1-28 Feb | Bikewise month https://can.org.nz/article/february-is-bikewise-month |
1-28 Feb | Heart Awareness Month www.heartfoundation.org.nz/for-women |
22 Feb | Café Scientifique, 90 Keith Allen Dr, Tauranga, 7-9pm. Sharks in the Bay. Register here |
1-31 Mar | Melanoma March www.melanoma.org.nz/news-events/recent-news |
1-31 Mar | Hearing Awareness Month https://www.nfd.org.nz/hearing-awareness-month2020 |
3 Mar | World wildlife Day http://wildlifeday.org/ |
3-31 Mar | Brain Awareness Month www.neurological.org.nz |
6-14 Mar | Sea week http://seaweek.org.nz/ |
Moon | FM 27 Feb 3Q 6 Mar NM 13 Mar 1Q 22 Mar |
- NZIP & PHYSIKOS 2021 Conference 12 – 14 July, Queen Margaret College, Wellington http://nzip.org.nz/nzip-physikos-2021-conference-12-14-july/
- Did you know you can apply for a grant from PPTA to go towards subject conference costs? https://www.ppta.org.nz/pld-fund/grant-to-attend-subject-association-conferences
- Apologies for last week’s error. Science Alive Mātauranga webinar is still available to view. Correct link is https://www.educationperfect.com/webinar/science-alive-matauranga/
- Kath Haines (Wellington) has organised PLD for teachers to meet with local iwi on 3 Mar. Contact her if you are interested in participating katherine.haines@wegc.school.nz
Info
- Culturally Responsive & Relational Pedagogy:
- Janelle Riki-Waaka’s uLearn20 keynote on reimagining success for all ākonga. And a blog-post response to that talk by Alicia Ngaropo-Tuia
- An infographic about developing equitable partnerships by ensuring everyone impacted by a decision is at the table.
- Pedagogy:
- Digital support:
- Resources for interactive whiteboards, Ipads and tablets to support the scientific teaching & learning of sound, matter & light. Interactive activities include designing experiments, measuring volumes and making predictions. https://www.primaryschoolscience.co.uk/
- Essential skeleton is a 3D interactive app https://wowscience.co.uk/resource/essential-skeleton-4/
- Some science apps https://wowscience.co.uk/?sfid=27&_sfm_resource_type=Apps
- Student competitions
- The NZ Young Scientist’s Tournament 23-25 April challenges students to develop, test and present solutions to problems: https://www.mikesnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/NZYST3-2021.pdf
Resources
- Biology:
- NIH Fact Sheet on circadian rhythms https://www.nigms.nih.gov/education/fact-sheets/Pages/circadian-rhythms.aspx
- A reading about research into the shape of biological molecules https://www.nigms.nih.gov/education/fact-sheets/Pages/structural-biology.aspx
- How forests work – an article on succession https://www.southlandcommunitynursery.org.nz/how-forests-work/
- Agricultural and Horticultural Science:
- A LEARNZ virtual field trip focussing on seaweed aquaculture for Sea Week, 8-14 March. https://www.learnz.org.nz/seaweedaquaculture211
- Earth & Space Science:
- Evidence of supernovae found in tree rings
- Activity in which students explore the natural hazards their local area could be prone to https://www.earthlearningidea.com/PDF/354_Local_natural_hazards.pdf
- Article on extrasolar planets https://www.universetoday.com/39673/extrasolar-planets/
- Chemistry:
- New study shows hydrogen bonds and covalent bonds exist on a continuum https://www.sciencenews.org/article/new-weird-hybrid-chemical-bond-hydrogen-covalent
- Making synthetic diamond https://education.australiascience.tv/whip-you-up-a-diamond-no-sweat
- Make your own spectrometer with a DVD & a smartphone camera (teacher, technician, & student guides). https://edu.rsc.org/resources/smartphone-spectrometer/2071.article
- Physics:
- An online lesson exploring exponential decay, half-life and background radiation https://stemlearning.wistia.com/medias/cs5lvrj5l5
- An online lesson on balanced and unbalanced forces, including forces in a space launch and landing https://stemlearning.wistia.com/medias/aozf594pue
- In this activity students consider different power sources suitable for their local area https://www.earthlearningidea.com/PDF/57_Power_thru_window.pdf
- Primary & intermediate:
- An online lesson for yrs 3-6 that explores flowers and pollination https://stemlearning.wistia.com/medias/1fx54vgxfu
- Lessons on materials for year 1 students – lesson 1 and lesson 2
- This PSST newsletter includes articles on teaching sound, climate change and creativity https://pstt.org.uk/application/files/9416/1294/8877/Spring_2021_Trust_Newsletter.pdf
- Nature of Science:
- An article written by a student about the need to learn to navigate the news on social media.
- Resources linking science and history https://pstt.org.uk/resources/curriculum-materials/cross-curricular-science-and-history
- EfS:
- This pack has a range of broad ideas on projects about climate change issues. https://pstt.org.uk/application/files/3215/8945/8104/Teachers_Project_Pack_2020.pdf
- Science
- The Brian Cox presents a series of video resources to increase teachers’ confidence with experimental science and relate the experiments to the real world.
Cheers,
Mike
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