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    Whakairo – wood carving

    Whakairo is a brief introduction to wood carving – taonga tuku iho – a divine gift handed down from the atua to tūpuna. The article is supported by māramatanga Māori (insights) featuring pūrākau of pounamu.

    Greenstone carving tool
    Rights: © The Trustees of the British Museum, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

    Pounamu adze

    A pounamu adze. Traditionally, carving tools were made from pounamu or stone. This adze was discovered in the early 19th century.

    Matua Wiremu Puke (Ngāti Wairere, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāpuhi), Carver and Historian, shares mātauranga whakairo in four videos:

    Magma Pop – gamifying volcano geology

    Magma Pop is a serious game that takes users underneath Aotearoa to explore magma, mineral crystallisation and volcanic rock composition. It’s an engaging way to introduce geological and chemical concepts such as the composition and structure of the geosphere and the structure of matter. The accompanying activity includes student handouts for intermediate and senior students.

    Magma Pop (and Magma Drillers Save Planet Earth) are collaborations with Professor Ben Kennedy – winner of the 2023 Prime Minister’s Science Communication Prize!

    Screenshot of game, game icons, objective and formula windows
    Rights: Ben Kennedy

    Magma Pop – Magma Academy

    This visual representation of a magma chamber has many features to observe and discuss – even before users begin game play. The Magma Academy is where users learn how to form minerals from elements in the magma.

    Free professional learning webinars

    Join us for Animals of Aotearoa. Professor Georgina Tuari Stewart and Dr Sally Birdsall will introduce a new suite of classroom resources developed from research into Māori knowledge of animals.

    Date: 19 September, 4:00–4:45 pm

    Register

    A silhouette of DNA strands with animals and text
    Rights: The University of Waikato Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato

    Toi whakapapa artwork

    This silhouette design was created for the project incorporating Animals of Aotearoa: Kaupapa Māori Summaries and Exploring the Three Rs of Animal Ethics with Māori Ideas.

    Te toi Whakapapa graphic courtesy of Professor Georgina Tuari Stewart and Dr Sally Birdsall.

    In case you missed it, the webinar Exploring mātauranga in the classroom is now live. Chloe Stantiall (author of our recent kōwhai mātauranga resources) and Greta share their experiences of exploring mātauranga as pākehā educators in English medium classrooms.

    Register here for Science in a Van’s next Hive Mind webinar on 12 September. See our electricity collection with a focus on current and static electricity, created to support this session.

    Manu māra o Aotearoa

    Te Tatauranga o ngā Manu Māra o Aotearoa is now in te reo Māori! Use the resources year-round to learn about and care for manu in your kura or rohe.

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    Noho ora mai

    Science Learning Hub – Pokapū Akoranga Pūtaiao

    Published 13 August 2024 Referencing Hub articles
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