27 Feb | Deadline to submit ideas for Zoo play space |
29 Feb | Deadline for yr 13 students to apply for Elaine P. Snowden Astronomy school |
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 |
1-31 Mar | Whio Awareness month https://www.doc.govt.nz/whioforever |
2-10 Mar | Sea week http://seaweek.org.nz/ |
3 Mar | World Wildlife Day http://wildlifeday.org/ |
3 Mar | World Hearing Day https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-hearing-day |
4 Mar | World Engineering day https://worldengineeringday.net/ |
4 Mar | 3:30pm PLD for CB1.3 Genetics: Learning Outcomes & contexts. Link |
5 Mar | 4pm PLD for AHS 1.1 Life Processes: Teaching & Learning. Link |
5 Mar | 7pm PLD for PES1.1 Human Induced Changes: Assessment. Link |
6 Mar | Deadline for yr 12 students from poor families to apply for First Foundation scholarship |
6 Mar | 7:30pm PLD for CB1.2: key ideas & misconceptions. Link |
6 Mar | 7:30pm PLD for PES1.4 Energy: Bar charts. Link to register |
7 Mar | 4pm PLD for SCI1.2 Investigations: Assessment. Link |
7 Mar | 7pm PLD for PES1.3 SME Interactions: Assessment. Link |
8 Mar | 3:30pm PLD for AHS: Q&A forum. Link |
10Mar-8Apr | Ramadan http://islam.about.com/od/ramadan/tp/ramadan-hub.htm |
Moon | 3Q Mar 4 NM Mar 10 1Q Mar 17 FM Mar 25 |
- Seaweek 2-10 Mar. Resources:
- Learn about different sea creatures https://seaweek.org.nz/creature-content
- Nominate an Ocean Champion https://seaweek.org.nz/oceanchampionchallenge
- Talks that may be relevant for us
- A recording of a public lecture to learn about the research and career of neonatologist Prof Dame Jane Harding. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw-XNbVKiWM&t=30s
- Understanding the ecology of Ōtari, guided walk. Sun 10 Mar 2-3pm. Info here.
Info
- Culturally Responsive & Relational Pedagogy:
- Resources for teachers on unteaching racism https://www.unteachracism.nz/resources.html
- Planning for culturally responsive assessment – an article and PLD activities related to Inside the Black Box.
- Student opportunities:
- Competition to make a fungal lunch https://kcc.org.nz/portfolio/create-a-fungal-lunch/
- Pre-registration is open for Beamline for Schools. High school students from across the world can submit a proposal to conduct an experiment at a particle accelerator, to win the chance to spend 2 weeks at CERN or DESY to do it. Deadline April 10. https://beamlineforschools.cern
- Literacy:
- Flippity creates unscrambles, word finds, crosswords etc. It also has random name generator and bingo card maker (& can create a link to play bingo online). Arwen Heyworth
Resources
- Biology:
- A lovely video on plant classification https://www.openculture.com/2024/01/the-surprising-map-of-plants-a-new-animation-shows-how-all-the-different-plants-relate-to-each-other.html
- Teach pedigree charts using blue skin in the Fugate family, haemophilia in European royal families, getting kids to make one for a famous family, Simpson or Harry Potter genetics or this wrt nicotine addiction https://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/addiction/pi/
- Agricultural and Horticultural Science:
- National Open Farm Day Sun 10 Mar – find a farm near you, e.g. Mangaroa Farm and Mahinga Kai Urban Farm, both Upper Hutt; Avonstour Island Taranaki; Donald’s Farm and Kelmarna Farm, both Auckland; Kaiapoi Food Forest, Canterbury; Pari Nui, Otago
- Earth & Space Science:
- UK is having a Mars day 5 March. This means there will be free resources available https://email.stem.org.uk/q/17V5cdHFRXedhQh3yLBKy4/wv
- Video tracking changes in earth’s water cycle as the earth warms https://www.earth.com/video/tracking-changes-in-earths-water-cycle
- Free resources from the education arm of RSC on the structure of the earth (free to join)
- Chemistry:
- Periodic table battleships rules (freebie) https://www.twinkl.co.nz/resource/periodic-table-of-elements-battleships-game-us-m-2548708
- Overcoming electrochemistry misconceptions (EIC is free to join)
- Physics:
- Julius Sumner demo videos are old school but good physics. Get the kids to try some themselves. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjzW1w9hKBnz2i90rRoZDvgfTeRe3cDyJ
- PhET has updated their collisions lab which includes visualisations, diagrams and experiments https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/collision-lab
- Primary & intermediate:
- Beach Activity book by Rachel Haydon has activities for students aged 7 – 14, integrated with mātauranga Māori and the theme of interconnectedness.
- NZCER has a Science Toolkit for years 7 & 8 to identify knowledge gaps and suggest activities to remedy the issue and then check the learning. Info here.
- Science:
- Sanctuary Mountain has a new activity trail on the Rimu track in the southern enclosure.
- Amy Brown Science freebie on Lab Skills for members (join for free) https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Amy-Brown-Science
- Education for Sustainability (EfS)
- NZ meteorologist James Renwick has written a book Under the Weather that explores the impact of our changing weather patterns
- A panel discussion about Whanganui and Waiapu River restoration, Sat 24 February 1 – 3pm, Soundings Theatre, Te Papa. More info.
Professional Learning and Development
- Educational Law – Patrick Walsh, 8 March Auckland.
Technician
- Concerned about the safety of peppercorn broth? This broth contains Bacillus subtilis. “It is a benign organism as it does not possess traits that cause disease. It is not considered pathogenic or toxigenic to humans, animals, or plants. The potential risk associated with the use of this bacterium in fermentation facilities is low.” EPA. Stephanie Gray, Technician.
Cheers, Mike
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