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Climate connections – why climate change matters

Earth is a dynamic system, made up of four central components known as subsystems – the hydrosphere, geosphere, atmosphere and biosphere. These subsystems are interconnected by processes and ...

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The history of vaccination

Long before anybody understood anything about vaccination, it was noticed that, if people recovered from a disease, they didn’t get that particular disease again. China in the 1500s In the 1500s ...

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Eye dissection

Dissections offer memorable science experiences that can provide inspiration for students to learn more about living things and even consider pursuing a career in biology. There are many ways a ...

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Unit plans for primary teachers

These unit plans come as Word document downloads that can be easily modified to suit your students’ learning needs or used as they are. Butterflies (lower primary) Learn about native and introduced ...

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Habitat
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Ethics and science
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Living or non-living?

In this activity, students use two separate online interactives or paper-based graphic organisers to explore these key science ideas: what makes something living and what makes something an ...

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The water cycle

The Earth has a finite amount of water. The water that is here today is the same water that will be here in 20 or even 20 million years’ time. So, if all living things use water, how is it that ...

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Refraction of light

Refraction is the bending of light (it also happens with sound, water and other waves) as it passes from one transparent substance into another. This bending by refraction makes it possible for ...

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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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Seaweek resources

Seaweek is New Zealand’s annual national week about the sea. It is hosted by the New Zealand Association for Environmental Education and includes a wide range of events, activities, competitions ...

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Planning for students to be citizen scientists

The number of citizen science projects is growing at a rapid rate, with benefits for scientists and those who participate. But what potential do they have for supporting school science? An ...

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Trending events

Bay of Plenty

Advanced materials and nanotechnology (AMN10)

The tenth biannual conference on advanced materials and nanotechnology (AMN10) will be held in February 2022 in Rotorua. The conference series is interdisciplinary and covers a broad variety of ...

31/01/2022 - 04/02/2022
Waikato

2021 New Zealand bird conference

The 2021 New Zealand Bird Conference and Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Birds New Zealand will be held at the in Thames from 5 to 7 June 2021 The conference will comprise two days of scientific ...

05/06/2021 - 07/06/2021
Wellington

Explore your capital: EOTC Wellington

Pōneke Wellington is a vibrant city, bursting at the seams with opportunities for your ākonga! Whatever you are working on with your students from exploring art, history, politics, nature ...

27/03/2021
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