Māmā, he aha ngā pūkahukahu?

nā Kararaina Rangihau

Wiremu’s mother has just had a baby. He is waiting for the baby to come home. Wiremu learns about lungs and what they do.

Ngā hononga ki te marautanga

Te Marautanga o Aotearoa, He tauira hei kōrerorero, Hauora.


Waiora	Koiri	Taiao	Tangata
Kia kōtuituia ēnei āhuatanga ki ngā whenu katoa:	Te wairua
	Ngā tikanga
	Te reo
	Ngā uara me ngā waiaro
Kai 1. Ka whakaputa whakaaro mō ngā momo kai, me te pānga o aua kai ki tōna tupu. Tupuranga 2. Ka tautohu me te whakapuaki i ōna whakaaro, i ōna hiahia e pā ana ki tōna tupu. Haumarutanga 3. Ka whakaatu i ngā tikanga o te noho haumaru me ngā pūnaha haumaru i roto i ngā horopaki huhua.	Akoranga koiri 1. Ka whakapakari i tana mōhio ki te tūhono i ētahi pūkenga koiri e tutuki pai ai ētahi raupapa koiri. Whakamahinga pūkenga koiri 2. Ka whai tonu i ngā momo tākaro me ngā momo koiri e pārekareka ana ki a ia, me te whakaahua i ngā hua oranga. 3. Ka whakawhanake i ngā whakaaro, i ngā tikanga me ngā ture tōtika o āna mahi tākaro.	Hononga ki a Ranginui rāua ko Papatūānuku 1. Ka whakawhiti kōrero e pā ana ki te hirangatanga o Papatūānuku rāua ko Ranginui ki te oranga tangata. Hononga ki ētahi atu taiao 2. Ka tautohu, ka whakaputa whakaaro mō ngā āhuatanga pārekareka o ngā taiao e taunga ana ia.	Whanaungatanga 1. Ka whakaatu i ngā huarahi hei whai, hei whakaū, hei whakakaha ake i ngā hononga i waenganui i te tokorua, i te rōpū, i ngā horopaki huhua hoki. Huatau o te whanaungatanga 2. Ka torotoro atu ki ngā uara, ngā waiaro me ngā haepapa a te tangata hei whakapiki i te oranga o te whānau, te hapū me te iwi.

Set up a number of work stations, each with a question. For example: How do the lungs work? Where are the lungs found? What is a collapsed lung? How are the lungs affected by smoking? How do you keep your lungs healthy? Divide the students into groups to research and answer one question. When they are finished, ask each group to share their learning with the rest of the class.
Put the students into pairs and ask them to record how many breaths they take in one minute when they are sitting still. Put them into pairs again and ask them to count their number of breaths again over a minute. Get them to compare their different respiration rates and revisit their predictions.
Ask the students to investigate different activities and how each affects respiration. For example: Walking across the room, swimming across the pool, running around the field, singing a song, reading a book and so on. After each activity get the students to record their respiration rates. Get them to report which activities increase respiration the most and the least and to draw conclusions about activities that keep lungs healthy.
Ask the students about Koro’s photo in the story and how it changes, what is significant about it? (Koro’s expressions change through the story, it represents him observing Hine Te Waiora as her breathing and lungs develop)