newsletter

A kaupapa Māori approach to animal ethics

Find out how Māori concepts can inform animal ethics with our latest suite of resources – supported by free PLD. Read how diagrams promote literacy, numeracy and science learning.

Māori concepts for animal ethics

Discover our new resources, authored by Professor Georgina Tuari Stewart and Dr Sally Birdsall, that explore animal ethics with a kaupapa Māori approach.

A Māori worldview sees all animals as related to humans through shared whakapapa and therefore being ethically significant and worthy of respect from humans. The article Māori concepts for animal ethics – introduction curates the numerous resources created in this collaboration.

We profile six Māori practitioners who work with live animals and the impact mātauranga Māori has on their mahi. We’ve captured some of their thoughts in inspirational videos.

Bilingual and reo Māori versions of the materials are available as PDFs. Te reo versions are designed to support teaching and learning of pūtaiao in Māori medium classrooms.

Student activities encourage ākonga to engage in research and debate as they tackle ethical issues.

Should cats be allowed to roam freely? – graphic organiser

Should cats be allowed to roam freely? – graphic organiser

Use this interactive graphic organiser to explore your personal views about cats being allowed to roam wherever they wish. Place each statement card where you feel it belongs. There are no right or wrong answers.

Rights: The University of Waikato Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/images/3971-domestic-cat

Free Professional Learning

Māori concepts for animal ethics

Join us in a free webinar as authors Georgina and Sally introduce these resources and how you might use them in the classroom.

Date: 24 October , 4:00–4:45 pm

Register

This is the second of two webinars featuring our collaborations with Pauline and Sally. Watch the first webinar – Animals of Aotearoa – and find the associated resources in the article Māori knowledge of animals.

Climate change education

Interested in climate change education? We have a webinar series coming up in collaboration with NZASE and featuring an expert on climat e change education – Dr Chris Eames.

Save the dates (update links added since this original publication):

More information coming soon.

Incorporating literacy and numeracy

Science and pūtaiao offer authentic literacy and numeracy learning opportunities. For example, the student activity Reading graphs in science is a comprehension exercise in both language and science literacies.

This Tuna sandwich diagram illustrates food web/trophic pyramid.

Tuna sandwich

On average, only 10% of the energy from an organism is transferred to its consumer. This means that a top-level consumer, such as a tuna, is supported by millions of primary producers from the base of the food web or trophic pyramid.

Rights: The University of Waikato

We’ve curated graphs and diagrams so they are easy to find. Check out our new Bilingual and reo Māori infographics and diagrams collection and the Science infographics and Daily diagram Pinterest boards. There’s also much more on offer in Literacy through science and Measurement topics. Use the filters to narrow your search.

Some things to think about

Keep these upcoming events on your planning rada r and check out the related content for ideas on how to incorporate wrap-around learning with your ākonga.

Follow us 

We offer added value through our social media. Contact us about creating collections or boards tailored to your needs. We can help foster connections between the education and science communities.

Your feedback

We hope you enjoy using the Science Learning Hub – Pokapū Akoranga Pūtaiao in your teaching and would love to hear from you. Your comments, ideas and feedback can be emailed to enquiries@sciencelearn.org.nz.

Noho ora mai

Science Learning Hub – Pokapū Akoranga Pūtaiao

See all news
Published: 15 October 2024,Updated: