Related Articles

Seismic engineering

https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/331-seismic-engineering
Seismic engineering is a branch of engineering that searches for ways to make structures, such ...
Article

Seismic waves

https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/340-seismic-waves
When an earthquake occurs, the shockwaves of released energy that shake the Earth and ...
Article

Investigating earthquakes – key terms

https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/1049-investigating-earthquakes-key-terms
Earthquakes help shape New Zealand and are a constant threat in many parts of the country. The ...
Article

Earthquakes – timeline

https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/1557-earthquakes-timeline
A look at some of the historical aspects of Earthquakes, find out how our understanding of what ...
Article

Investigating earthquakes – question bank

https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/2507-investigating-earthquakes-question-bank
An inquiry approach is a method often used in science education. This question bank provides a ...
Article

Strengthening Parliament House

https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/332-strengthening-parliament-house
Modernising a building by digging a moat? Sounds strange, but this is what happened during the ...
Article

Related Activities

Earthquakes New Zealand

https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/347-earthquakes-new-zealand
The series of activities described below was designed to help students develop an understanding ...
Activity

Plates and quakes

https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/349-plates-and-quakes
In this activity, students take on the roles of seismologists, vulcanologists and geographers ...
Activity

Shaky New Zealand

https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/350-shaky-new-zealand
In this activity, students use maps to plot a graph of earthquakes under New Zealand to show ...
Activity

World of quakes

https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/348-world-of-quakes
In this activity, students take on the roles of seismologists and vulcanologists, using maps to ...
Activity

New Zealand plate boundary models

https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/351-new-zealand-plate-boundary-models
In this activity, students make and/or observe two 3D moving models of the different tectonic ...
Activity

Earthquake intensity

https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/353-earthquake-intensity
In this activity, students study damage descriptions from earthquakes and allocate a Modified ...
Activity

Related Teacher PLDs

SLH and Earthquakes

https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/2223-slh-and-earthquakes
This online PD session, recorded on 18 February 2015, focuses on using Science Learning Hub ...
Teacher PLD

Earthquakes resources – planning pathways

https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/2530-earthquakes-resources-planning-pathways
Many New Zealanders have felt the shake of an earthquake, and most students are aware of big ...
Teacher PLD

Tectonic shift in year 10 learning

https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/2383-tectonic-shift-in-year-10-learning
Dave Corner of Auckland’s Pakuranga College developed a successful geology unit using resources ...
Teacher PLD

Children making evidence-based decisions about volcanic ...

https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/2360-children-making-evidence-based-decisions-about-volcanic-risk
Children’s involvement in science is increased when they have an opportunity to make decisions ...
Teacher PLD

Junior science

https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/2251-junior-science
These science resources – written specifically for the junior school (level 1 and 2) develop ...
Teacher PLD

Planet Earth and Beyond – Volcanoes

https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/2264-planet-earth-and-beyond-volcanoes
The Science Learning Hub has many resources for primary teachers related to volcanoes in the ...
Teacher PLD

Students’ evidence-based decision-making

https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/2367-students-evidence-based-decision-making
Students’ involvement in science is increased when they have an opportunity to make decisions ...
Teacher PLD

Volcanoes resources – planning pathways

https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/2525-volcanoes-resources-planning-pathways
Many students live within visual distance of a local volcano, and occasionally one of our ...
Teacher PLD

Related Events

LEARNZ: Natural hazards – lessons from Iceland

https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/events/358-learnz-natural-hazards-lessons-from-iceland
On this field trip you will travel to Iceland, land of volcanoes and get up close to a magma ...
Nationwide
04/09/2018 - 06/09/2018

LEARNZ: What’s the plan, Stan?

https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/events/360-learnz-what-s-the-plan-stan
Join LEARNZ for What`s the plan, Stan? - getting ready for an emergency. What will you do in an ...
Nationwide
16/10/2018 - 18/10/2018

The New Zealand tree project

https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/events/5-the-new-zealand-tree-project
The New Zealand Tree Project is an innovative film and photography venture that captures ...
Auckland, Waikato, Wellington
14/12/2015 - 18/02/2018

Pacific Ocean - Pacific Climate Conference

https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/events/301-pacific-ocean-pacific-climate-conference
Climate change is already changing the nature of the weather and the seasonal climate, and ...
Wellington
21/02/2018 - 23/02/2018

Changing gear

https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/events/348-changing-gear
Changing Gear explores the history of cycling in New Zealand, the growing place of cycling in ...
Auckland
09/01/2018 - 04/06/2018

LEARNZ: Wetland biodiversity – journey to a rare inland ...

https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/events/362-learnz-wetland-biodiversity-journey-to-a-rare-inland-high-country-ecosystem
In autumn go with DoC experts as they travel by helicopter, 4-wheel-drive, mountain bike and on ...
Nationwide
03/04/2018 - 05/04/2018

Soil - are we treating it like dirt!

https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/events/363-soil-are-we-treating-it-like-dirt
Join Kim Hill from RNZ and panellists in a stimulating discussion on soil – are we letting our ...
Canterbury
22/03/2018

Nanogirl vs. The Elements

https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/events/372-nanogirl-vs-the-elements
New Zealand's favourite science superhero Nanogirl (played by Dr Michelle Dickinson) and her ...
Auckland
03/03/2018

Energy: what's possible, what's not

https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/events/383-energy-what-s-possible-what-s-not
As the brakes are put on fossil fuel use, is the renewable energy revolution ready for the ...
Wellington
20/02/2018

14th Australasian Environmental Isotope Conference

https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/events/394-14th-australasian-environmental-isotope-conference
New Zealand has an enviable world leading reputation in nuclear science from Sir Ernest ...
Wellington
26/03/2018 - 28/03/2018