Innovation in Aotearoa

Whāinga ako: Lesson Goals

Students will understand the role of technology in the developing world
Students will analyze the impact of technology on socio-economic development in developing countries

What is innovation?

"Number 8 Wire" Ingenuity

New Zealanders are known to be really good at solving problems, inventing new things and solving problems by developing ingenious solutions. We can trace this back to how harsh our land was to early settlers, both Māori and Pakeha. Basically, to survive, people had to be smart, this has been passed down through generations and has led to some great innovations by Kiwis.

As a class or in groups, brainstorm as many Aotearoa innovations you can think of.

Māori Innovation

Inquiry #2

You will be working to make an inquiry on a innovation that came out of Aotearoa. 

Teacher note: For students who need differentiated work there are two options below, an online task with many innovations to choose from or a paper version. For the digital one you will need to make a copy of the slide and share it on Google Classroom (alternatively they could come to this page and make a copy themselves)