22 Apr | Earth day www.earthday.net |
25 Apr | World malaria Day http://www.who.int/mediacentre/events/annual/malaria/en/index.html |
26Apr1986 | Date of Chernobyl disaster Link here. |
30 Apr | Save the frogs day www.savethefrogs.com/day/ www.nzfrogs.org/ |
1 May | Solar eclipse not visible from NZ |
Moon | 3Q Apr 23 NM May 1 1Q May 9 FM May 16 |
Info
- Culturally Responsive & Relational Pedagogy:
- CoreEd poster on Te Tiriti in Education https://core-prod-assets.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/public/Te-Tiriti-o-Waitangi-in-Education-Infographic.pdf
- Mātauranga Māori
- Article on doing research with animals from a cultural perspective (pages 4-7): https://www.mikesnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Tikanga-of-Animal-Research-p4.pdf
- Podcast on Matariki from a Pacific peoples’ perspective https://core-ed.org/en_NZ/free-resources/podcasts/pacific/matariki-from-a-pacific-perspective
- Student opportunities:
- The NZ Physics & Maths competition will host an online round 4 Jun, and in-person finals at Auckland & Canterbury uni’s. Register for $12 by 15 May. https://www.nzpmc.com/“
- Teacher Opportunities:
- If you started teaching science after 2018 or if you teach in very isolated schools you may be entitled to $10,500 (s) or $17,500 (vis) under the Voluntary Bonding Scheme https://www.teachnz.govt.nz/finding-a-teaching-job/voluntary-bonding-scheme/?
- Revision:
- Using past papers effectively https://edu.rsc.org/feature/get-top-marks-with-this-effective-past-paper-strategy/4015125.article
Resources
- Biology:
- Article What do plants do all day? https://www.abc.net.au/education/what-plants-do-all-day/13777938
- Amoeba sisters video Transcription and translation general overview in under 60 seconds? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSMjwxNK2EU
- Earth & Space Science:
- A tour of the International Space Station https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGP6Y0Pnhe4
- Actively Learn lesson on analysing El Nino data https://reader.activelylearn.com/authoring/preview/869085/notes
- Use Oreos to show plate tectonics https://kcc.org.nz/portfolio/oreo-tectonics/
- Chemistry:
- What makes the ocean salty? https://www.whoi.edu/know-your-ocean/what-makes-the-ocean-salty/
- STEM Online NZ has free teaching resources for L1 Sci 90944 & 90932 & the L2 Chem stds 91164 & 91165. https://www.stemonline.auckland.ac.nz/
- Physics:
- Activity on wave power https://www.earthlearningidea.com/PDF/387_Net_zero_Wave_power.pdf
- STEM Online NZ has free teaching resources for L1 Sci 90940 & the L2 Physics stds 91171 & 91172 as well as 91524 at L3. https://www.stemonline.auckland.ac.nz/
- Primary & intermediate:
- The current issue of UK’s PSTT resource Why & How https://pstt.org.uk/download_file/5411/649
- Science investigations and videos on the theme of the Titanic
- EfS:
- The European Space Agency has a website and app for understanding climate change https://cfs.climate.ESA.int
- Article about the decline in kea numbers https://predatorfreenz.org/stories/kea-disappearing
- STEM:
- An activity on creating holographic illusions https://education.australiascience.tv/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Haunted-Hologram_Student-Activity.pdf
Can you help?
- Ak uni’s Liggins Inst is looking for groups of 3 intermediate teachers from the same school to be part of a 2 year project using tools & practices from systems thinking & deliberative democracy and explore complex health-science issues. suzanne.trask@auckland.ac.nz
- Teachers can help save the monarch butterfly by raising them indoors. More info here SaveOurMonarchs.org/how-to-raise-monarch-butterflies-at-home.html
Professional Learning & Development (PLD) Opportunities
- uLearn conference will be online 12 & 13 October. Register your interest https://core-ed.org/en_NZ/events/ulearn22/
- Science Learning Hub PLD on Primary Science Week 5 May, 4:00–4:45 pm. Register here https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/events/2111-slh-get-inspired-about-running-primary-science-week?
- Free Canterbury uni MOOC course on the hazards of NZ & Icelandic volcanoes. Til Aug 1. https://www.edx.org/course/exploring-volcanoes-and-their-hazards-iceland-and-new-zealand
- NZIP online workshop Back to uni 2, 26 Apr, 9am-1:50 pm. An opportunity to practice at a level higher than NCEA level 3 in order to reinforce the underlying physics pertaining to L3. Info here https://lookaside.fbsbx.com/file/AdvertProgrammeOnlineApril2022.pdf
- Apply to be a Rocket Lab Space Educator, a free professional development program for teachers and educators. www.rocketlabusa.com/education
Technicians
- Cloning cauliflower instructions: https://www.mikesnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Cauliflower-cloning-St-instr.pdf and https://www.mikesnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Cauliflower-cloning-TchrN.pdf. Good videos https://www.stem.org.uk/resources/elibrary/resource/35354/cauliflower-cloning
Cheers, Mike
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