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Digital tools for science learning

In this recorded professional learning session, Stephen Ross, facilitator with Te Whai Toi Tangata, and Greta Dromgool will introduce you to easy-to-use digital tools that can engage your ...

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FEATURED ACTIVITY

Making ice cream

In this activity, students are encouraged to think about the process of making ice cream and to explore the concept of states of matter through simple investigations. By the end of this activity ...

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Ancestral Māori adapted quickly in the face of rapid ...

A more precise timeline now shows Aotearoa was first settled in the North Island before the settlers expanded south and then retreated again when the climate changed. This article has been ...

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Building homes for tree wētā

In this activity, students consider the life requirements and natural habitat of tree wētā and design a wētā home to meet some of these needs. By the end of this activity, students should be able ...

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Navigating by the stars

In this activity, students learn the cardinal points of the compass. They also learn how to use the Sun and star constellations – the Southern Cross and the Pointers – to identify the cardinal ...

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    The star compass – kāpehu whetū

    Like the Sun, stars rise in the eastern horizon and set in the western horizon. Navigators who know the direction and position in which the stars rise and set can use the horizon as a compass ...

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    Constellations in the night sky

    In this activity, students learn about star constellations and that various cultures have their own names and legends about them. They will appreciate that identifying constellations and ...

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    Building Science Concepts: Birds

    Explore the science concepts that underpin knowledge and understanding about birds and their structure, function and adaptations. The New Zealand Ministry of Education’s Building Science Concepts ...

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    Creating collections

    The Hub has a very useful collections tool. Hub users who are signed in can access the tool to create their own collections, collaborate on collections, add their own notes (with both a private ...

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    Professional development for primary teachers

    The Science Learning Hub is instrumental in helping primary teachers come to grips with science and then to deliver exciting and engaging science activities and learning to students. Introducing ...

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    Applying education in a complex world

    The argument that the world in which today’s students will eventually work, will be different and more complicated than the one they currently know, has become a truism. It guides our thinking in ...

    26/04/2023 - 28/04/2023
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    Bioengineering the future

    You are invited to a very special event – the Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI) is hosting a week-long showcase at The Cloud – come along for a memorable interactive experience. The ...

    09/05/2023 - 14/05/2023
    Auckland, Waikato

    National launch day 2023

    Experience the sight and sound of New Zealand's largest amateur rockets in action! Accelerating from zero to hundreds of kilometres an hour in just a few seconds, propelled skywards on a massive ...

    05/03/2023
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