New Zealand soil creatures
In this activity, students use Hub resources to learn about two unusual native New Zealand soil creatures. This cross-curricular activity combines science with reading, viewing, writing and presenting.
By the end of this activity, students should be able to:
use video and text to answer questions about a bioluminescent earthworm
use text to write a narration/voiceover for the Mummified caterpillar animation.
Download the Word file (see link below) for:
introduction/background notes
what you need
what to do
student handouts.
New Zealand native earthworm O. multiporus
New Zealand has over 200 known species of earthworms. Most of these are natives and are found nowhere else in the world. Many of our native earthworms live in remote forest habitats so we don’t know much about them.
O. multiporus is a large deep-burrowing native earthworm. Its bioluminescence made it a traditional fishing bait and lure for Māori.
Nature of science
Scientific language helps students to shape their scientific ideas, construct scientific understandings and explanations and communicate findings with others.
Other cross-curricular uses of the Hub materials
These short videos below feature ways in which teachers make cross-curricular use of the Hub.
Sharyn de Jonge shares how she uses video transcripts to promote literacy.
Demonstrating science in action
Sinead Senek shares how science provides a clear purpose for extensive reading, explanatory writing and maths.
Integrating numeracy and literacy
