Teaching and Learning Approaches

List of Teaching and Learning Approaches resource items

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  Animal adaptations – Student Activity

  In this activity, students learn about animal adaptations in Antarctic species and use these ideas to design their own unique animal.

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  Density – Student Activity

  This activity is a starter activity to introduce students to the concept of density. This activity has been adapted from the SEREAD Programme developed in conjunction with NIWA.

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  Drawing a contour map – Student Activity

  Students draw a contour map of Antarctica and compare it to New Zealand. It highlights why Antarctica is called the highest continent.

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  Floating eggs – Student Activity

  In this activity, students investigate water density by floating an egg in fresh water and salt water.

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  How the Sun heats the Earth – Student Activity

  Activity to help students understand how the Sun heats the Earth and why some parts of Earth are warmer. This activity has been adapted from the SEREAD Programme developed in conjunction with NIWA.

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  Investigating sea water – Student Activity

  Two activities that discuss some of the properties of seawater. This activity has been adapted from the SEREAD Programme developed in conjunction with NIWA.

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  Make your own myth – Student Activity

  An activity idea for students to explore cultural myths and legends before constructing their own myth about Antarctica.

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  Researching in Anarctica – Student Activity

  Once a year, scientists Megan Balks and Jackie Aislabie venture to the coldest place on earth, visiting climate research stations in Antarctica.

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  Water temperature – Student Activity

  This activity looks at what happens when hot and cold water meet. This activity has been adapted from the SEREAD Programme developed in conjunction with NIWA.

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  What happens when ice melts? – Student Activity

  This activity looks at what happens when ice melts simulating melting ice caps. This activity has been adapted from the SEREAD Programme developed in conjunction with NIWA.

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  Why do we have different seasons? – Student Activity

  Activity to help students understand why we have seasons. This activity has been adapted from the SEREAD Programme developed in conjunction with NIWA.