Cygnus X-1 black hole pulling matter from the nearby blue star.
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Countering false information

How do we know what information we can trust and what we can’t? We live in a world where it ...

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A simple rain gauge outside in a garden.

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Making a rain gauge

Rain gauges are one of the most ancient weather instruments. The ancient Greeks and people in India were the first ...

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Thinking about plastic – planning pathways

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Thinking about plastic – planning pathways

Plastics have changed the way we live. They’ve revolutionised how we preserve food and store liquids, how we move and ...

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Spotting misinformation

Logical fallacies describe logically flawed or deceptive arguments that can be disproven through reasoning. Humans have been using them for ...

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Insulation

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Insulation

In Antarctica, winter temperatures can vary from -70ºC to -15ºC – it is one of the coldest places to live ...

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How Deep Is Your Snow?

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How deep is your snow?

Large snow events in most parts of New Zealand are uncommon. However, if you are in the South Island or ...

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Three red capped mushrooms outside: Amanita muscaria.

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Fungi

Close up of A typical melanoma showing ABCDE features.

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Disease

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Science and society

Looking down at the Baring Head air monitoring station, NZ

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Environmental monitoring

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Adaptation

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Gravity

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Genetics

A healthy human lymphatic system illustration.

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Models in science

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Illustration of hands on a Laptop keyboard with a web showing fake news connections

Article

Countering false information

How do we know what information we can trust and what we can’t? We live in a world where it ...

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Constellations in the night sky

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Constellations in the night sky

In this activity, students learn about star constellations and that various cultures have their own names and legends about them. ...

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Climate change and the carbon cycle – kuputaka

This resource contains kuputaka Māori mo āhuarangi hurihuri a hurihanga waro – reo Māori words associated with climate change and ...

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Carton image of 3 people and labels of some common logical fallacies

Activity

Spotting misinformation

Logical fallacies describe logically flawed or deceptive arguments that can be disproven through reasoning. Humans have been using them for ...

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How the Hub can help

The Science Learning Hub contains over 11,550 resources created to support New Zealand science teachers, students and the wider community. ...

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Agency in the Anthropocene

Young people are facing a future of complex environmental challenges. How can we prepare them to save the world when ...

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Monitoring the moana – participatory science methods

14 Aug 2025

Join Sally Carson from the Otago University Department of Marine Science and Greta Dromgool for a session packed with ideas, ...

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How a nail built the world

18 Aug 2025

Join Roma Agrawal, an engineer, author and broadcaster based in London, UK, to find out how small and seemingly simple ...

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Earthquake science at the cutting-edge

18 Aug 2025

In the 2025 S. N. Jepson Lectureship in Seismology, three leading earthquake scientists, Associate Professor Alice-Agnes Gabriel, Dr Olaf Zielke, ...

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