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Māori concepts for animal ethics

In this recorded professional learning session Professor Georgina Tuari Stewart, a pūtaiao education expert from the Auckland University of Technology shares classroom resources exploring how ...

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Antimicrobial resistance – a context for learning

Modern antibiotic medicines came into use in the middle of the 20th century. They enabled doctors to treat serious – and sometimes fatal – bacterial infections like strep throat and pneumonia ...

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Climate change – classroom competencies

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 ...

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What might we miss?

Continually, there are right and wrong messages about the nature of science in our classroom teaching and in popular media. In this activity, students view two video clips that highlight how ...

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Living or non-living?

In this activity, students use two separate online interactives or paper-based graphic organisers to explore these key science ideas: what makes something living and what makes something an ...

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    Inside the Earth

    What is happening inside this 12,700 km diameter ball we call the Earth? Some of the Earth’s internal architecture is an 'educated guess' (mainly from seismology), because the longest drill we ...

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    What might we miss?

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    Earthquakes – unit plan

    About 14,000 earthquakes are recorded in and around Aotearoa New Zealand every year. Canterbury’s 7.1 and Kaikōura's 7.8 magnitude earthquakes and subsequent aftershocks show the constant threat ...

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    Introducing our PLD

    The Science Learning Hub – Pokapū Akoranga Pūtaiao offers a range of opportunities to support teachers’ science teaching and increase their own science knowledge and understanding. These include ...

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    Building Science Concepts: Tidal communities

    Explore the science concepts that underpin knowledge and understanding about the interrelationships and food webs in tidal communities. The New Zealand Ministry of Education’s Building Science ...

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    New Zealand Agriculture & Climate Change Conference

    The New Zealand Agriculture & Climate Change Conference will bring together scientists, government representatives, industry, primary sector leaders and practitioners to discuss the ...

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    NZAEE Webinar: Rangatahi and da Taiao

    Join Quack and Tyra for a yarn and a wā on rangatahi and their connections to da taiao, focusing on intergenerational solutions to climate change, as well as how we improve the access of climate ...

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