| 4-12 Sep | Conservation Week https://www.doc.govt.nz/news/events/conservation-week/ |
| 5-11 Sep | Tongan Language week www.mpia.govt.nz |
| 8 Sep | International Literacy day https://en.unesco.org/themes/literacy-all |
| 10 Sep | Deadline to apply for 2022 Science Teaching Leadership Program |
| 8 Sep* | International Literacy day https://en.unesco.org/themes/literacy-all |
| 10 Sep | Deadline to apply for 2022 Science Teaching Leadership Program |
| 13-19 Sep | Keep NZ Beautiful Week (= Clean Up Wk) www.knzb.org.nz/ |
| 14-20 Sep | Maori Language week www.tetaurawhiri.govt.nz |
| 16 Sep | International Day to Preserve O3 www.uneptie.org/ozonaction/events/ozoneday |
| Moon | NM 7 Sep 1Q 14 Sep FM 21 Sep 3Q 29 Sep |
- Maori Language week is next week:
- Māori Language Commission – online resources
- Phrases, with an extra page for emailing/online conversation: https://www.mikesnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Common-phrases-Maori-4p.docx
- Conservation Week resources
- DoC resources, easily adapted for lockdown https://www.doc.govt.nz/teachoutside
- Due to lockdown restrictions some event schedules are changing
- NZ Chemistry Olympiad will defer its end of year exam on Education Perfect from 16-17 Sep to 19-21 Oct. Teachers decide on a date within that range that best suits their school. Registrations open until 10 Oct. More info here.
- The TRCC Primary Science conference on 2 Oct is postponed til 2022
Info
- Mātauranga Māori
- LEARNZ resources for home learning
- Ko wai au? Who Am I? https://www.learnz.org.nz/at-home-activities/ko-wai-au%3F-who-am-i%3F
- Matariki & Navigation https://www.learnz.org.nz/at-home-activities/matariki-and-navigation
- Article on molecules and mātauranga https://e-tangata.co.nz/korero/molecules-and-matauranga
- LEARNZ resources for home learning
- Digital support:
- Some useful strategies make Zoom lessons more interactive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekG71vqVpbM
- AnyQuestions librarians offer free, online help to NZ students from 10-6 weekdays in L4. The librarian can support students to develop information literacy skills, including how to look up info themselves. https://anyquestions.govt.nz/how-it-works
Resources
- Biology:
- LearNZ lessons for home learning: Backyard bioblitz, Birds of prey, Whio, Lizards, Bird counts, Kiwi habitats
- Chris Stringer explains why he sees Neanderthals as separate species to us https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/are-neanderthals-same-species-as-us.html
- Agricultural and Horticultural Science:
- LEARNZ lessons for home learning
- Our apples https://www.learnz.org.nz/at-home-activities/our-nz-apples
- Using cabbage tree leaves instead of plastic lines to grow mussels on https://www.learnz.org.nz/at-home-activities/plastic-fantastic-bringing-back-our-mussels
- LEARNZ lessons for home learning
- Earth & Space Science:
- Night sky for this month: https://www.mikesnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/The-September-Night-Sky.docx
- LEARNZ virtual field trips on the Kaikoura earthquake and the Taupo supervolcano
- Chemistry:
- Screen experiment on synthesising aspirin
- LEARNZ lesson for home learning on Water treatment https://www.learnz.org.nz/at-home-activities/water-every-drop-counts
- Physics:
- Simulation investigating the effect of refraction on apparent depth https://www.geogebra.org/m/KbRChqVc
- Susann Coxwell-Mickey’s students are making pūrerehua (bull roarers) from recycled materials, decorating them and describing the forces and energy used in making the sounds. They can also involve younger siblings. Instructions here.
- Primary & intermediate:
- Deadline for the gifted learners’ awards have been extended til 30 Sep. Students explain a question they want to answer, or an expert they want to work with or a hypothesis they want to test & present a video or written application for funding. Carrie van der Zwaag is finding this a great project for lockdown. https://gifted.tki.org.nz/further-support/awards/
- Greening Taupo’s scavenger hunts – alphabet, magic potion, nature bingo, sounds, shapes, textures, faces, letters, bugs, ferns, fungi, habitats, spiders & webs, stars, birds, plants, lichen, seeds, weeds … https://www.kidsgreeningtaupo.org.nz/scavenger-hunts
- Nature of Science:
- SILE’s latest unit: Student research project is designed to scaffold students through a scientific investigation.
- EfS:
- LearNZ lessons for home learning on marine reserves and tracking tunnels
- Science
- Pocket Lab lesson: video of Megan MacDonald, NASA Aerospace Engineer discussing models, heat energy & cause and effect relationships. Megan’s NASA team develops heat shields. Log in to Notebook, click the ‘Assign to Class’ button at top right to assign it to your students.
- An online course and a LEARNZ lesson for home learning on Antarctica
Cheers, Mike
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