Year 1 – 10 Programmes
Tarawera Te Maunga Tapu
Always onCurriculum Link: Science or Social Science
Suitable for Year 1 - 10 students
Duration: 1 - 1.5 hours
Available in te reo Māori
Using Museum collection items, photographs and film, students will identify why we have volcanoes such as Tarawera in our region and how tourism developed at Te Wairoa in the early 1880s.
They will explore how the 1886 eruption affected the lives of people, changed the landscape and predict the likelihood of future eruptions.
Please let us know your specific learning outcomes so we can adapt our programme to suit.
A social science component can be added upon request.
Charles Blomfield. Mt Tarawera in Eruption June 10 1886. Chromolithograph of oil painting printed by A. D. Willis, Wanganui in 1886. Rotorua Museum Te Whare Taonga o Te Arawa.
Featured Education Programme
Pioneer Days Education ProgrammeRotorua Settlers and Steam Museum
Always on
Venue: Rotorua Settlers and Steam Museum, Robinson Ave, Holdens Bay, Rotorua
Curriculum Links: Social Sciences, English, Technology and Science
Suitable for: Year 1-10 Students
Duration: 2 hours
