When well managed, class discussion can help students examine, evaluate and share knowledge about a subject, providing opportunities for students to think critically and creatively, consider ...
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 ...
When St Francis Xavier Catholic School decided on the theme ‘Innovation’ as a whole-school science and technology focus, year 3 teacher Jo Collyer began searching for relevant teaching resources ...
Observation is something we often do instinctively. Observation helps us decide whether it’s safe to cross the road and helps to determine if cupcakes are ready to come out of the oven ...
Electronic tagging of marine animals is common, but tagging marine invertebrates is very unusual! For example, in 1998, an estimated 11,800 marine animals were tagged electronically, and only 35 ...
We happily live in the Earth’s gaseous lower atmosphere composed of a mixture of gases – primarily nitrogen and oxygen. However, if we move upwards from the Earth’s surface, the environment ...
Continually, there are right and wrong messages about the nature of science in our classroom teaching and in popular media. In this activity, students view two video clips that highlight how ...
In this activity, students look at SMS text language to gain a deeper understanding of communicating in science. By the end of this activity, students should be able to: write messages using SMS ...
In this activity, students determine the contents of a ‘mystery’ box by making observations but without opening it, and parallels are drawn between this activity and aspects of the nature of ...
Tagging marine invertebrates is very unusual! Dr Miles Lamare, from the University of Otago, talks about why they decided to tag the New Zealand starfish and what they hoped to discover. Point of ...
Dr Miles Lamare, from the University of Otago, talks about the challenges of attaching electronic tags to starfish. Point of interest Starfish is the common name for a group of animals called sea ...
The classical states of matter are solid, liquid and gas. In this video clip, Associate Professor Bob Lloyd from the Physics Department, University of Otago, explains how gas can be converted ...
Discover a range of scientific approaches – select a label for videos and more information to support your understanding.
Sea stars have many weird and wonderful adaptations including both sexual and asexual reproduction. Click on any of the labels in this interactive to view short video clips or images to learn ...
Sea stars have many weird and wonderful adaptations - including some unusual internal systems. Click on any of the labels in this interactive to view short video clips or images to learn more.
