Our education programmes are designed to enhance your units of learning and bring them to life. The programmes have been developed in consultation with education agencies and follow the mainstream curriculum documents. They cover all essential learning areas and are developed to fit with achievement objectives. They incorporate bicultural learning objectives, and most can be offered in either English or te reo Māori.
All programmes last for 90 minutes, but may be adapted to fit your needs. They incorporate suggestions for pre-visit and post-visit activities.
Introductory programme
Tumeke Te Papa! Introducing Te Papa
For years 11-13. Levels of achievement 6-8.
This is our popular introductory programme for schools. Get to know what's in Te Papa. Explore the amazing features of New Zealand's landscape, and discover what makes its people special. Tumeke Te Papa! ensures that your students have a good look at Te Papa and a great time doing it. It can also be adapted to suit your school's specific interests.
ESOL @ Te Papa - Getting to Know Us
For years 11-13. Levels of achievement 6-8.
Discover New Zealand with this lively programme for learners of English. Te Papa, with its wide range of exhibition content and activities for visitors, offers a unique environment for language learning. This programme offers a stimulating language resource for ESOL educators.
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Curriculum-linked programmes
Te Reo Māori in the Mainstream @ Te Papa
Te Marae @ Te Papa
For years 1 - 11. Levels of achievement 1 - 6
Enhance your students' interaction with Te Ao Māori (the Māori world) through our fun new education programme Te Marae @ Te Papa, which utilises games, songs, and te reo Māori. Students will learn about pōwhiri (welcoming ceremonies), pepeha (genealogical descriptors), Māori design, wharenui (meeting houses), and pūrākau (stories). This programe complements the new Te Reo Māori in the New Zealand Curriculum Draft.
> More about Te Marae
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Science | Putaiao @ Te Papa
Shaping New Zealand
For years 11-13. Levels of achievement 6-8.
Can be used for NCEA Science 1.2 and 1.5.
Explore the science of New Zealand's landforms through plate tectonics, earthquakes, and volcanoes. Watch the break-up of Gondwanaland, move the Pacific plate, handle the oldest rocks in our land, follow the earthquake trail, and experience our simulation of the 1987 Edgecumbe earthquake.
It's Wellington's Fault!
For Year 13. Levels of achievement 6-8.
Can be used for NCEA Geography 3.1
So what's up with Wellington? Students will explore the geological processes that have shaped this country - particularly the Wellington region. They will find out where the local faults lie in relation to the city and how these are significant for residents and the landscape.
Students will investigate how the land is being uplifted by the Earth's forces, but at the same time being eroded by weather and changed by human activity.
This programme is an excellent precursor to Karori Wildlife Sanctuary's organised field trip case study for NCEA Level 3.1.
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History | Ngā korero o mua @ Te Papa
The Treaty of Waitangi | Te Tiriti o Waitangi
For years 11-13. Levels of achievement 6-8.
Can be used for NCEA History 1.3 and 1.4.
Experience the debate about the Treaty of Waitangi, view Te Papa's massive eight-metre high reproduction of the Treaty, and find out how the Treaty applies today through the perspective of the claims process. An essential overview of New Zealand's founding document.
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The Arts | Ngā Toi @ Te Papa
Rita Angus
5 July - 5 October 2008
The education programme developed for this exhibition examines selected works in detail. It also puts the students in the position of art interpreter, getting them to write about the works for an audience of their own age group. A comprehensive website will support the exhibition, so students can re-examine works online. The website will also help teachers guide their students through the exhibition.
Years 1-13, Levels 1-8
The Arts - Visual Art. English.
> Visit the Rita Angus: Life & Vision exhibition mini-site
Reo Toi | Interpreting Toi Te Papa Art of the Nation
For years 11-13. Levels of achievement 6-8
This 60-minute exhibition-based programme will take students through the development of New Zealand art over the past 400 years. Students will have the opportunity to discover and examine works from customary Māori to nineteenth-century European, from early twentieth-century New Zealand painting through to contemporary mixed media installations. They will begin to understand the connections between these works as part of the development of New Zealand art as a unique genre.
> Visit the Toi Te Papa Art of the Nation exhibition mini-site
Mahi Toi | Making Art - Developing Toi Te Papa Art of a Nation
For years 11 - 13. Levels of achievement 6-8
This programme encourages students to have a personal response to the artwork on display. They will be required to select artworks that appeal to them and demonstrate the reasons why. It also involves an art-making component. Art-making workshops are a successful way of reinforcing learning, and they also enable students to develop ideas through observation, imagination, and invention with materials. A range of artists will be used as the source of motivation.
> Visit the Toi Te Papa Art of the Nation exhibition mini-site
Art Now
For years 11-13. Levels of achievement 6-8.
Can be used for NCEA Visual Arts 1.3 and 1.4.
Explore the diverse and sometimes controversial achievements of contemporary art, including painting, sculpture, photography, installation, and multimedia.
What Is New Zealand Art?
For years 11-13. Levels of achievement 6-8.
Can be used for NCEA Visual Arts 1.1 and 1.3.
An exciting survey of art in New Zealand from the 1800s to today, including contemporary Māori art and the work of women artists.
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