8 Jun	World Oceans day www.theoceanproject.org/wod/wod_ideas.php
9 Jun	National Support Staff Day  www.nzei.org.nz
10 Jun	Mt Tarawera erupts 1886  www.teara.govt.nz/en/historic-volcanic-activity/page-2
14 Jun	World Blood Donor Day  www.nzblood.co.nz
15 Jun	Global Wind Day  www.windenergy.org.nz/resources/for-teachers
21 Jun	Winter solstice NZ. http://www.rasnz.org.nz/in-the-sky/sun-rise-and-set
21 Jun	Annular Solar Eclipse
22 Jun	Matariki constellation becomes visible for most parts of NZ (or Puanga in the rest)
Moon	3Q 13 Jun       NM 21Jun       1Q 28 Jun       FM 5 Jul

Info

1. Culturally Responsive & Relational Pedagogy:
   • In this Mental Health Foundation video, Sir Mason Durie & Michael Naera discuss how past pandemics have affected Māori & what this tells us about how Covid-19 has, & will continue to, impact Māori. They also explore the importance of decision-making, support, protection & connection for whānau. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZBqnXFwls0&t=737s
2. Student competitions:
   • ANZCCART hopes to inspire students to think critically about the role animal research plays in today’s society & to engage with the difficulties that surround animal use. This competition is an opportunity to showcase student work developed in the NCEA assessment tasks for  Bio 1.2, 2.2, & 3.2 (avail from BEANZ). https://www.royalsociety.org.nz/news/2020-anzccart-awards-applications-now-open
3. The Kudos awards recognise 8 categories of science excellence in the Waikato / BoP region including environmental and education sectors. Nominate scientists, lab technicians and educators residing in the area. New Categories include a Mātauranga Science Award. Closing date 20 July https://www.thekudos.org.nz/the-kudos-awards/

Resources

1. Biology:
   • A film that introduces people to CRISPR aims to spark debate about how to use the gene editor. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/human-nature-documentary-crispr-introduction
   • Virtual dissections https://thesciencebank.org/index.php?route=information/information&information_id=7

2. Agricultural and Horticultural Science:
   • Rural Delivery airs on Saturday morning TV and shows 5-10 min video clips of innovation, best practice and sustainability in NZ’s primary sector. Search here. https://www.ruraldelivery.net.nz/stories
   • Te Ara’s 7-part story of irrigation in NZ https://teara.govt.nz/en/irrigation-and-drainage

3. Earth & Space Science
   • How to make a cloud in a bottle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqTYVpWXldc&feature=youtu.be&_ga=2.243747457.568290463.1589927316-1309291211.1589927316
   • Activities on eclipses https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1kPWbxm22ixyxVNYb4vrEOmCUCu0qy29r?_ga=2.208552214.568290463.1589927316-1309291211.1589927316

4. Chemistry:
   • Chem Matters videos / articles explain chemistry in everyday applications, some are free https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/resources/highschool/chemmatters.html
   • Solve a crime using chemistry principles http://chemcollective.org/mr/index.php

5. Physics:
   • Modular maritime platform able to generate renewable energy from waves, wind and solar sources https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottsnowden/2020/05/22/first-floating-ocean-hybrid-platform-can-generate-power-from-waves-wind-and-solar/amp/
   • Virtual visit to Cern http://visit.cern/tours/virtual-visits

6. Science of COVID-19
   • TedED lessons on vaccines. https://bit.ly/2YJoDXC
   • Free games to download: Bandido for younger kids, Pandemic for older. [House of Science]

7. EfS:
   • TheClimate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network (CLEAN) Portal is designed to steward a major collection of climate and energy science educational resources and to support a community of professionals committed to improving climate & energy literacy.

8. Digital
   • Effective strategies for Video Conferencing from the Network of Expertise
   • The Online Teaching Hub’s list of research on virtual learning in NZ https://hail.to/nex/publication/RTAchfq/article/tlm5Qkv?

9. Primary
   • Expts with paper https://www.science-sparks.com/science-experiments-using-paper/
   • Australia’s Science Channel “best of” resource on gravity for years 7-10 https://education.australiascience.tv/best-of-gravity/

10. Nature of Science
    • Paper on debunking pseudoscience on social media https://osf.io/5uy2f/ plus a poster https://twitter.com/CaulfieldTim/status/1265283444789018629/photo/1
    • Katie Everson’s set of hand-drawn graphics about the process of peer review https://www.facebook.com/kaytee.everson/media_set?set=a.3228460237093&type=3

11. Science
    • Resources for science programs based on best evidence https://www.stem.org.uk/best-evidence-science-teaching

NZQA/MoE

1. New changes announced 3 Jun re UE, endorsement & learning credits. https://www.nzqa.govt.nz/about-us/news/ncea-and-university-entrance-changes-for-2020/
2. Video & chat from the webinar on L1 Science assessment last week are in this dropbox. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/r5ht0web0rokggb/AAAi46Zm1e_oF21RJsMC386ua?dl=0  You may be prompted to log into dropbox – not needed, just close the prompt (‘x’ in top-right corner). You will need to download the video to watch it (only half of the video will stream directly from the dropbox). Please contact Donna at NZASE if there are any issues.

Professional Learning & Development (PLD) Opportunities

1. Spectrum Education Online Summit Fri 17 – Sun 19 Jul. Free. https://www.spectrumeducation.com/teachersmatter/?ap_id=10004

Cheers, Mike