Teacher PLD

Fun and safety with primary science

In this recorded session the New Zealand Association of Primary Science Educators (NZAPSE) and the Science Learning Hub supports you to bring fun, safe science into your classroom.

Science education is an important part of our curriculum but sometimes we can get overwhelmed with all the things we need to consider. NZAPSE has created some simple resources to make being safe super easy.

NZAPSE did a great job, really engaging!

Teacher

The Safety and Science/Pūtaiao: Guidance for Aotearoa New Zealand Schools and Kura is a very large document. We will highlight relevant sections, provide links and give examples of what it means for our teaching.

Please note that we are not health and safety experts. The NZAPSE team has a large amount of experience and has worked with science technicians to ensure the information provided is correct. Teachers will always need to respond to the students and the environment that they are in.

Fun and safety with primary science

This is an edited recording of the webinar Fun and safety with primary science

Rights: The University of Waikato Te Whare Wananga o Waikato

Thanks – appreciate the great examples!

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Fun and safety with primary science – Slideshow

This slideshow, from the webinar Fun and safety with primary science, provides additional support for the video tutorial.

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Rights: The University of Waikato Te Whare Wananga o Waikato

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Activities featured in the webinar

Download as PDFs these supporting resources:

Activity ideas

These activities support students to think about risk and staying safe in different contexts: 

The PLD article Children making evidence-based decisions about volcanic risk details how students were able to use science knowledge to make decisions and take action to plan for natural disaster emergencies. 

Related content 

Watch previous webinars featuring New Zealand Association of Primary Science Educators: 

Useful links

The New Zealand Association of Primary Science Educators (NZAPSE) is all about celebrating and supporting science in primary schools. 

Check out the Primary Science Week page for competitions and activity ideas. 

The document Safety and Science/Pūtaiao: Guidance for Aotearoa New Zealand Schools and Kura can be found here

During the webinar we shared the following links:  

Acknowledgement

Thank you to the New Zealand Association of Primary Science Educators (NZAPSE) for collaborating on this webinar and the work you do supporting primary teachers.

Published: 19 April 2024