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 Get ready for Game
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15 December – 28 April
Visa
Platinum Gallery
Book your places now!
Step
into the shoes of a game designer for a technology
education programme with a difference. This new
exhibition will feature over 100 playable
games!
Groups of students are set the
challenge of designing a game with a specific
audience, genre, and theme in mind.
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processes used in the gaming
industry, they research, design, pitch, and vote
on the best game design.
Which game
will receive the most votes and get the green
light?
Curriculum
area: Technology
Year
levels: Years 4–13
Duration: 90 minutes
(primary), 60 minutes (secondary)
Availability: Term 1,
2013 Find out more
about the primary
programme
Find out more
about the secondary
programme
A teacher
preview and technology careers day will also be on
offer. Stay tuned to our newsletter for further
announcements!
With sponsorship
support from our Education Partners, HP and Media
Design
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| Mâori
and Pacific art
workshops |
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Experience Te Papa’s
magnificent collection of Mâori or Pacific art
from past and present.
Explore the
special place that toi Mâori holds in Mâori
culture. Or, find out about customary art
practices from the Pacific region. See how
contemporary artists are inspired by cultural
traditions. Use stencils, rubbings, collage, and
drawing to create your own group artwork inspired
by what you have seen.
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Curriculum
areas: Visual Arts, Social
Sciences
Year levels: 1–8
Duration: 90 minutes
Availability: Year
round
Also suitable for secondary
level Visual Arts or Art History students.
Visit
our website to find
out more.
Book
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| New
Pôwhiri experience
programme |
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Come onto Te Papa’s marae
to experience a pôwhiri (welcoming ceremony) and
gain an understanding of when, where, and how
pôwhiri can be applied.
Explore the
meaning of pôwhiri by experiencing the nine major
steps, from the giving and receiving of the wero
(challenge) to the participation in a hongi
(pressing of noses). Taonga (treasures) on display
in the museum will further illuminate the origins
of the pôwhiri process.
This has quickly
become one of
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our most popular education
programmes. Book your students in
today!
Curriculum
area: Social Sciences
Year
levels: Years 1–13
Duration: 60
minutes
Availability: Year
round
Book
now
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| Free 2013 wall
calendar! |
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To help with your planning
for next year, we have created a Te Papa Education
wall calendar. You can download it for free from
our website, or keep an eye out for the large
poster-size calendar that will be sent to your
school in
September.
Download the wall calendar
(pdf)
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| Learn more about Te Papa's Collection
- New publication from Te Papa
Press |
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100 Amazing Tales from
Aotearoa
with Simon Morton and Riria
Hotere
Take a look at some of the
surprising, wonderful, and significant pieces that
Te Papa stores in trust for the nation.
Learn the secrets of one of the
first dinosaur fossils ever discovered, see new
spider species, be inspired by
famous
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paintings and quirky jewellery,
encounter fearsome weapons from the Pacific, and
uncover deep and personal stories of Mâori taonga
(treasures).
The book is based on the
popular TV mini-documentaries Tales from Te Papa,
and includes a DVD of the complete series – with
20 bonus episodes.
View sample pages here
(pdf).
$34.99 available from Te Papa
Store.
Order a copy for your
school by emailing Sueb@tepapa.govt.nz |
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1. T?vaevae manu
(appliqué quilt), 2005, made by Vainetini o te
mapu o Hamilton (Young women’s group of Hamilton).
Te Papa (FE011955)
2. The Marae at Te Papa
3. Sonic
Generations © SEGA 2011. All rights reserved
4.
100 Amazing Tales From
Aotearoa |
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