The noisy reef takes us under the waves to the reefs of New Zealand to explore sound and noise under water. Using this unique habitat, we look at what sound is, how it travels, what changes under ...
New Zealand has approximately 300 estuaries. They are historically important cultural sites – Māori settlers valued estuaries as an important source of fish and shellfish, and European settlers ...
Throughout human existence we have relied on the oceans – for food, as a waste dump, for recreation, for economic opportunities and so on. However, it’s not only our activities in the marine ...
in this activity, a class or group of students create several soundscapes to gain a greater appreciation of how background sound differs from one geographical setting to another. By the end of ...
In this activity, students make a hydrophone and use it to listen to underwater sounds. By the end of this activity, students should be able to: understand how to modify an electret microphone to ...
In this activity, students model how sound travels by sending waves along two stretched plastic slinkies tied together. By the end of this activity, students should be able to: understand that ...
Backyard Battle is a citizen science programme run by Keep New Zealand Beautiful. It gets students, teachers, volunteers and other citizen scientists out collecting litter at key inland sites ...
In this recorded professional learning session, Greta Dromgool and Ted Cizadlo will build your confidence to teach about the Physical World. The New Zealand Curriculum achievement objectives for ...
Join Karen Parker from Tahuna Normal Intermediate School and Greta Dromgool from the Science Learning Hub in a session which will introduce you to Vision 20/20, an exciting Participatory Science ...
Serious gaming is growing in appeal across the education sector. This article explores gaming as a tool for learning, using the Aqua Republica Eco Challenge 2016 as an example. Gaming as a tool ...
New Zealand reefs are noisy places. Why and what is making all that noise? Postdoctoral fellow Dr Craig Radford of the Leigh Marine Laboratory talks about some of the noisy species found on New ...
This animated video of a ripple moving out from a central source helps us visualise how sound waves radiate out in all directions from a vibrating source.
Dr Bronwyn Lowe describes how her confidence as a scientist has developed. Bronwyn sees science as being like a language with its own vocabulary and grammar. Once you’re fluent in the language of ...
This slideshow, from the webinar Vision 20/20, provides additional support for the webinar video. Use the slideshow menu for further options, including view full screen, and go here for the ...
Dr Candida Savage explains the clues she collects in estuaries and fiords, to understand how changes in land use affect these environments.
An interactive showing the main components of the terrestrial nitrogen cycle. Select one of the buttons to find out more.
