One of the world’s largest scientific research ships, JOIDES Resolution, undertook six expeditions in 2017/18, exploring New Zealand waters to probe some of the 21st century’s biggest science ...
In March 2018, JOIDES Resolution, a large scientific research vessel, headed out to sea to research the Hikurangi subduction zone on expedition #375. This article is the first blog by Aliki ...
New Zealand scientists have learned to ‘read’ the land and its features. This information is extremely important in a country that sits across the Pacific and Australian tectonic plates. However ...
In this activity, students look at what happens when hot and cold water meet. By the end of this activity, students should be able to: discuss how temperature affects the density of water discuss ...
In this activity, students build their own food web using images of organisms from the marine ecosystem. This activity can be done indoors on paper or outdoors on a tarmac surface using chalk. By ...
In this activity, students build simple models to demonstrate the differing impacts of melting land ice and sea ice on sea level rise. Although this activity uses climate change and sea level ...
Help scientists establish valuable baseline data about the numbers, locations, habits and health of penguins in a range of Southern Ocean sites. This information will enable better understanding ...
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 ...
Large snow events in most parts of New Zealand are uncommon. However, if you are in the South Island or the central North Island, this citizen science project could be a great one for your ...
Do you need resources for Seaweek? Are you planning a science unit on the sea? In this online PD session recorded on 18 February 2016, PD provider and teacher Barb Ryan explores some of the ...
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 ...
There are many marine classroom activities and resources on the Science Learning Hub useful for Seaweek 2015. This online PD session recorded on 19 February 2015 shows primary and secondary ...
Aliki Weststrate, Outreach Officer aboard JOIDES Resolution, uses a LEGO model to tell us about the research ship. The video is part of a ship to shore Skype interview with Otumoetai Intermediate ...
Science communicator and educator Aliki Weststrate explains how core samples are obtained from the seafloor. She also tells us why it is safe to drill into earthquake zones. Jargon alert: A ...
Watch an animation showing how the observatory – similar to an underwater earthquake lab – is installed. Science communicator Aliki Weststrate explains the purpose for installing this specialist ...
Water in the Earth system is influencing all aspects of life on Earth. Pathways, storage, transfers and transformations have an effect on the global climate and human welfare. Within this ...
Use this interactive to identify stressors in marine environments. Drag and drop the text labels onto the diagram.
This slideshow, from the PLD webinar Tackling planning in science, provides additional support for the video tutorial.
