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

1. 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
2. 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
3. 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/“
4. 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/?
5. Revision:
   • Using past papers effectively https://edu.rsc.org/feature/get-top-marks-with-this-effective-past-paper-strategy/4015125.article

Resources

1. 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
2. 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/
3.  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/
4. 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/
5. 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
6.  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
7.  STEM:
   • An activity on creating holographic illusions https://education.australiascience.tv/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Haunted-Hologram_Student-Activity.pdf

Can you help?

1. 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
2. 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

1. uLearn conference will be online 12 & 13 October. Register your interest https://core-ed.org/en_NZ/events/ulearn22/
2. 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?
3. 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
4. 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
5. Apply to be a Rocket Lab Space Educator, a free professional development program for teachers and educators. www.rocketlabusa.com/education

Technicians

1. 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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