Plastic and microplastic pollution of oceans is a wicked problem. Using bioinformatics and statistical analysis, scientist Victor Gambarini looked to correlate marine microbes that could degrade...
We all need protein to live and stay healthy. However, many protein sources are becoming an increasingly expensive way to meet our needs – both economically...
Students can explore te ao Māori concepts in the context of farming and food production through Kiwi Kai virtual farm – an introduction. This virtual farm...
Kiwi Kai is a farm simulator that explores the relationships between a healthy environment, healthy kai, healthy people and communities. The goal is manaakihia te taiao,...
Kiwi Kai is an online learning tool that provides a fun and engaging way to explore science concepts, sustainability, social decision making and systems thinking through...
Kiwi Kai is an engaging online learning tool – this virtual farm allows students to explore the relationships between a healthy environment, healthy kai, healthy people...
Te ao Māori me te kēmu Kiwi Kai whakataruna ahuwhenua Ko tā ngā tauira, he torotoro i te ao Māori ki roto mai o te horopoki...
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...
Freshwater is defined as inland water – springs, streams, rivers, lakes and wetlands. It includes water that is stored in glaciers and under the ground within...
Ki uta ki tai – from the mountains to the sea – acknowledges the journey that water makes from the atmosphere to the mountains and across...
An overhaul of the conservation laws of Aotearoa could allow Māori to resume traditional harvesting practices of some native species. This article was originally titled Can...
Seeds are part of most plant life cycles. Seed-producing plants and the seeds they produce provide resources for humans and other living things. These include food...
Be part of a worldwide movement and use Global Earth Challenge to submit or classify photos to help our planet’s environment and human health. Global Earth...
Waitā is a whetū in the Matariki cluster. It is the star connected with the oceans and marine conditions and represents the many types of food...
Waitī is a whetū in the Matariki cluster. It is the star connected to freshwater: springs, streams, rivers, lakes, wetlands and the plants and animals that...
Te mana o te wai describes the first right for water being with the water – rivers, lakes and streams as well as the ocean. After...
The water cycle happens all around us. Changes in the state of water and the water cycle are driven by the Sun’s energy. There is no...
Explore the science concepts that underpin knowledge and understanding about rubbish, how we identify and classify it. The New Zealand Ministry of Education’s Building Science Concepts...
Many communities around Aotearoa have looked at the challenges of rubbish disposal. In Thames, one community organisation has developed its own response to the challenge. In...
This activity supports students to use their senses to closely observe and identify a range of properties in order to classify items for different purposes. The...
We all know that New Zealand – and the world – has a plastic pollution problem. It’s estimated that 4.8–12.7 million metric tonnes of plastic end...
The world we live in and the society we’re a part of is increasingly underpinned and informed by science and technology. This can include many products...
We all know that single-use plastics are a problem for our environment, but many single-use products can be convenient and more economic than less-problematic alternatives. So...
This unit plan shows how teacher Dianne Christenson used the online citizen science (OCS) project The Plastic Tide as part of a year 2–4 unit to...
See our newsletters here.