Matariki (Pleiades) star cluster

Winter brings opportunities to view the night sky and the opportunity to incorporate authentic cross-curricular science learning.

Wayfinding is about all of the ways in which people and animals orient themselves in physical space and navigate from ...

Using the Matariki star cluster as a context for learning can cover many different subjects. Matariki is also known as ...

The 2012–2013 voyage of the Waka Tapu closed the Polynesian triangle. This confirmed that it is possible to successfully and ...

The Science Learning Hub has lots of resources for primary teachers related to the night sky in the Planet Earth ...

Like the Sun, stars rise in the eastern horizon and set in the western horizon. Navigators who know the direction ...

In this activity, students learn the cardinal points of the compass. They also learn how to use the Sun and ...

Using the Matariki star cluster as a context for learning can cover many different subjects. Matariki is also known as ...