In this online PD session recorded on 15 October 2015, primary school teacher Kim MacPherson talks about the Science Learning Hub’s resources – Conserving native birds – and how she used a ...
Active reading is an important activity for making meaning during the process of science inquiry (Osborne, 2010). The integration of science and literacy can enhance student learning in both ...
This research brief focuses on how one secondary school teacher used a Science Learning Hub activity to develop her year 9 students’ science and literacy skills. For this, she used a variety of ...
Aotearoa New Zealand faces a wicked problem – do we kill introduced pests or do we allow them to kill our native animals, damage our forests and endanger our primary industries? While most New ...
This level 4 Connected article provides an introduction to big data and the internet of things and how they are used to address air pollution in Christchurch. The article explains how a research ...
This resource provides explanations of some of the key terms and concepts encountered when learning about climate change. It includes references to New Zealand’s greenhouse gas profile. Anomaly ...
Plant reproduction is a topic that lends itself to many areas within the junior and middle school curriculum. This teacher resource provides a number of literacy and numeracy links to New Zealand ...
In this activity, students use observation to explore earthworm anatomy and the nature of science. By the end of this activity, students should be able to: identify various physical ...
In this activity, students use a three-level reading guide to locate information about the role of observation in science from the text of an article. They interpret what the text means and then ...
Although earthworms are classified as animals, their bodies are quite different to animals that live above the ground. This video highlights some of the interesting physical characteristics ...
Dr Robert Hoare reads a poem he wrote about the native moth (Houdinia flexilissima), whose larva is known as Fred the Thread. The poem is from Robert’s book Six-legged Things and Scaly Wings: An ...
This is the story of how the volcanoes of Auckland were created according to Māori pūrākau (stories). This film was created by students (aged 10–11 years) from Tekau ma Toru 2018, Long Bay ...
This slideshow, from the webinar Science and literacy – making connections, provides additional support for the video tutorial.
Test your knowledge of the carbon cycle – and diagrams – with this quiz. Use the carbon cycle interactive to help you answer the questions. For best results, open the interactive in a separate ...
This slideshow, from the webinar Literacy in the secondary science classroom, provides additional support for the video tutorial.
