What is a mast? You might be forgiven for thinking it had more to do with ships than conservation! The term comes from the ancient English word ‘mæst’, which was used to refer to years when ...
In this activity, students relate commonly eaten foods to different parts of the flowering plant life cycle. They use an interactive or paper-based graphic organiser. By the end of this activity ...
In this activity, students make small finger puppets and take on the roles of insects, birds and the wind to simulate various methods of pollination. By the end of this activity, students should ...
By comparing some features of fossilised plants with the same features of plants living today, scientists hope to be able to learn more about the effect of changing carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in ...
iNaturalist logs hundreds of thousands of photos of flora, fauna and fungi. There are even sound recordings too. Each is described and geo located. iNaturalist is used by citizens and scientists ...
In this unit, students investigate trends and drivers and what may be possible and preferable attributes for new fruit varieties in the future. Purpose To understand the influences currently ...
Students develop knowledge of prototype taewa products and design a label that reflects the cultural value and specified market for the product. Purpose Understand the attributes and benefits of ...
Students develop knowledge of new technology that enables fish oil to be added to food without a fishy taste or smell and design an advertisement to promote an omega-3 enriched food. Purpose To ...
Adaptations give an organism an advantage when growing in a particular environment. Dr Patrick Brownsey from Te Papa talks about how the leather-leaf fern has adapted to growing in dry ...
Dr David Stevenson, a senior scientist with Plant & Food Research, defines the term phytochemical and explains some of the actions a class of phytochemicals called polyphenols have within the ...
Food technologists are developing new taewa products that will increase the value and demand for taewa crops. Identifying opportunities requires innovators who constantly think of new ideas and ...
Use this graphic organiser to place the food cards where you think they belong. This activity can be done individually, in pairs or as a whole class.
This timeline follows the discovery of the bacterial disease Psa (Pseudomonas syringae pv. Actinidiae) in New Zealand, the combined efforts to first contain and manage the disease and the ...
Ferns come in a variety of shapes and sizes and this interactive explores the diversity of form in New Zealand ferns. The fern body consists of 3 major parts – the rhizome, the fronds and the ...
