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Future fuels – introduction

Scientists think that about 14 billion years ago (that is a 14 followed by 9 zeros), this universe came into being through the Big Bang. This is described in the Big Bang theory. It is thought ...

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Data about data

Data has become so central to everything we do that it has its own branch of research. The emergent field of data science combines knowledge from mathematics, statistics, computer science and ...

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Social issues and nanotechnology

In this activity, students realise that they are growing up in a world in which nanotechnology could have a huge impact and explore some of the potential social issues that could arise. By the ...

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Caring for earthworms in the classroom

In this activity, students consider some of the ethical issues involved with keeping earthworms (and other animals) captive in a classroom setting. By the end of this activity, students should be ...

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Creating a space treaty

Aotearoa New Zealand has a developing space industry that employs people from around the motu. Our space industry encompasses: people who model atmospheric greenhouse gases and agricultural ...

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Planet Four

The Planet Four online citizen science project is designed to assist planetary scientists to identify and measure features on the surface of Mars that don’t exist on Earth. Help is needed to ...

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Butterflies (upper primary) – unit plan

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 ...

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Gaming for learning

Games have long been used for developing both skills and knowledge in the education sector. As digital technologies continue to develop, the range of digital learning games also continues to ...

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Ethics and primary students – case study

The New Zealand Curriculum places strong emphasis on the social aspects of science within the nature of science strand, which includes a participating and contributing component. The objectives ...

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Why is energy important?

Peter Hall from Scion explains why we need large quantities of carbon neutral energy. Energy is everywhere. Anything we eat or use has energy embodied in it. Every object we produce required ...

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New Zealand’s energy demand

Peter Hall from Scion discusses New Zealand’s energy demands and what we should think as a country about how to reduce our carbon footprint. A country’s economic growth is closely linked to how ...

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Breeding plants resilient to climate change

Professor Andrew Allan, Principal Scientist at Plant & Food Research, explains why warming temperatures pose a risk for the horticulture industry and why we need new techniques to breed ...

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Making a transgenic cow

This interactive shows the techniques used to make transgenic animals at AgResearch in New Zealand. Molecular biology techniques such as restriction enzyme digests, ligation, tissue culture and ...

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Confirming a cow is transgenic

This interactive shows how scientists confirm a newborn calf is a transgenic animal. View the steps AgResearch scientists use to produce a transgenic cow in this related interactive.

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Processing pig cells for transplant

An overview of the process used to make a pig cell transplant treatment for type 1 diabetes.

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