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May 31, 2009

Googling not thinking???

Filed under: My Education — Dragon09 @ 9:20 pm
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All the answers below are found by copying the question into Google and hitting search. You don’t even have to clicj through some pages the answers appear on the blurb below the website..

1. Who are the brothers that were members of Split Enz?
Tim and Neil Finn
2. What song do the Netherworld Dancing Toys sing with Annie Crummer?
Song For Freddie
3. What plant is used to make kete?
Flax
4. Which nationality settled in Akaroa?

French
5. What is the English name for piwakawaka?
Fantail
6. New Zealand’s national symbol comes from what plant family?
Fern
7. Which North Island town is famous for hekeke harvest?

8. Who wrote the song ‘Nature’?
Fourmyula
9. What New Zealand delicacy is widely sought after by Kiwis overseas? Chocolate

10. What autumn fruit is grown and eaten a lot?
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So what should questioning look like to engage the students in higher order thinking processes?

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  1. Hey, good post!! A simple activity to do with any group of teachers to prove a point. I often type in the questions my secondary son is asked into Google and wish desperately the teachers would get the point that their homework is a worthless exercise.

      Jane Nicholls — June 1, 2009 @ 10:31 am

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