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Labelling a cockle/tuangi

The New Zealand cockle, also known as tuaki or tuangi, is endemic to Aotearoa New Zealand’s coastal areas. They are filter feeders and are well adapted to their preferred habitat of soft mud and ...

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SMART – Māori astronomy

Tātai arorangi, Māori astronomical knowledge, is fundamental to te ao Māori. It forms a significant pillar of whakapapa stretching back to the beginnings of the universe. Tātai arorangi ...

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Exploring solar power

In this activity, students explore sunlight being converted into electricity. They are introduced to the concept of photovoltaics – making electricity from sunlight. They will become aware of ...

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Creating collections

The Hub has a very useful collections tool. Hub users who are signed in can access the tool to create their own collections, collaborate on collections, add their own notes (with both a private ...

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Microscope parts

In this activity, students identify and label the main parts of a microscope and describe their function. By the end of this activity, students should be able to: identify the main parts of a ...

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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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    Associate Professor Fiona Petchey

    Position: Associate Professor and Director of the Waikato Radiocarbon Dating Laboratory, University of Waikato. Field: Radiocarbon dating. Associate Professor Fiona Petchey is Director of the Waikato ...

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    Mātauranga Māori

    In this recorded professional learning session Greta Dromgool invites guest speaker Associate Professor Hēmi Whaanga to discuss mātauranga Māori and to share his perspectives and experiences ...

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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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    Mātauranga and the Living World

    Join Greta Dromgool from the Science Learning Hub and Yvonne Taura (Ngāiterangi, Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāti Hauā, Ngāti Uenuku, Ngāti Tūwharetoa) as they explore mātauranga resources related to the ...

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    A Rare Bird

    Ornithologist Perrine Moncrieff was a woman on a mission. Ahead of her time. A force of nature. A conservationist before it was fashionable, Moncrieff was a pioneer in so many fields, but it was ...

    02/03/2023 - 03/03/2023
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    Applying education in a complex world

    The argument that the world in which today’s students will eventually work, will be different and more complicated than the one they currently know, has become a truism. It guides our thinking in ...

    26/04/2023 - 28/04/2023
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    Celebrating women in conservation breakfast 2023

    Trust for Nature and Bush Heritage Australia invite you to join the 12th annual Celebrating Women in Conservation Breakfast on Friday 3 March 2023. Hear from the inspiring guest speaker Nicola ...

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