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WELCOME TO ‘THE AMAZING RACE’ - home edition

The aim of the amazing race to get from Auckland (our home town) all the way to Invercargill at the bottom on the South Island by completing tasks and questions at each destination. This will grow your knowledge of New Zealand and where you live!

Along the way, you will have road blocks where you will need to complete an activity to be able to carry on. This could be a puzzle and math problem or something you have to do at home!

Along the way you will also find a detour slide. Read the slide to complete the task..

The aim of the game is to be the first student to complete ALL of the tasks and the roadblocks first and submit your journey to your Team 5 teachers by the end of the day on Friday.

You will be able to ask for help from your parents, caregivers, grandparents or whoever is in your bubble!

There will be a prize for the first FIVE students who complete ALL of the tasks, ALL of the road blocks and are the first three students to get back to your teachers.

AMAZING RACE

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Make a copy of the entire slide so that you are able to answer the questions like this File, Make a Copy, Entire Presentation.

Read the instructions carefully on each slide.

You will need to answer a range of questions about that particular city in order to move onto the next slide. You may be asked to attach photos or find basic information.

On the slides I have provided you with websites that you could use to help you find information. You can use your own websites but make sure they are useful and accurate!

When you come to the detour or road block slides make sure you answer ALL of the questions before you move on, if you get to the end and they are not complete you will have to go back and do them in order to win the prize.

Have fun learning about all the different cities in New Zealand

Remember there is a lucky prize for the winner and the first 5 people back!

Instructions:

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WELCOME TO AUCKLAND

What is the Maori name for Auckland?

What is Auckland known for?

What is the population of Auckland ?

What are 3 locations that Auckland is known for? Find a picture of them to complete this question

What’s a sport team from Auckland?

Find 2 facts about Auckland

Here are some websites to help you:

Auckland

LOCATE AUCKLAND ON THE MAP

Use the arrow above to help you

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WELCOME TO HAMILTON

What is the Maori name for Hamilton?

What is Hamilton known for?

What is the population of Hamilton ?

What’s a sport team from Hamilton?

How many bridges do we have in Hamilton?

Find 2 facts about Hamilton

Here are some websites to help you:

https://www.newzealand.com/nz/hamilton/

LOCATE HAMILTON ON THE MAP

Use the arrow above to help you

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ROAD BLOCK

Here are four key items you will need to have on your amazing race journey.

What are their key attributes? Write down all of the key attributes (why you need them) for these four items to move onto your next destination!

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WELCOME TO CAMBRIDGE

LOCATE CAMBRIDGE ON THE MAP

Use the arrow above to help you

What is the Maori name for Cambridge?

What is the population of Cambridge?

What is Cambridge known for?

What are 4 things you can see and do in Cambridge?

How close in km is Cambridge to Hamilton?

Find 2 facts about Cambridge

Here are some websites to help you:

https://www.newzealand.com/nz/cambridge/

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WELCOME TO ROTORUA

LOCATE ROTORUA ON THE MAP

Use the arrow above to help you

What is the population of Rotorua?

What is Rotorua known for?

What types of activities can you do for fun in Rotorua? Name at least 3 and attach a picture

Where does the ‘funky’ smell that is in Rotorua come from?

Find 2 facts about Rotorua

Here are some websites to help you:

https://www.newzealand.com/nz/rotorua/

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ROAD BLOCK

Catherine had 80 marbles! 25% of her marbles were a beautiful yellow. How many of the marbles were yellow?

Miss Setefano flew to Christchurch! The plane left at 11:20am and landed at 1:10pm. How long was the flight?

Mrs Tele’a was trying to work out how many school lunches we need! In Team 5 there are 153 kids, Team 4 have 294 and Team 3 have 169. How many kids are in Teams 3,4 and 5?

Pt England School had a Tryathlon! There are 632 kids at Bankwood School but 298 were away, how many kids did the Tryathlon?

Answer these math problems to move on to your next destination.

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WELCOME TO NAPIER

LOCATE NAPIER ON THE MAP

Use the arrow above to help you

What is the Maori name for Napier?

What is the population of Napier?

What is Napier known for?

