Observing and asking questions are essential parts of what a scientist does. Through their observations, scientists try to build more accurate explanations of how the world works. The scientists ...
The Futures thinking toolkit provides a structured framework for developing students’ futures thinking skills. The toolkit supports students to develop scenarios that take into account the ...
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 ...
When well managed, class discussion can help students examine, evaluate and share knowledge about a subject, providing opportunities for students to think critically and creatively, consider ...
When St Francis Xavier Catholic School decided on the theme ‘Innovation’ as a whole-school science and technology focus, year 3 teacher Jo Collyer began searching for relevant teaching resources ...
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 ...
NIWA scientist Katja Ridel travels to Antarctica to collect 300-year-old ice samples. She studies the ice to learn how our atmosphere has changed over the centuries.
Scientists observe water in its different forms to develop explanations of how the world works.
Water is all around us. Water can be a liquid – like rain or in rivers, lakes and oceans. Snow and ice are solid water. Water can even be a gas. Most things on Earth need water to live. Point of ...
Sea stars have many weird and wonderful adaptations including both sexual and asexual reproduction. Click on any of the labels in this interactive to view short video clips or images to learn ...
Sea stars have many weird and wonderful adaptations - including some unusual internal systems. Click on any of the labels in this interactive to view short video clips or images to learn more.
Dr Candida Savage explains the clues she collects in estuaries and fiords, to understand how changes in land use affect these environments.
