This comprehensive worldwide online citizen science (OCS) project collates bird species, numbers, locations and times of sightings into a large database. You can create a class as a user and, by ...
Taking part in this project helps scientists and conservationists know more about the habits of kea. Where are they? How far do they travel? Do they get around in groups? Logging sighting ...
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 ...
New Zealand birds evolved in isolation from natural predators for around 65 million years. When human settlers arrived, changes came rapidly, and birds were poorly adapted to withstand threats to ...
Join the students of the Kids Restore the Kepler project as they work together to complete their mission: to bring birdsong back to the Kepler Track. Rights: Crown 2017 Connected article ...
Careful observation is something our tūpuna were experts at. Data collected from observations informed them in the care of mahinga kai by making predictions about weather and harvests. As their ...
In this activity, students take on the role of migrating birds. By participating in a physically active simulation, they experience the journey from summer breeding grounds to winter feeding ...
In this activity, students explore the importance of wing shape and size and how this determines the flight capabilities of birds and planes. By the end of this activity, students should be able ...
Birds in my backyard is a ready-to-use cross-curricular teaching resource. It uses the Ministry of Education’s 2013 Connected article The takeaway table by Diana Noonan. Rights: Crown 2013 ...
Aotearoa New Zealand is famous for its quirky native birds. Ngā manu, their unique adaptations and the threats they face are common classroom topics. But what about the birds we are likely to ...
The Garden Bird survey is New Zealand’s longest running citizen science project! Join the Garden Bird survey researchers from Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research, Dr Angela Brandt and Dr Gradon ...
New Zealand is well known for its unique bird life. Our endemic birds evolved in an isolated, island environment. The arrival of people, the deliberate and accidental introduction of mammalian ...
This is an edited recording of the webinar Te Tatauranga o ngā Manu Māra o Aotearoa – The New Zealand Garden Bird Survey.
Many New Zealand birds have declined in numbers, so Dave Kelly and Jenny Ladley of University of Canterbury study the effect this has on native bird-pollinated plants. Dave explains the need to ...
The Rhabdothamnus plant relies on bellbirds and stitchbirds for pollination. Dave Kelly of the University of Canterbury explains that, where these birds are absent, the plants are not surviving ...
This slideshow allows students to consider some of the pros and cons of various methods of predator control. Use the Slideshow menu for further options, including view full screen, and go here ...
This interactive explores the science concepts that underpin knowledge about birds’ physical features and how they help birds live in their environment.
This slideshow, from the webinar Te Tatauranga o ngā Manu Māra o Aotearoa – The New Zealand Garden Bird Survey, provides additional support for the video tutorial. Use the Slideshow menu for ...