What types of activities can you do for fun in Napier? Name at least 3 and attach a picture

Find 2 facts about Napier

Here are some websites to help you:

https://www.newzealand.com/nz/napier/

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WELCOME TO PALMERSTON NORTH

LOCATE PALMERSTON NORTH ON THE MAP

Use the arrow above to help you

What is the Maori name for Palmerston North?

What is the population of Palmerston North?

What is Palmerston North known for?

What types of activities can you do for fun in Palmerston North? Name at least 3 and attach a picture

Find 2 facts about Palmerston North

Here are some websites to help you:

https://www.newzealand.com/nz/palmerston-north/

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ROAD BLOCK

Complete the following task to move onto the next destination

Read for 20 minutes!

Pick one of the following books about New Zealand from EPIC books and read for 20 minutes and find 5 facts.

It has to be one of the 4 books on the right

Books to pick from

Meet our new students for NZ

Maori Warriors

Explore the Countries: New Zealand

All about Sir Edmund Hillary

Task:

Find 5 new facts you learnt about New Zealand that are NEW facts.

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WELCOME TO WELLINGTON

LOCATE WELLINGTON ON THE MAP

Use the arrow above to help you

What is the Maori name for Wellington?

What is the population of Wellington?

What is Wellington known for?

What types of activities can you do for fun in Wellington? Name at least 3 and attach a picture

Find 2 facts about Wellington

What is the nickname people give Wellington?

Here are some websites to help you:

https://www.newzealand.com/nz/wellington/

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ROAD BLOCK

They nickname Wellington ‘The Windy City’

For this road block, I want you to use the picture below and create a paragraph, describing how windy wellington is!

Be creative, use your imagination and use the picture prompts to help you.

YOU MUST INCLUDE:

Descriptive words
Rhetorical Question
3-4 sentences

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WELCOME TO NELSON

LOCATE NELSON ON THE MAP

Use the arrow above to help you

What is the Maori name for Nelson?

What is the population of Nelson?

What is Nelson known for?

What are some things you can do in Nelson? Name at least 2 with pictures

How can you get from Nelson from Wellington?

What are 2 facts about Nelson

Here are some websites to help you:

https://www.newzealand.com/nz/nelson-tasman/

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WELCOME TO CHRISTCHURCH

LOCATE CHRISTCHURCH ON THE MAP

Use the arrow above to help you

Here are some websites to help you:

https://www.newzealand.com/nz/christchurch-canterbury/

What is the Maori name for Christchurch?

What is the population of Christchurch?

What is Christchurch known for?

What types of activities can you do for fun in Christchurch? Name at least 3 and attach a picture

Find 2 facts about Christchurch

What was the date of the major earthquake that happened in Christchurch?

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Answer these riddles to move on to your next destination.

ROAD BLOCK

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WELCOME TO QUEENSTOWN

LOCATE QUEENSTOWN ON THE MAP

Use the arrow above to help you

Here are some websites to help you:

https://www.newzealand.com/nz/queenstown/

What is the Maori name for Queenstown?

What is the population of Queenstown?

What is Queenstown known for?

What types of activities can you do for fun in Queenstown? Name at least 3 and attach a picture

Find 2 facts about Queenstown

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ROAD BLOCK

Memories from my trip

Find 1 picture of each destination you have been to so far and create a photo collage of the pictures on a google slide, attach the google slide to your copy of the slide show. See pictures for examples.

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DETOUR

Find one city in between Nelson and Invercargill that has not been mentioned in the Amazing Race.

What is the name of this place in English and Maori?
What is the population of this place?
How far between Nelson and Invercargill is this place in KM?
Find 2 things that you can do in this place
What are 2 facts about this particular place?

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WELCOME TO INVERCARGILL

What is the Maori name for Invercargill?

What is the population of Invercargill?

What are 2 things you can do in Invercargill for fun? List at least 2 and add a picture

Find 2 facts about Invercargill

What is Invercargill known for?

LOCATE INVERCARGILL ON THE MAP

Use the arrow above to help you

Here are some websites to help you:

https://www.newzealand.com/nz/invercargill/

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CONGRATULATIONS

You have made it to Invercargill safely! I hope you enjoyed your trip!

Were you the first one back? Submit your finished slide to your teacher.