • Keep plants growing beside water
6.True or false: Birds flying over the lagoon are an environmental threat.
TrueFalse
7.Finish the sentence: We can be kaitiaki by keeping the water .
8.Write one kind thing Ana, Talia and Mele did to help the lagoon.
9.Imagine you find rubbish beside a stream on a mountain walk. What could you do to help stop it reaching the lagoon?
10.Draw one lagoon threat and show one way to help fix it. For example, draw rubbish near water and a person putting it in a bin.

3 printable pages

  • Waituna Lagoon Environmental Threats, page 1 of 3: A mountain-to-lagoon mission

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  • Waituna Lagoon Environmental Threats, page 2 of 3: Choose caring actions

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  • Waituna Lagoon Environmental Threats, page 3 of 3: 9. Imagine you find rubbish beside a stream on a mountain walk. What could you do

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