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Building Science Concepts: The air around us

Air is the medium in which we live. A good understanding of the nature and properties of this substance will help students when they come to investigate and understand science concepts about air ...

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Tame Malcolm – indigenous pest management

In this recorded professional learning session the Science Learning Hub kōrero with Tame Malcolm (Te waka o Te Arawa, Ngāti Tarāwhai, Ngāti Pikiao, Ngāti Ngararanui, Ngāti Whakaue) about his work ...

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Reading graphs in science

At first glance, some data displays in science can seem overwhelming. Both students and teachers may be unsure of how to approach the task of understanding and making sense of graphs. This ...

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Aerofoils and paper planes

In this activity, students learn how to make an aerofoil and to make and fly paper planes. In the process, they learn about aerofoil wing shape (found on planes and birds) and experiment with ...

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Antimicrobial resistance explained

Microbes – friend or foe? Some microbes are essential to life, while others cause sickness in plants and animals, including humans. For decades, we have kept most infectious diseases under ...

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    Melanoma risk gene identified

    An international team of researchers has identified the specific gene fault that causes a type of early-onset melanoma that accounts for about 3% of the cases of this type of skin cancer that is ...

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    Techniques used to make transgenic cows

    Scientists producing transgenic cows use a range of techniques including DNA cloning, restriction enzyme digests, ligation, polymerase chain reaction (PCR), transfection, nuclear transfer and in ...

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    Support for distance learning

    COVID-19 has had such an impact on the way we live and work and indeed the way we teach. This article is to help you easily find resources we’ve created. They are organised into sections that are ...

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    Connecting with scientists

    Connecting scientists with students – and teachers – can have substantial educational benefits. But how do schools establish these contacts, and once the contact is made, what is the best way to ...

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    Takahē – a context for learning

    The takahē (Porphyrio hochstetteri) is an endangered species and classed as nationally vulnerable under the New Zealand Threat Classification System. The takahē is a flightless bird found only in New Zealand. It was ...(Porphyrio

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    Horizons – A 2022 space odyssey

    Having set two Guinness World Records with his previous sell-out World Tour, Professor Brian Cox is back with a brand-new live-on-stage show in 2022. Horizons takes audiences on a dazzling ...

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    ChemEd & BioLive conference 2022

    The Secondary Chemistry Educators of New Zealand (SCENZ) and the Biology Educators’ Association of New Zealand (BEANZ), in conjunction with Auckland University of Technology, are pleased to ...

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    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 ...

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