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 ...
READ MOREWater seems to be everywhere in New Zealand. Oceans surround us. There are hundreds of lakes and rivers. Some South Island regions get more than 10 metres of rain each year. We have so much ...
READ MOREWater can exist as a solid (ice), liquid (water) or gas (vapour or gas). Adding heat can cause ice (a solid) to melt to form water (a liquid). Removing heat causes water (a liquid) to freeze to ...
READ MOREIn this activity, students learn about the surface tension of water by experimenting with bubbles. By the end of this activity, students should be able to: demonstrate the effect of soap on ...
READ MOREIn this activity, students use water to explore its properties as a solid, liquid or gas. By the end of this activity, students should be able to: identify one or more characteristics of water in ...
READ MOREThis citizen science project wants your assistance to extract information from various climate scientific graphics to help combat misinformation and support scientific communication. Using this ...
READ MOREBe part of a worldwide movement and use Global Earth Challenge to submit or classify photos to help our planet’s environment and human health. Global Earth Challenge is a citizen science campaign ...
READ MORESeaweek 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 ...
READ MOREWith 75% of New Zealanders living within 10 km of the coast, many students will be familiar with estuaries. In scientific terms, estuaries are the interface between the land and the sea – the ...
READ MOREJoin Karen Parker from Tahuna Normal Intermediate School and Greta Dromgool from the Science Learning Hub in a session which will introduce you to Vision 20/20, an exciting Participatory Science ...
READ MORENIWA scientist Dr Katja Riedel travels to Antarctica to collect 300-year-old ice samples. She studies the ice to learn how our atmosphere has changed over the centuries.
READ MOREScientists observe water in its different forms to develop explanations of how the world works.
READ MOREWater is all around us. Water can be a liquid – like rain or in rivers, lakes and oceans. Snow and ice are solid water. Water can even be a gas. Most things on Earth need water to live. Point of ...
READ MORESea 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 ...
READ MORESea 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.
READ MOREThis animation explores water as a solid, liquid and gas. The water molecules stay the same, but they behave differently as they change from one form to another.
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