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Māori soil science

When Māori arrived in Aotearoa/New Zealand in the late 13th century, they found a land quite different to the Polynesia from which they had travelled. The cooler climate meant that some of the ...

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Soils are all different

If you dig a hole in your school playing field, will the soil there look the same as the soil in your home garden? Is soil the same all over New Zealand? Rights: Waikato Regional Council Similar ...

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Soil – introduction

Discover the world beneath our feet with Planet Earth and Beyond resources for NZ Curriculum levels 1 and 2. Rights: Michael Simons, licensed through 123rf Ltd. More than dirt Soils are full of ...

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New Zealand soil creatures

In this activity, students use Hub resources to learn about two unusual native New Zealand soil creatures. This cross-curricular activity combines science with reading, viewing, writing and ...

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Observing soil differences

In this activity, students gather soil samples from their homes to view how soils differ from location to location. By the end of this activity, students should be able to: observe similarities ...

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Dig a hole

In this activity, students use a picture book and/or dig a hole to learn more about soil, observation and inference in science. By the end of this activity, students should be able to: make ...

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The Great Kiwi Earthworm Survey

Earthworms are useful indicators of soil health. This project aims to capture information on earthworm abundance and species distribution throughout New Zealand. Information provided will be used ...

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ClimateViz

This citizen science project wants your assistance to extract information from various climate scientific graphics to help combat misinformation and support scientific communication. Using this ...

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Global Earth Challenge

Be 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 ...

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Exploring natural hazards

In this recorded professional learning session, Lyn Rogers and guest Aliki Weststrate from GNS Science explore some of the science involved in building our understandings of natural hazards ...

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Flipping science fairs

Science fairs have the potential to be a rich learning experience, bringing out the very best of student creativity and curiosity. Often they are fraught with sighs, nervousness and unsupportive ...

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Investigating in science

Both science and mātauranga pūtaiao build knowledge and understanding about our world. Often, we start with curiosity about something we’ve noticed and we want to find out more. At other times ...

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How soil is formed

Professor Louis Schipper from the University of Waikato explains how soil is formed.

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Passion for space physics

In this video, Professor Craig Rodger describes how, as a young boy, he developed a passion for space exploration and travel by watching TV coverage of the Voyager and space shuttle missions ...

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A new vaccine for TB

Dr Joanna Kirman leads a team at the Malaghan Institute investigating a new vaccine for tuberculosis (TB). The current vaccine doesn’t work so well so the team’s aim is to develop a vaccine that ...

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Exploring natural hazards – slideshow

This is the slideshow that supports the Exploring natural hazards PLD webinar. Use the Slideshow menu for further options, including view full screen, and go here for the download option.

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Flipping science fairs – slideshow

This slideshow, from the webinar Flipping science fairs, provides additional support for the video tutorial. Use the Slideshow menu for further options, including view full screen, and go here ...

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Ways of investigating in science

Discover a range of scientific approaches – select a label for videos and more information to support your understanding.

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