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Ferns – writer's insight

Paula Lourie and Angela Schipper wrote the ferns collection of resources with the aim of creating a botany resource that was uniquely Kiwi in character. Why ferns? We were interested in the idea ...

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Dragons in the mist

We can gain an understanding of New Zealand’s ancient past by studying our plants and their distribution. This enables us to find answers to questions such as: where do they come from? how long ...

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ClimateViz

This citizen science project wants your assistance to extract information from various climate scientific graphics to help combat misinformation and support scientific communication. Using this ...

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Fossil Atmospheres – Zooniverse

By comparing some features of fossilised plants with the same features of plants living today, scientists hope to be able to learn more about the effect of changing carbon dioxide (CO₂) levels in ...

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iNaturalist

iNaturalist logs hundreds of thousands of photos of flora, fauna and fungi. There are even sound recordings too. Each is described and geo located. iNaturalist is used by citizens and scientists ...

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Science in New Zealand contexts: perspectives of ...

School science is engaging when it makes connections to students’ everyday lives (Osborne & Collins, 2001) and when they have an opportunity to experience physical phenomena first-hand – the ...

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Exploring mātauranga in the classroom

In this recorded professional learning session Chloe Stantiall and Greta Dromgool share their experiences exploring mātauranga as pākehā educators in English medium classrooms. Chloe Stantiall is ...

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Living World – Life cycles

Here are links to Science Learning Hub resources for primary teachers related to life cycles in the Living World strand of the New Zealand Curriculum. Explore the life cycles of birds ...

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Fern adaptations

Adaptations give an organism an advantage when growing in a particular environment. Dr Patrick Brownsey from Te Papa talks about how the leather-leaf fern has adapted to growing in dry ...

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Plant pollination

Dr Mark Goodwin of Plant & Food Research explains how flowering plants use self-pollination or cross-pollination in their reproduction. He uses kiwifruit and avocado as examples to show how ...

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Parts of a fern

Dr Patrick Brownsey from Te Papa shows us the 3 major parts of a fern: the rhizome (the underground stem), the leafy frond and the sporangia (the reproductive structure). Points of interest: What ...

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Plant parts – graphic organiser

Use this graphic organiser to place the food cards where you think they belong. This activity can be done individually, in pairs or as a whole class.

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Fern structure

Ferns come in a variety of shapes and sizes and this interactive explores the diversity of form in New Zealand ferns. The fern body consists of 3 major parts – the rhizome, the fronds and the ...

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Underlay of a fern

Ferns come in a variety of shapes and sizes and this interactive explores the diversity of form in New Zealand ferns. The fern body consists of 3 major parts – the rhizome, the fronds and the ...

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