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Follow the base project guide along with the content focus of this Matariki extension to create an interactive multimedia presentation that brings together skills in research, literacy and oratory, arts and crafts as well as digital technologies.

Learners will work independently or as a team to investigate the significance of the stars of Matariki, draft reports on their findings, then capture sound, program controls, construct a display, and complete a circuit using the Makey Makey device to create a presentation that users can interact with to learn about Te Iwa o Matariki, the nine stars of Matariki.

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This is an extension guide and must be used together with the Interactive Display Board base project guide. This extension provides Matariki topic content while the foundational base project contains the display board craft build, Scratch programming, and other essential instructions to complete the activity.

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Activity Guide (PDF)

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Writing an event-driven Scratch program
Understanding that the Makey Makey acts as an input device within a digital system, passing signals to Scratch which processes them to produce outputs
Systematically testing and debugging a full system

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Designing and creating a purposeful multimedia outcome
Evaluating an interactive digital system and making intentional design decisions to connect effectively with users
Working through a structured multi-stage production process

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Researching, evaluating sources, distilling information, writing, creating, and delivering multimedia content for an audience

arts

Design and construction, making purposeful aesthetic decisions about layout, colour, materials, and presentation

science

Basic electrical concepts, understanding conductivity and completing a circuit

social-sciences

Exploring the cultural significance of Matariki and gathering information and stories related to each of the nine stars of the Matariki cluster

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Particularly for younger learners, limit the scale of the project to an A4 or A3 size piece of paper.
Stretch the activity into a unit plan by spreading the workload over multiple session, focusing on research, design, programming and construction.
Zoom in on the topic and assign a single star of the Matariki cluster to each group, in order to increase focus and thorough scope of research on specific whetū. Then coordinate as a class, or between multiple groups, to assemble a presentation across the whole cluster of stars.

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Create a virtual presentation completely in Scratch based on the same extension topic, following the Virtual Presentation: Matariki activity guide.

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Teachers should consider:

Hardware & Materials Preparation as a pre-lesson task, including Makey Makey devices and connector cables, charging digital devices, and gathering craft materials.
Group Assignments and logistics, including supporting student collaboration and content focus.

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Take steps to make sure device use is safe, supervised, and purposeful throughout. This activity involves accessing the Scratch coding platform and potentially using the internet for topic research.

General Guidance
- Set clear expectations around safe and purposeful device use at the start of each lesson.
- Support ākonga to know that if they encounter content that feels inappropriate, confusing, or upsetting during their research that they can flag this with kaiako without concern.
- Remind ākonga of your school's digital use agreement before beginning any lesson that involves the internet or a third-party digital platform.
Before the activity
- Consider reviewing and pre-selecting a set of reliable, age-appropriate sources, rather than open internet searching.
- Familiarise yourself with Scratch (scratch.mit.edu) and the settings that control how saved projects are visible publicly to others.
During the activity
- Supervise internet use throughout, circulating actively to monitor and support ākonga.
- Use the FACT framework in the template activity guide as a live tool during research.
- Discuss openly what is and isn't appropriate to include in a Scratch project.
- Encourage ākonga to treat all sources about Matariki, particularly those representing mātauranga Māori, with respect and care as it’s part of a living, culturally significant body of knowledge.