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Labelling a cockle/tuangi

The New Zealand cockle, also known as tuaki or tuangi, is endemic to Aotearoa New Zealand’s coastal areas. They are filter feeders and are well adapted to their preferred habitat of soft mud and ...

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SMART – Māori astronomy

Tātai arorangi, Māori astronomical knowledge, is fundamental to te ao Māori. It forms a significant pillar of whakapapa stretching back to the beginnings of the universe. Tātai arorangi ...

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Exploring solar power

In this activity, students explore sunlight being converted into electricity. They are introduced to the concept of photovoltaics – making electricity from sunlight. They will become aware of ...

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Creating collections

The Hub has a very useful collections tool. Hub users who are signed in can access the tool to create their own collections, collaborate on collections, add their own notes (with both a private ...

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Microscope parts

In this activity, students identify and label the main parts of a microscope and describe their function. By the end of this activity, students should be able to: identify the main parts of a ...

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    Associate Professor Fiona Petchey

    Position: Associate Professor and Director of the Waikato Radiocarbon Dating Laboratory, University of Waikato. Field: Radiocarbon dating. Associate Professor Fiona Petchey is Director of the Waikato ...

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    The ‘Investigating in science’ strand

    The nature of science is concerned with science as a way of thinking, but this can’t exist in isolation, so the New Zealand curriculum document includes three other substrands of the nature of ...

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    Mātauranga Māori

    In this recorded professional learning session Greta Dromgool invites guest speaker Associate Professor Hēmi Whaanga to discuss mātauranga Māori and to share his perspectives and experiences ...

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    Seaweek resources

    Seaweek is New Zealand’s annual national week about the sea. It is hosted by the New Zealand Association for Environmental Education and includes a wide range of events, activities, competitions ...

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    Mātauranga and the Living World

    Join Greta Dromgool from the Science Learning Hub and Yvonne Taura (Ngāiterangi, Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāti Hauā, Ngāti Uenuku, Ngāti Tūwharetoa) as they explore mātauranga resources related to the ...

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    National launch day 2023

    Experience the sight and sound of New Zealand's largest amateur rockets in action! Accelerating from zero to hundreds of kilometres an hour in just a few seconds, propelled skywards on a massive ...

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    World Water Day 2023

    This World Water Day is about accelerating change to solve the water and sanitation crisis. And because water affects us all, everyone needs to take action. That means you! You and your family ...

    22/03/2023
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    International congress on biological invasions and ...

    The 4th International Congress on Biological Invasions (ICBI2023) will be hosted in Christchurch (Ōtautahi), New Zealand (Aotearoa) on 1–4 May 2023. The biennial Better Border Biosecurity (B3) ...

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