force and movement

In this recorded professional learning session, Greta Dromgool and Ted Cizadlo will build your confidence to teach about the Physical...

Are you looking for ways to teach forces? If you’re new to the Science Learning Hub, you may want to...

This Connected article describes the processes and practices used when planning, designing and building a large indoor sports centre. It outlines the science and technology behind...

This Connected article explores the science and technology behind the amazing achievements of Rocket Lab. From New Zealand’s first launch of a rocket into space in...

This article explores the aerodynamics of cycling and the steps cyclists can take to minimise pressure drag and friction drag. It tells the story of a...

Magnetism is a fascinating invisible force – it influences the environment around it. A magnet is a material that can pull certain types of metal towards...

What is magnetism used for? Do you have fridge magnets? Have you ever noticed that the refrigerator door pulls itself shut when you start to close...

When we first met Sir Peter Beck in 2010, his company Rocket Lab (formed in 2006) had not long achieved New Zealand’s first launch of a...

This resource provides explanations of the key concepts encountered when exploring getting the sporting edge, applying science to improve sporting performance. Sports science helps athletes gain...

Taking science and technology to new heights. Rocket science includes ideas of forces and motion, how rockets work and some of the challenges for those wanting...

Position: Director, Aeronavics Ltd. Field: Aerial robotics Background knowledge and experience Linda Bulk, Director and General Manager/CEO of Aeronavics Limited, initially intended to pursue a career...

Drones, UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles), droids, flying robots – no matter what you call them, they are fast becoming the latest must-have technology. Need to check...

Discover our Planet Earth and Beyond resources for NZ Curriculum levels 1 and 2 and find out why New Zealand is home to so many earthquakes...

Cycling equipment has evolved over the years from research in a variety of fields, including engineering science. Dr Lindsey Alton, Guilhem Cornillon and Pierre Eloi (CPIT)...

New Zealand has volcanoes stretching from the Bay of Islands down to Otago. Many of our volcanoes are extinct (no longer active), some are dormant (not...

The Earth is an enormous place. There is so much that we don’t yet know about what happens on the surface of the Earth, so how...

We live in a very exciting country. A day’s drive in a car can take us from snowy mountains, past geysers and hot mud pools to...

The definition of a scientist is a person who studies or practises any of the sciences. Scientists find out about the unknown and the known. They...

Once dismissed as the hallucinations of those who had supped one too many cups of the local hooch, earthquake lights, although rare, are now a well...

The YikeBike is a light, foldable, easily portable, electric bicycle. It is a radical redesign of the traditional bicycle. Christchurch inventor and entrepreneur Grant Ryan developed...

Liquefaction is a process that temporarily turns firm ground into a liquid. During the Canterbury earthquakes of September 2010 and February 2011, liquefaction caused silt and...

An earthquake near Christchurch in September 2010 started a chain of events still being felt years later. It caused extensive damage to property, and aftershocks also...

Earthquakes are a fact of life in New Zealand, but we still don’t understand exactly what triggers them. Microscopes are some of the many tools that...

Our collection of resources on cycling aerodynamics is a great opportunity to look at forces and speed in relation to cycling and think about how these...

Position: Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Canterbury University and Director of the Advanced Energy and Material Systems Lab. Field: Energy and materials engineering. Professor Susan Krumdieck...

Position: CEO and technical director, Rocket Lab Field: Rocket engineering Sir Peter Beck is CEO and technical director of Rocket Lab, a New Zealand rocket technology...