Plastic and microplastic pollution of oceans is a wicked problem. Using bioinformatics and statistical analysis, scientist Victor Gambarini looked to correlate marine microbes that could degrade ...
He mea whakahirahira te manu ki te iwi Māori, he uri whakaheke nā Tāne Mahuta he mana nui tōna i te tirohanga mātairangi a te māori me ōna tūranga nui i te ao tūroa. He kaitiaki o mua, he pērā ...
Magma Pop is a serious game that enables users to experience volcanic processes that are usually hidden from view. Go underground in an interactive magma chamber to explore the links between ...
Rain gauges are one of the most ancient weather instruments. The ancient Greeks and people in India were the first known to keep rainfall records, about 400–500 BC. In 1441, Korea invented the ...
In pre-human times, almost all of New Zealand was covered in forest, with the exception of high mountain areas. Māori settlers began to clear forest, and by the time the first Europeans arrived ...
Mātauranga Māori is a modern term for the combined knowledge of Polynesian ancestors and the experiences of Māori living in the environment of Aotearoa. The term takes many forms, such as ...
What is energy? The standard definition of energy is the capacity to do work, which describes what energy can do but not really what it is. We know that it comes in different forms, that there ...
This unit plan is designed for students in years 6-8. When someone mentions the word ‘butterfly’, what image pops into your head? Chances are it’s the monarch or the white butterfly, as these are ...
In this recorded webinar Pauline Waiti and Rosemary Hipkins explore the idea of knowledge systems with examples from science and mātauranga Māori. The report Enduring Competencies for Designing ...
This unit plan is designed for students in years 1-5. When someone mentions the word butterfly, what image pops into your head? Chances are it’s the monarch or the white butterfly, as these are ...
Calling all environmentally-conscious educators! Register now to participate in Recycling Week 2024! is Aotearoa New Zealand's largest national campaign for education on recycling and waste ...
Did you know that 2024 marks 20 years of SCANZ (Science Communicators Association of New Zealand), and amid other big changes in both the science and science communication landscape, this makes ...
The Solve for Tomorrow is a nationwide competition challenging New Zealand’s next generation of innovators to change the world for good, whilst sparking a passion for science, technology ...
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