The kererū (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae), also sometimes referred to as the New Zealand pigeon, is one of our most iconic birds with its beautiful blue-green and white plumage. A bird that you often hear before you see, the ...(Hemiphaga
The beach provides each type of living thing found there with food and shelter. This activity involves students in researching and then observing a range of organisms to understand the ...
The kiwi is one of Aotearoa’s national icons. It is known as te manu huna a Tāne – the hidden bird of Tāne. Kiwi have always been under the protection of Tāne Mahuta, god of the forest. Today ...
Flowers are a common sight in most New Zealand school grounds. They offer a colourful starting point to teach about plant reproduction and adaptation and offer opportunities to extend into ...
Wayfinder navigators always look for signs of weather at sunrise and sunset. This is when they try to predict the weather for the next 12 hours. One of the easiest ways to predict weather is to ...
A bird is designed for flight. The combination of light weight, strength and shape, as well as precision control, is largely responsible for giving birds their special ability for sustained ...
For a plane or bird to fly, its wings must produce enough lift to equal its weight. Most wings used in flight are a special shape – called aerofoils (or airfoils). This shape is needed to help ...
In this recorded webinar, Andrea Soanes and Lyn Rogers explore how teachers can support students to interpret and make sense of their observations, focusing on how to utilise students’ prior ...
Concept cartoons are a visual representation of science ideas. The simple cartoon style drawings put forward a range of viewpoints about science ideas in situations that are designed to motivate ...
The Science Learning Hub – Pokapū Akoranga Pūtaiao offers a range of opportunities to support teachers’ science teaching and increase their own science knowledge and understanding. These include ...
Postponed Note the new December dates due to postponement due to COVID-19 outbreak in August. Queenstown Research Week is New Zealand’s biggest annual scientific gathering. It is a week of ...
Having set two Guinness World Records with his previous sell-out World Tour, Professor Brian Cox is back with a brand-new live-on-stage show in 2022. Horizons takes audiences on a dazzling ...
The tenth biannual conference on advanced materials and nanotechnology (AMN10) will be held in February 2022 in Rotorua. The conference series is interdisciplinary and covers a broad variety of ...
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