As New Zealanders looking to the future, we are faced with many opportunities – and challenges. These include improving the health of all our people, advancing our economic growth, protecting our ...
Paul Andrew Mayewski’s professional profile lists him as a glaciologist, climate scientist and explorer. Paul has led more than 55 expeditions to some of the most remote places on Earth – busting ...
Electronic tagging of marine animals is common, but tagging marine invertebrates is very unusual! For example, in 1998, an estimated 11,800 marine animals were tagged electronically, and only 35 ...
Continually, there are right and wrong messages about the nature of science in our classroom teaching and in popular media. In this activity, students view two video clips that highlight how ...
In this activity, students determine the contents of a ‘mystery’ box by making observations but without opening it, and parallels are drawn between this activity and aspects of the nature of ...
In this activity, students assemble a tangram as a square and then reassemble the tangram incorporating an additional piece they are given. Parallels are drawn to particular aspects of the nature ...
In this online professional development session recorded on 23 June 2016, Andrea Soanes from the Science Learning Hub explores the new-look SLH website with a secondary school focus. Learn how to ...
In this online PD session recorded on 2 June 2016, Andrea Soanes from the Science Learning Hub was joined by three guest presenters – all inspirational women working in STEM – who shared their ...
In this online professional development session recorded on 30 June 2016, Andrea Soanes and Barbara Ryan from the Science Learning Hub (SLH) explore the new-look SLH website with a primary school ...
Tagging marine invertebrates is very unusual! Dr Miles Lamare, from the University of Otago, talks about why they decided to tag the New Zealand starfish and what they hoped to discover. Point of ...
Dr Miles Lamare, from the University of Otago, talks about the challenges of attaching electronic tags to starfish. Point of interest Starfish is the common name for a group of animals called sea ...
Dr Daniel Dixon and Professor Paul Mayewski show us what it is like to be part of an Antarctic tractor traverse train. The scientists face harsh weather, long days of travel and cramped ...
This is the slideshow that supports the Exploring natural hazards PLD webinar.
This slideshow, from the webinar Getting started with citizen science, provides additional support for the video tutorial.
This slideshow, from the webinar Online citizen science, provides additional support for the video tutorial.
