Honey
Honey is an example of a non-Newtonian fluid – a fluid that changes its behaviour when under stress or strain.
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Labelling the eye
The human eye contains structures that allow it to perceive light, movement and colour differences.
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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...
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Mātauranga and the integration of Māori and western knowledge
Māori knowledge and methods are increasingly being incorporated into New Zealand’s conservation practices. In this story, we meet researcher Dr Priscilla Wehi who uses both mātauranga...
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Unit plans for primary teachers
These unit plans come as Word document downloads that can be easily modified to suit your students’ learning needs or used as they are.
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Using concept maps to learn states of matter
The observation was conducted in a year 9 class of 12 girl students who struggled with science. The topic was states of matter. From the SLH...
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Strange liquids – unit plan
Water is often the example we use when teaching about states of matter. Water is a ‘normal’ liquid or a Newtonian fluid. Some liquids behave quite...
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Strange liquids – introduction
Liquid is one of the states of matter, and viscosity is a property of liquid. Some liquids display strange behaviour because their viscosity makes them flow...
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