This activity uses resources curated in the article Māori concepts for animal ethics – introduction. The resources examine the Three Rs of animal ethics and include...

Māori concepts for animal ethics – introduction brings together resources that explore animal ethics with a kaupapa Māori approach. Use the crossword puzzles in this activity...

How do people perceive their relationship with animals? How do labels like ‘pest’ or ‘pet’ put animals in categories or assign rules to the ways we...

Should cats be allowed to roam freely? It’s an emotive question with lots of underlying factors. For example, are we talking about cherished cats or feral...

Crossword puzzles are an engaging way to develop and use content vocabulary. This activity includes two different puzzles – the clues for both are in English,...

Aotearoa New Zealand is home to animal species that are uniquely adapted to life on our islands and exist here and nowhere else. We also have...

Aotearoa New Zealand has a lot of cats! Forest & Bird reports we have: 1,134,000 companion cats 196,000 stray cats millions of feral cats – there’s...

In this activity, students use literacy skills and strategies to locate information across a series of articles that feature Māori knowledge of animals. By the end...

Aotearoa New Zealand has one of the highest cat ownership rates in the world. Nearly 40% of households have at least one cat – for the...

Aotearoa New Zealand is rich in animal life – from tiny pepeketua and giant wētāpunga to ngā manu a Tānemahuta and ngā ika a Tangaroa. Some...

Magma Pop is a virtual game that helps students learn about Earth’s most common minerals and the processes that happen in a magma chamber. The science...

An important aspect of students’ scientific investigations and inquiry learning is summarising their findings. This activity gives students the opportunity to share their learning through the...

Sharing students’ scientific learning through poetry can be a powerful activity as it combines artistic expression with scientific understanding. Using fictional modes can make the science...

Observation is a key component of mātauranga Māori and science. This activity enables ākonga to use the science capability ‘Gather and interpret data’ as they observe...

Collecting kōwhai seeds from outside the classroom and then growing them inside breaks down the perception that learning only happens in the classroom. This activity will...

Challenge students to explore and observe kōwhai trees with a particular focus on the seeds. Initially, students may only notice the seed pods hanging from the...

Stalactites and stalagmites are geological formations that occur when water dissolves limestone and other minerals. The mineral-rich water seeps through cracks and into a cave. In...

Stratovolcanoes are steep-sided, cone-shaped volcanoes. If the magma chamber within the volcano grows, the expansion can break the flanks of the volcano and cause it to...

Challenge students to take on a variety of scientific roles to help solve the planet’s environmental and energy issues with Magma Drillers Save Planet Earth. The...

Our climate, our biodiversity, our future is an interactive storymap that uses a collection of stories arranged to show the interconnectedness of ki uta ki tai...

Genetic modification has been used in Aotearoa New Zealand since the 1970s. It is used in research laboratories and in contained field tests, in some medicines...

Game design is a creative and innovative way to build understanding of science concepts and express them within a meaningful context. It combines aspects of science,...

Infographics combine text with graphic images. Their key feature is simplicity – getting a message across in a manner that is easy to visualise and understand....

Navigating our freshwater environment is an interactive storymap that explores the state of rivers, lakes and wetlands – in a novel and engaging way. The storymap...