Aotearoa New Zealand experiences a lot of geological activity – the land is right at the junction of the Australian and Pacific tectonic plates – making it a shaky place to live! The Pacific ...
Shaky New Zealand About 14,000 earthquakes are recorded in and around New Zealand every year. Fortunately, most of them are too small for us to feel at the surface. However, many of us have felt ...
Modernising a building by digging a moat? Sounds strange, but this is what happened during the refurbishing of Parliament Buildings – the biggest building conservation project undertaken in New ...
The series of activities described below was designed to help students develop an understanding about earthquakes in New Zealand, including why we get them and how we measure them. The world of ...
In this activity, students take on the roles of seismologists and vulcanologists, using maps to look for patterns in the worldwide distribution of earthquakes and volcanoes. By the end of this ...
Are you looking for ways to teach forces? If you’re new to the Science Learning Hub, you may want to start with our introductory video on teaching physics. Help, I’m teaching physics Discover ...
About 14,000 earthquakes are recorded in and around New Zealand every year. Canterbury’s 7.1 and Kaikōura's 7.8 magnitude earthquakes and subsequent aftershocks show the constant threat ...
In this online PD session recorded on 5 November 2015, primary school teacher Angela Schipper describes how she adapted earthquake resources originally designed for secondary students to use with ...
Learning about the physical world includes learning about physical phenomena, how they interact and ways in which they can be represented. This helps students understand a wide range of ...
Caldera volcanoes are violent eruptions that throw magma, ash and rock across large areas. After the eruption, the volcano collapses into the space left by the empty magma chamber, forming a very ...
Far underneath the ground we walk on, the Earth is covered with tectonic plates. You can think of tectonic plates as puzzle pieces. Earthquakes and volcanoes often happen where the pieces meet. ...
Choose a mission and then successfully build and launch a satellite that can help gather the data required. Select here for additional information on using this interactive simulation.
In this interactive follow a core sample as it makes its journey from the Alpine Fault to microscopic examination.
This is the slideshow that supports the Exploring natural hazards PLD webinar. Use the Slideshow menu for further options, including view full screen, and go here for the download option.