This year the Science Learning Hub – Pokapū Akoranga Pūtaiao is taking to the high seas to endorse the mighty toroa/albatross for Bird of the Year! Of the world’s 22 species of albatross, nearly ...
Magma Pop is a virtual game that helps students learn about Earth’s most common minerals and the processes that happen in a magma chamber. The science behind the game is loosely based on Bowen’s ...
Science has its own language. Some words – like ‘gene’ – are completely new. Other words – like ‘energy’ – are novel uses of familiar words. Words can also be labels for broader concepts – like ‘ ...
Challenge students to explore and observe kōwhai trees with a particular focus on the seeds. Initially, students may only notice the seed pods hanging from the kōwhai trees, but after some ...
The Earth rumbles and a hiss of steam issues from the top of Mt Ruapehu. Are these two events related? Is the earthquake caused by the volcano? Or is the steam caused by the earthquake? Tectonic ...
Matter is anything that occupies space and has mass. All physical objects are composed of matter, and an easily observed property of matter is its state or phase. The classical states of matter ...
We can’t see them. We can’t hear them or feel them, but they are with us. There are 10 trillion (10 x 1,000,000,000,000 or a million million) cells in the average body. For every cell, we have 10 ...
This class case study provides an example of introducing ethical thinking into the classroom to explore a controversial issue in science. It shows how the ethical frameworks in the Ethics ...
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 ...
Games have long been used for developing both skills and knowledge in the education sector. As digital technologies continue to develop, the range of digital learning games also continues to ...
The Science Technicians Association of New Zealand is pleased to bring you ConSTANZ 2024 'Bridges to knowledge' is an exciting opportunity for science technicians and lab managers to come ...
The New Zealand Agriculture & Climate Change Conference will bring together scientists, government representatives, industry, primary sector leaders and practitioners to discuss the ...
In this talk, Reg Harris will take you on a trip looking at the biological substances and processes behind the growth, development and behaviour of plants. It will, for example, reveal unexpected ...
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