Geography

Achievement StandardDescription of ActivityProvider
Geo - AS 91007

A **worksheet designed for completion by students on a visit to Rotorua.
• Skyline transports students to Mt Ngongotah? to cover field sketching.
• Rotorua Museum gives students geographic understanding of environments that have been changed by extreme natural events by focusing on the Mt Tarawera 1886 eruption.
• Te Puia and Polynesian Spa offer a specific talk and worksheet on how the Rotorua environment has been shaped by volcanic processes.
• At Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland and Waimangu Volcanic Valley students make field notes on the effects of the volcanic eruptions on the natural environment.
• Rotorua Duck Tours Tarawera Lakes Tour with **talk and worksheet for
students to complete

Geo - AS 91009

Students will be able to complete the assessment task on the sustainable use of the Rotorua environment by tourism.

A worksheet which allows the student to collect information and then complete the assessment task to gain four credits during the visit.

A detailed assessment schedule is also provided for teachers.

Geo - AS 91011

Investigate what are the most important attractions and activities for tourists in Rotorua.

Geo - AS 91241

This assessment task allows students to collect information on the urban pattern of Tourism during a visit to tourist attractions and activities in Rotorua.

    Geo - AS 91245
    Geo - AS 91427

    Students will be able to collect information on how the cultural process of tourism development has shaped the Rotorua environment while on a visit to Rotorua. Teachers need to provide their own worksheets and activities for some providers. We supply you with a satellite image of the Rotorua Central Business District, a map of the Rotorua urban are to show tourist attractions & a map of the Rotorua CBD
    REN Members who can provide talks to students on request are:
    Rotorua Museum, Skyline Skyrides Rotorua, Kaitiaki Adventures, Te Puia, Agrodome, ZORB, Wai-O-Tapu & Katoa Lake Rotorua.

    Geo - AS 91430

    Two student assessment tasks:
    • How GREEN is Rotorua (adapted from St Cuthbert’s courtesy of AGTA)
    • Generic

      Geo - AS 91431

      Attractions listed are able to offer a talk on the sustainability of tourism development focusing on their product and in relation to their operations. But also with views on the wider issue and the actions that are needed to keep tourism in Rotorua sustainable, we have from the website a worksheet for students to complete when an attraction is booked through us to help teachers with material and to give students something to work with. When you book through us we can offer the password protected link to gather this information.

      Geo – AS 91426

      Students travel by boat to collect data on the coastal processes of the Coromandel, which consists of an amazing coastline of islands, headlands, cliffs, caves and arches. Learn all about the tectonic, volcanic, and coastal processes which have formed this coastline.

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