1-31 Oct | Health Literacy month www.healthliteracymonth.org/ |
1-31 Oct | Save Kiwi month www.kiwisforkiwi.org/save-kiwi-week/schools |
1-31 Oct | Breast Cancer Awareness month www.nzbcf.org.nz (Pink Ribbon) |
9-15 Oct | Earth Sciences week (USA) http://www.earthsciweek.org/about-esw |
11-12 Oct | NZAEE conf locally and online. https://www.nzaee.org.nz/conference-information/2022 |
11-13 Oct | ConSTANZ, technicians’ conference https://stanz.nzase.org.nz/constanz/ |
12 Oct | Ada Lovelace day, women in STEM http://findingada.com/ |
12-13 Oct | uLearn conference https://core-ed.org/en_NZ/events/ulearn22 |
14 Oct | Deadline for students to apply for Powering Potential December science programme. |
14 Oct | World Sight Day http://www.iapb.org/advocacy/world-sight-day |
16 Oct | World Food Day www.fao.org/wfd/ |
16-22 Oct | Niue language week www.mpia.govt.nz |
17 Oct | Voting starts for Te Manu Rongonui o te Tau Bird of the Year |
18 Oct | Deadline to apply for Prime Minister’s Science Teacher and Future scientist prizes |
19 Oct | Alison Campbell’s Schol Bio workshop, Waikato Dio 5:30 pm amchugh@wdsg.school.nz |
21 Oct | Peak of Orionids meteor shower http://www.rasnz.org.nz/in-the-sky/meteor-showers |
23 Oct | Mole day http://www.moleday.org/ |
23-29 Oct | Tokelau language week www.mpia.govt.nz |
24 Oct | Diwali https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/new-zealand/diwali |
24 Oct | World polio day http://wpd.typepad.com/worldpolioday/ |
Moon | FM Oct 10 3Q Oct 18 NM Oct 25 1Q Nov 1 |
- Ross Ferguson talks on the history of kiwifruit at Lecture theatre 1, EIT, Taradale, 6-7pm 25 Oct.
- Prof Rod Badcock talks about power intensive applications of superconductivity at Council Chamber, L2 Hunter Building, Kelburn Parade, Wellington, 6pm on 18 Oct. Register here.
- Resources for the NZ ShakeOut, our national earthquake drill and tsunami hīkoi evacuation, Thurs 27 October. https://getready.govt.nz/involved/shakeout/
- Science in Dark Times: Women in Science is showing Shirley Horrock’s film about our science advisor Juliet Gerrard as a fundraiser 11 Oct, 6-9pm at Hoyts Riccarton. Get tickets here.
- Resource for Niue Language Week: https://www.mikesnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Common-phrases-Niuean-2p.docx
Info
- Culturally Responsive & Relational Pedagogy:
- John Campbell on learning about the effects of colonisation & land confiscation in Taranaki
- A reading about growing cultural competence using the analogy of standing on two feet.
- Mātauranga Māori
- Project Mātauranga story about using mātauranga Māori to discover a solution to the failing geyser problem in Rotorua https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V4ICGcdNO0
- Reading Māori authors can broaden our understanding of mātauranga Māori – e.g. e-Tangata; The Spinoff’s Atea; open access academic journals like MAI journal, and some articles in the New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies.
- Pedagogy:
- Word wall provides templates for creating games and puzzles https://wordwall.net
- A video to explain Claim Evidence Reasoning with a bio example & a reading w a chem e.g.
- Student opportunities:
- Inventionator is CORE Education’s free online event for gifted and talented students in yrs 6-9 from 28 Nov – 1 Dec. Students collaborate and think critically to design innovative solutions to real-life problems. https://core-ed.org/en_NZ/events/inventionator-for-gifted-learners
- Reminder about a competition for yr7-10 students to design a satellite mission. This is an opportunity for students to learn more about the MethaneSAT mission which will be used in the fight against climate change. Deadline 5pm Fri 28 Oct.
- A holiday colouring contest as a charity PR project for The Moths & Butterflies of NZ Trust.
- Teacher Opportunities
- School to Skies Teacher Edition 2023 is a behind the scenes, FREE, 5-day, hands-on learning experience that you can take back to the classroom. At RNZAF Base Auckland 15-20 Jan 2023. Current teachers of yr 5-13 students can apply, deadline 16 Oct rnzaf.schooltoskies.co.nz/info/
- Literacy:
- E-book versions of science articles in the Connect Series https://digi-journals.com/?category=31
- HoD:
- Strategies for prioritizing tasks and managing your time
- Questions to consider when making a decision
- Digital support:
- Scratch Pad offer open days every Saturday and Sunday at their Auckland Centres
- Science Careers:
- Forestry careers https://www.forestrycareers.nz/find-your-fit-in-forestry
Resources
- Biology:
- A novel way to catch worms https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDA64eUoxag
- This list includes activities on evolution, 5 on lactose intolerance and 5 on sickle cell anaemia
- Agricultural and Horticultural Science:
- Recent survey showed 80% of urban students know little about how their food is produced. Farmer Time connects urban primary schools with farmers & growers, www.farmertime.co.nz
- Fieldays (30 Nov – 3 Dec) is offering schools a discount for groups of 10 or more students when they visit in Week 7 of Term 4. https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx…
- Earth & Space Science:
- Chemistry:
- Documentary about Carbon https://iview.abc.net.au/show/carbon-the-unauthorised-biography
- An article on the fate of oil spilt at sea
- Physics:
- Investigate how much electricity it takes to run a school, then test the effect of making a change to reduce use https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/terrific-scientific/KS2/zmqv92p
- Matthew Mac’s 150 short videos on senior physics. L3 electricity to be added these holidays
- Primary & intermediate:
- Follow up to last week, Ally Bull explains what she means by a library of experiences.
- TeachEngineering has a Popular Topics page dedicated to hands-on, design-based activities for US grades 3-8 on the various phenomena, wonders and engineering feats in space!
- EfS:
- November 10 is a day of talks and classroom activities for students on climate change (in UK).
- A graph of vehicle carbon emissions
- Science
- A citizen science project to use during large snow events https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/2794-how-deep-is-your-snow
- Nature of Science:
- 5 min video on what science processes really look like – it is not a linear method.
Professional Learning & Development (PLD) Opportunities
- Learning Network NZ, each of these $450 for non-members.
- Building Learning Power thru’ Inquiry – Guy Claxton & Kate Murdoch, Auckland, 2 Nov.
- Building Learning Power thru’ Inquiry – Guy Claxton & Kate Murdoch, Queenstown, 4 Nov.
- Kohia Teacher’s Centre, Gate 2, 76 Epsom Ave, Epsom
- How to Manage behaviour in the classroom: Julie McDougall, 27 Oct, 9:30-12:30. $190. Yrs 1-8
- Coping with change: Mary Millar, 3 Nov, 9:30-12:30. All teachers. $190
- Canterbury Science Teacher Association PLD for science leaders and aspiring leaders 8 Nov at Ara, Madras St, Chch. Draft programme here. Free for CSTA members, else $40. Register here link.
- Register here for the next Science is Cool conference 10-11 Nov. Starts at 11am PT (7am NZST).
Cheers, Mike
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