Supporting the transition to Te Mātaiaho
Mātauranga and science – building knowledge
The New Zealand Curriculum refresh – Te Mātaiaho – places mātauranga Māori at the heart of learning areas. We are excited to help educators make this happen!
Kaiako Simone Marsters
Simone Marsters, Kaihautū Māori for the Science Learning Hub – Pokapū Akoranga Pūtaiao.
Planning for Matariki – free PLD webinar
Join Greta and picture book expert, Associate Professor Nicola Daly in our free online professional learning session Picturebooks for Matariki. Greta and Nicola will use a selection of picture books to explore Matariki and the connected science concepts.
Date: Thursday 25 May
Time: 4:00–4:45 pm.
The Hub has an array of resources on Matariki, including:
The Matariki star cluster – article
Naming the whetū in te kāhui o Matariki – interactive and activity
Environment Aotearoa 2022 – curation using each star to represent an environmental domain
Freshwater in Aotearoa
Science and mātauranga combine to inform the Ministry for the Environment and Stats NZ’s Our freshwater 2023. The report considers freshwater connections and whakapapa, and the pressures our actions place on freshwater systems. This activity features an interactive storymap, which explores these concepts from the perspective of a migrating tuna.
Planning pathways using freshwater resources
This interactive groups Hub resources into key science and mātauranga Māori concepts.
Select here to view further information, the full transcript (with PDF download option) and copyright information.
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