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Seaweek 2015

There are many marine classroom activities and resources on the Science Learning Hub useful for Seaweek 2015. This online PD session recorded on 19 February 2015 shows primary and secondary ...

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Seaweek resources

Seaweek is New Zealand’s annual national week about the sea. It is coordinated by the Sir Peter Blake Marine Education and Recreation Centre (MERC) and includes a wide range of events ...

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Tackling planning in science

In this recorded professional learning session, Lyn Rogers and Angela Schipper explore how teachers can plan to engage students in science topics that they may perceive as difficult. They model ...

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Dr Katja Riedel

Position: Former Research Scientist, NIWA. Currently Expedition leader Field: Atmospheric chemistry Dr Katja Riedel was a research scientist with NIWA and, at present, is based in Wellington. She ...

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Working with water and ice

Observing and asking questions are essential parts of what a scientist does. Through their observations, scientists try to build more accurate explanations of how the world works. The scientists ...

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New Zealand’s National Science Challenges

As New Zealanders looking to the future, we are faced with many opportunities – and challenges. These include improving the health of all our people, advancing our economic growth, protecting our ...

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Carbon dioxide emissions calculator

This activity requires access to two Internet sites: a carbon emissions calculator and a school emissions calculator. Students can use the online calculator to calculate and compare the amount of ...

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Greenhouse simulation

In this activity, students use a plastic soda bottle to make and test the temperature of a bottle ‘greenhouse’ and demonstrate how light energy is transformed into heat energy. By the end of this ...

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Antarctica – literacy learning links

This teacher resource lists selected articles from the Connected and School Journal reading series that support the science concepts when teaching about Antarctica. Connected and School Journal ...

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Working in Antarctica

Dr Katja Riedel of NIWA explains why she enjoys her research in Antarctica and what fascinates her about this place.

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Atmospheric chemist

Dr Katja Riedel of NIWA explains how she became an atmospheric chemist and why she is so enthusiastic about her career.

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Being a scientist in New Zealand

Dr Katja Riedel of NIWA tells why she came to New Zealand to do atmospheric research in Antarctica.

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Tackling planning in science – slideshow

This slideshow, from the PLD webinar Tackling planning in science, provides additional support for the video tutorial. Use the Slideshow menu for further options, including view full screen, and ...

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Measuring the weather – a timeline

This timeline lets you see the historical developments in technology related to weather monitoring, measuring and forecasting. It also shows how scientific thinking changed over the centuries as ...

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Evidence of climate change in Aotearoa

This interactive uses information from Our atmosphere and climate 2023 – an environmental report produced by the Ministry for the Environment and Stats NZ – to present evidence of climate change ...

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