Students learn about the haka, build a robot using the Topobo construction kit and program their robot to accompany them in a haka performance.
By completing this activity, students should gain the knowledge and understanding of concepts and experience required by the New Zealand Curriculum in the areas of:
Computational Thinking: Level 1-Progress Outcome 1
Designing and developing digital outcomes: Level 2-Progress Outcome 1 Social Science: Level 1
Class starts by asking students to watch a 2-minute video of a haka performance.