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Kiwi Kai virtual farm – an introduction

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 and communities. The goal ...

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Birds in my backyard

Birds in my backyard is a ready-to-use cross-curricular teaching resource. It uses the Ministry of Education’s 2013 Connected article The takeaway table by Diana Noonan. Curriculum information ...

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The Great Kiwi Earthworm Survey

Earthworms are useful indicators of soil health. This project aims to capture information on earthworm abundance and species distribution throughout New Zealand. Information provided will be used ...

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Validating remote sensing observations

Adventure movies make it seem like satellites can see everything from space, but is this fact or fiction? Remote sensing satellites provide us with lots of information, but as demonstrated by ...

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Freshwater and freshwater fish – key terms

This resource provides explanations of the key terms encountered when exploring freshwater streams and rivers and native fish. This resource is intended to be used alongside other articles about ...

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    Cells

    All living organisms on Earth are made up of living cells. All cells fall into one of the two major categories: Prokaryotes – single-celled organisms such as bacteria Eukaryotes – complex cells ...

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    Ngā karangatanga matua mō te wai māori me ngā ika wai ...

    Kei te rauemi nei ētahi whakamārama mō ngā karangatanga matua ka kitea i a koe e tūhura ana i ngā kōawa wai māori, i ngā awa me ngā ika taketake. I whakaritea ai tēnei rauemi kia whakamahia ai i ...

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    Creating collections

    The Hub has a very useful collections tool. Hub users who are signed in can access the tool to create their own collections, collaborate on collections, add their own notes (with both a private ...

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    Introducing our PLD

    The Science Learning Hub – Pokapū Akoranga Pūtaiao offers a range of opportunities to support teachers’ science teaching and increase their own science knowledge and understanding. These include ...

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    New Zealand Garden Bird Survey – a context for learning

    Aotearoa New Zealand is famous for its quirky native birds. Ngā manu, their unique adaptations and the threats they face are common classroom topics. But what about the birds we are likely to ...

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