18-24 Nov | Antibiotic Resistance week www.who.int/campaigns/world-antibiotic-awareness-week/en/ |
22 Nov | Hawke’s Bay Secondary science teachers’ cluster at Napier Boys HS |
25 Nov | Physics teachers’ day at Ak uni https://sites.google.com/view/uoaptd2017/2022s-day-info |
1 Dec | World AIDS Day https://www.nzaf.org.nz/ (Red Ribbon) |
5 Dec | World Soil Day www.nzsoils.org.nz |
Moon | NM Nov 24 1Q Dec 1 FM Dec 8 3Q Dec 16 |
- Next week will be the last Mike’s News for the year
Info
- Mātauranga Māori
- Prof Rangi Matamua on Te Marama Kūtia a Whiro lunar eclipse (8 min) https://www.facebook.com/Livingbythestars/videos/851377152707786
- In these 12 videos from MoE, experts talk about mātauranga Māori concepts https://vimeo.com/showcase/9958391
- On Friday the Mana ōrite mō te mātauranga Māori resources will be moving from https:www.manaorite.ac.nz to NCEA.Education.govt.nz — the one-stop shop for all things NCEA.
- Student opportunities:
- Hari and Sam provide Professional Learning Development for teachers and space education programmes for students through immersive experiences. https://spacewardbound.nz/
- Teacher Tip from TES magazine: “Starting parents’ evening appointments with ‘Is there anything you’d like to talk about / ask / raise before I get going?’ has revolutionised our conversations”.
Resources
- Biology:
- In this activity, students sample a population of lizards & use the t-test to see which sex is bigger. They also compare the results of a small and a large sample. Data Classroom is free to join. https://about.dataclassroom.com/ready-to-teach/are-the-males-bigger-than-the-females
- Amoeba sisters on mitochondrion cf chloroplast https://youtu.be/BUO9bm4pV38
- Vote for the NZ bug of the year https://bugoftheyear.ento.org.nz/vote-here/
- Agricultural and Horticultural Science:
- Whakapapa of the kumara https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/homed/garden/130210776/the-whakapapa-of-the-kmara
- Wool in School mobile sheds teach kids about wool processes, innovative thinking, design, and technology and they’ll have lots of fun along the way. https://www.nzwool.co.nz/wool-in-schools/
- Earth & Space Science:
- How to hold a star party https://milky-way.kiwi/stargazing/complete-instructions-for-making-a-star-party/
- An article & video simulation on what we know about the Hikurangi Subduction Zone https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/what-were-learning-about-nzs-biggest-quake-maker/RT5YGOB32CMNQTUFXPGAGYXFDI/
- Chemistry:
- Chem Otago videos of a crystal garden and of dry ice https://twitter.com/chemotago
- Investigating how to get clean water from dirty https://www.earthlearningidea.com/PDF/67_Cleaning_pond_water.pdf
- Physics:
- Build a Rube Goldberg machine to show energy transfer https://tinkerlab.com/engineering-kids-rube-goldberg-machine/
- Perimeter ideas and resources may be useful for the L2 nuclear topic. [Dave Thrasher] https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpHvNclapYpq8b0ZnGRoMeg
- Primary & intermediate:
- Stories with a science theme: Stories For Kids Who Dare To Be Different by Ben Brooks have great 1-page bios on people who explore science and their lives
- Measure wind speed using bubbles https://www.metlink.org/fieldwork-resource/bubble-chase/
- At UK’s Royal Society Summer Science exhibition scientists show their latest research & break-throughs. In 2021 this became an interactive online experience with experiments, discussions & videos as well as quizzes, virtual tours & games. Check it out here. [House of Science]
- Education for Sustainability (EfS):
- Prof Dudly Shallcross on how we can stop climate change: talk, PPT, Q & A from PSTT’s climate symposium
- Acid rain activities https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Q6k822lSm4 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBJizSQDBn4&ab_channel=JamesVandenBroek
Cheers, Mike
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