26May-1Jun	Samoan language week   hwww.mpia.govt.nz
31 May	World Smoke-free Day   www.worldsmokefreeday.org.nz
31 May	Early bird registration for U-Learn conference closes.
1 Jun	World milk day   https://worldmilkday.org/
5 Jun	World Environment Day   www.4million.org.nz   www.mfe.govt.nz
5 Jun	Arbour Day.  www.treesforsurvival.org
8 Jun	World Oceans day    www.theoceanproject.org/wod/wod_ideas.php
7-9 Jun	40hr Famine weekend    www.famine.org.nz
Moon	3Q May 27           NM Jun 3          1Q Jun 10          FM Jun 17

Info

1. Pedagogy:
   • Effective Pedagogy resource – useful discussion for your dept. Especially good for new teachers. https://nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz/Inclusive-practices/Implementing-an-inclusive-curriculum/Effective-pedagogy-for-all-students

Resources

1. Geology:
   • An ELI activity about the toughness/resistance of rocks in different places. https://www.earthlearningidea.com/PDF/312_Hard_soft_rocks.pdf
   • An ELI activity on fossilisation https://www.earthlearningidea.com/PDF/176_Fossilisation_film.pdf
2. Biology:
   • A skin fungus that has plagued frogs and toads worldwide has become the world’s worst invasive killer, displacing cats and rodents. Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis is a pathogen spread by the wildlife trade. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/frog-killing-bd-chytrid-fungus-death-toll?utm_source=email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=latest-newsletter-v2&utm_source=&utm_medium=&utm_campaign=
   • DoC has card- and board-games about freshwater ecosystems. https://www.doc.govt.nz/get-involved/conservation-education/resources/freshwater-board-and-card-games/
3. Chemistry:
   • Explore your favourite element at http://www.rsc.org/periodic-table which (among other things) has information on what each element is used for and a short video or 2.
   • Royal Soc of Chem article about how to teach students to write equations & formulae. Ian Torrie. https://eic.rsc.org/cpd/chemical-formulas-and-equations/3010001.article
4. Physics:
   • Einstein Videos are short talks by researchers & postgrad students about aspects of General Relativity https://www.otago.ac.nz/sciences/news/open-days/otago304801.html
   • This Classroom Investigation Series unit about solar-generated electricity explores how solar facilities generate electricity, the trade-offs involved in large-scale solar facilities, and the interest groups that inform decisions about whether to approve new solar facilities. https://www.blm.gov/documents/national-office/public-room/educational-material/solar-energy-classroom-investigation
5. Astronomy:
   • Astronomy animations & simulations https://astro.unl.edu/naap/
   • Astronomy for kids – the links at the bottom provide info about choosing a telescope, tracking the ISS, studying the stars, understanding light pollution etc. http://giftedgeek.co.uk/astronomy-for-kids/
6. AgHort:
   • Some ideas here may be useful for World Milk Day on Saturday:
   • Milk from cow to store https://milk.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=000658
   • Milk processing http://www.milkfacts.info/Milk%20Processing/Milk%20Processing%20Page.htm
   • DairyNZ resources include lots of free posters & the Can It Ice Cream practical teaching unit for yrs 1-8 https://www.dairynzschools.co.nz/teachers-resources
   • Other experiments with milk https://www.pinterest.nz/KimberlyScottScience/milk-experiments/
7. Nature of Science:
   • The Otago Daily Times has an insert each Monday called World Focus which often provides articles useful to explore the Nature of Science. Not available online. Try your library.
8. eLearning:
   • Project Learning Tree presents 12 free science apps focusing on topics such as climate change, trees, conservation, and weather. The apps in this list include stand-alone games, interactive teaching tools, and reference guides. https://bit.ly/2wgPfzX

Professional Learning & Development (PLD) Opportunities

1. A reminder of the 4 or more flavours of PD NZIP continues to offer physics teachers:  one-on-one help for teachers, the $125/yr secure resources, the $60/yr membership that gets you a $50 prize voucher for your physics kids and the back-to-uni PD days put on throughout the year around NZ. Go to https://nzip.org.nz/ and then Education
2. A podcast from Teaching Council busting myths about appraisal. https://soundcloud.com/user-94237250/mythbusting-special-appraisal
3. Kohia Teachers Centre course on NCEA for newbies Robin Headifen, 19 June, Auckland.
   

Vacancies

1. The NZ Association for Environmental Ed (NZAEE) is seeking a new Coordinator to run Seaweek 2020 & the Hauraki Gulf Monitoring Project 2019. A job description for both positions can be downloaded here. The full role description for the Seaweek Coordinator is  here & for HGMP Manager is here. Application deadline is 12 noon, 4 June.
2. Hobsonville Point Secondary School will have some part-time junior science LTR work from term 3. It’s about 3 half days a week but could be topped up with casual relief. For more info or to express interest contact Andrea.tritton@hobsonvillepoint.school.nz

Cheers, Mike