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Myrtle rust

Myrtle rust is a disease caused by the fungus Austropuccinia psidii. It threatens plants in the Myrtaceae (myrtle) family. New Zealand has a variety of native plants that belong to this family ...

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Chemistry made simple – properties of matter

At the Science Learning Hub, we know teaching chemistry can feel a bit overwhelming. In this recorded professional learning session, Greta Dromgool takes you step by step through key ideas ...

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Cyclones, typhoons and hurricanes

Have you ever wondered about the differences between cyclones, typhoons and hurricanes? It is all due to their location. When they occur in the South Pacific and Indian Oceans, we call them ...

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Making connections in the brain

The human brain has a multitude of functions. As well as organising our thoughts, feelings and actions, it also controls bodily processes like fertility. At puberty, the brain is ultimately ...

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Bioaccumulation
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Classification
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Biodiversity
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Ecosystem
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Invertebrates
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Trending articles and activities

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What is fire?

Fire is the visible effect of the process of combustion – a special type of chemical reaction. It occurs between oxygen in the air and some sort of fuel. The products from the chemical reaction ...

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Nature of science – introduction

The nature of science is the overarching and unifying strand in the New Zealand science curriculum document. Our nature of science articles on the Science Learning Hub unpacks this strand and ...

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The ‘Investigating in science’ strand

The nature of science is concerned with science as a way of thinking, but this can’t exist in isolation, so the New Zealand curriculum document includes three other substrands of the nature of ...

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Our native trees

In this recorded professional learning session, Lyn Rogers from the Science Learning Hub and Ben Moorhouse from the Department of Conservation introduce some readily available resources and model ...

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Pest detectives

In this recorded professional learning session, Greta Dromgool from the Science Learning Hub and Adrienne De Melo and Ben Moorhouse from the Department of Conservation share the many learning ...

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Eco-explorers

In this recorded professional learning session, Greta Dromgool and Ben Moorhouse from the Department of Conservation unpack conservation education and: introduce some exciting DOC resources aimed ...

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Trending events

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Society of soil science conference

Soils2018 will be held in Napier from 3 to 6 December 2018. This biannual conference is a must attend event organised by the New Zealand Soil Science Society and OnCue Conferences, and will cover ...

03/12/2018 - 06/12/2018
Wellington

House of Science 2018 Symposium

Every year the national House of Science team runs a science symposium: a day long conference for the whole community. The 2017 symposium was in Tauranga, with inspiring keynote speakers like Dr ...

12/11/2018
Northland, Auckland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Gisborne, Hawke's Bay, Taranaki, Manawatu-Whanganui, Wellington, Canterbury

Out of this world – Nanogirl live on stage

Join Nanogirl (aka Dr Michelle Dickinson), Boris (her trusty lab assistant), and CLAIR (Constantly Learning Artificial Intelligence Repository) for science and engineering as you have never seen ...

17/11/2018 - 15/12/2018
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