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Sustainable use of
Waitomo Caves
Tourism
Interview operators and
Tourists
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Activity
Compare the use of Waitomo
Glowworm cave to other cave tours/
activities within Waitomo. Use of and
Impacts.
Sustainable management
Tourist Survey
Attraction and facility use
Brief Description
Curriculum Link
Demonstrate geographic
AS 91009 Geography Level 1
understanding of the
Internal
sustainable use of an
environment.
Geographic research
AS91011/ AS90335 Geography
Level 1-2
Internal
Geographic understanding
Limestone, Caves, Karst
Waitomo limestone. Uplift. Faulting.
Dissolving action Sinkholes (Doline),
and Tomo creation, Cave passage
forming. Cave calcite crystal forming.
Breakdown.
Demonstrate geographic
understanding of a large
natural environment
Geography 91240
External
Interacting natural processes
WAITOMO LIMESTONE,
CAVES and KARST
Interacting Compare
Early Fluvial processes.
Mudstone channelling
Ignimbrite capping
Complete Karst exposure
Interacting Carbonic Acid accumulation
in Soils.
Waitomo Caves and Catchment group.
Fencing off tomo, caves, replanting.
Demonstrate understanding
of how interacting natural
processes shape a New
Zealand geographic
environment.
Geography level 3
AS91426 External
Waitomo Tourism.
A cultural process
Case studies of cultural influences on
development.
Waitomo Glowworm Cave.
(125 years of Guiding/Tourism).
Ruakuri Cave
(100 years of Tourism
Demonstrate understanding
of how a cultural process
shapes geographic
environment
AS91427 Level 3 Geography.
Internal
Adventure Activities
Caves and Ad Games
Waitomo Walks
with Worksheets
Adapted Resource Exploring Caves.
(L2-5) Us Geo Survey. (1997)
Caves Guard the Past (pg. 51)
Follow-up Activity (pg. 53) Colouring
Page (pg. 55)
Cave Art and History (pg. 57)
Identity, Culture, and Organisation
Level 1: Understand how places in New Zealand are significant
for individuals and groups.
Level 2: Understand how places influence people and people
influence places.
Level 3: Understand how groups make and implement rules |
Understand how people view and use places differently.
Adapted Resource Exploring Caves.
(L2-5) Us Geo Survey. (1997)
Find a Cave (pg. 11) Map Cave. (L25) Locations (pg. 13)
What Is a Cave? (pg. 7)
Bat shows off the Cave (pg. 15)
Follow-up Activity (pg. 19),
Colouring Page (pg. 21)
Place and Environment
Level 2 Understand how places influence people and people
influence places
Level 3 Understand how people view and use places
differently
Level 5 Understand how people's management of resources
impacts on environmental and social sustainability
Adventure Activities
Caves and Ad Games
Waitomo Walks
with Worksheets
Waitomo Discovery Centre
Visit
Adventure Activities
Caves and Ad Games
Waitomo Discovery Centre
Visit
Waitomo Walks
with Worksheets
Adventure Activities
Caves and Ad Games
Waitomo Walks
with Worksheets
Waitomo Discovery Centre
Visit
Social Sciences
Waitomo Discovery Centre Visit
Continuity and Change
Level 2: Understand how time and change affect people's lives
Level 4: Understand that events have causes and effects
Economic World
Level 2-5: Understand how people’s management of
resources impacts on environmental and social sustainability |
Understand how people seek and have sought economic
growth through business, enterprise, and innovation