The noisy reef takes us under the waves to the reefs of New Zealand to explore sound and noise under water. Using this unique habitat, we look at what sound is, how it travels, what changes under ...
Travel under the waves to the reefs of New Zealand to explore sound and noise – what sound is, how it travels, what changes under water and how animals use it. This resource provides explanations ...
Position: Professor, Principal Investigator Centre for Brain Research, The University of Auckland. Field: Marine science. Professor John Montgomery is the former Director of the of Leigh Marine ...
In this activity, students model how sound travels by sending waves along two stretched plastic slinkies tied together. By the end of this activity, students should be able to: understand that ...
In this activity, students take part in a class experiment to locate sounds when blindfolded. By the end of this activity, students should be able to: design a sound location experiment and ...
in this activity, a class or group of students create several soundscapes to gain a greater appreciation of how background sound differs from one geographical setting to another. By the end of ...
Are you looking for ways to teach forces? If you’re new to the Science Learning Hub, you may want to start with our introductory video on teaching physics. Help, I’m teaching physics Discover ...
In this recorded professional learning session, Greta Dromgool and Ted Cizadlo will build your confidence to teach about the Physical World. The New Zealand Curriculum achievement objectives for ...
In this recorded professional learning session, Greta Dromgool and educators from the New Zealand Association of Primary Science Educators (NZAPSE) explore fun ways you can learn and teach about ...
This animated video of a ripple moving out from a central source helps us visualise how sound waves radiate out in all directions from a vibrating source.
New Zealand reefs are noisy places. Why and what is making all that noise? Postdoctoral fellow Dr Craig Radford of the Leigh Marine Laboratory talks about some of the noisy species found on New ...
Dr Bronwyn Lowe describes how her confidence as a scientist has developed. Bronwyn sees science as being like a language with its own vocabulary and grammar. Once you’re fluent in the language of ...
This interactive shows the mechanisms of human taste. Select here to go the transcript.
This slideshow from the webinar Physics made simple – waves provides additional support for the video tutorial. Use the Slideshow menu for further options, including view full screen, and go here ...
This slideshow, from the webinar Sounds of Aotearoa, provides additional support for the video tutorial. Use the Slideshow menu for further options, including view full screen, and go here for ...
