Using science as the context to teach literacy skills enables teachers to create cross-curricular opportunities – and create valuable teaching space within a crowded curriculum. Rights: Private ...
Sharing students’ scientific learning through poetry can be a powerful activity as it combines artistic expression with scientific understanding. Using fictional modes can make the science more ...
Earthworms are useful indicators of soil health. This project aims to capture information on earthworm abundance and species distribution throughout New Zealand. Information provided will be used ...
In this activity, students learn the cardinal points of the compass. They also learn how to use the Sun and star constellations – the Southern Cross and the Pointers – to identify the cardinal ...
In this activity, students watch a short slide show presentation explaining what precipitation is and how clouds form. By the end of this activity, students should be able to: explain what ...
Moths, along with butterflies, are part of the order Lepidoptera (from the Greek for scaled wings). Over 90% of New Zealand’s Lepidoptera species are endemic, found nowhere else in the world ...
Across the generations – and for young people, in particular – climate change is recognised as the most important challenge that our world faces. Education is a critical agent in addressing this ...
Slip some science into everyday activities you can do while at home. The Hub has resources for helping early childhood, lower primary and middle primary students and families. This article ...
Einstein pictured gravity not as a force but as a warping of space and time caused by the mass of objects. Understanding Einstein’s theories about the connection between space and time is ...
The Australian and New Zealand Council for the Care of Animals in Research and Teaching (ANZCCART) will be held in Christchurch in September. The theme of this year’s conference will be around ...
New Zealand ShakeOut, our national earthquake drill and tsunami hīkoi, is taking place on Thursday 24 October at 9:30am. Sign up your family or whole school at ...
Calling all environmentally-conscious educators! Register now to participate in Recycling Week 2024! is Aotearoa New Zealand's largest national campaign for education on recycling and waste ...
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