24 Aug	ASTA PLD on preparing juniors for the new standards, 5pm. Register here.
26 Aug	Daffodil Day www.daffodilday.org.nz/
26 Aug	PLD: Change Leadership essentials, Ak. Info here.
26 Aug	Blake Ambassador deadline https://www.blakenz.org/programmes/blake-ambassadors/
29 Aug	Deadline to apply for Rotary National Science and Technology Forum
29 Aug	International Day Against Nuclear tests www.un.org/en/events/againstnucleartestsday/
30 Aug 1871	Ernest Rutherford was born http://www.rutherford.org.nz/
1 Sep	PLD: Leadership for in-school and Cross-school leaders. Ak. Info here.
1 Sep	NZ Random Acts of Kindness Day https://rak.co.nz/
1-30 Sep	Save our Sight Month www.nzao.co.nz
1-30 Sep	Asthma Awareness Month https://www.breathebetterseptember.co.nz/
4-10 Sep	Tongan Language week www.mpia.govt.nz
4-12 Sep	Conservation week www.doc.govt.nz
Moon	NM Aug 27      1Q Sep 4      FM Sep 10      3Q Sep 18

Info

1. Culturally Responsive & Relational Pedagogy:
   • Ōkupu is an app that allows organisations to pay registered Te Reo translators to ensure that translations are grammatically correct and align with whakaaro Māori. For android and Apple.
   • An article about pepeha for non-Māori https://e-tangata.co.nz/reflections/pepeha-for-non-maori/
2. Mātauranga Māori
   • Veranoa Hetet’s pinned tweet video showing 6 month’s work weaving a kaitaka https://twitter.com/whaeavee
   • Some of the 26 episodes from the TV series Project Mātauranga have been put on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=PROJECT+M%C4%80TAURANGA
3. Pedagogy:
   • A video highlighting project-based learning in the classroom. https://www.thepocketlab.com/powered-by-pocketlab#project-based-learning
4. Student opportunities:
   • ESS scholarship webinars this term: https://www.mikesnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ESS-Scholarship-webinars-Term-3.docx
   • If you’ve successfully made some cheese you may want to enter the Amateur Cheesemaker competition. https://nzsca.org.nz/curds-whey-amateur-cheese-cheesemaker-2022
5. Teacher Opportunities:
   • Apply or nominate a teacher or year 12 student for this year’s Ko Ngā Puipuiaki Pūtaiao a Te Pirimia Prime Minister’s Science Prizes. https://www.pmscienceprizes.org.nz/
   • Learn sign language online $130 https://www.mergenz.co.nz/mysign
6. Digital support:
   • To allow students to take closeup photos with a device, use blu-tak to attach a jeweller’s eyepiece over the camera.
7. Project Jonah is offering FREE face-to-face presentations to Primary and Intermediate schools in Auckland, Wellington and Nelson on protecting whales & dolphins. info@projectjonah.org.nz

Resources

1. Biology:
   • Students make a model respiratory system https://www.bioedonline.org/lessons-and-more/lessons-by-topic/ecology/air/breathing-machine/
   • NZ native trees poster $20 https://www.davegunson.com/
   • Alice Roberts on using evidence to trace prehistoric human migrations https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YLXTtH0Y1k
2. Agricultural and Horticultural Science:
   • Science Learning Hub has videos on leaching, and reducing leaching and runoff and activities on water and nutrient leaching and testing water samples for nitrates and impacts on marine life.
   • Make plant pots from recycled paper https://schoolgardening.rhs.org.uk/Resources/Sequence-Card/How-to-make-newspaper-pots
3. Earth & Space Science:
   • Resources on the Moon for UK’s National Moon day https://www.stem.org.uk/resources/collection/514395/national-moon-day-20th-july-2022
   • Neil deGrasse Tyson lesson modelling how we discover planets orbiting other stars. (Join Pocket Lab for free)
   • Match image to description for some features of igneous rocks https://www.earthlearningidea.com/PDF/396_Picturing_igneous_rocks_2.pdf
4. Chemistry:
   • Using a colour-changing ingredient in ice-cream and lemonade https://cen.acs.org/environment/sustainability/Ways-add-splash-color-summer/100/i24
   • Solving the problem of bromate in water reservoirs https://www.facebook.com/watch?v=491351555471343
5. Physics:
   • Experiments with Magnets – Lesson plans with video and hands-on activities http://www.coolmagnetman.com/magindex.htm
   • Pocket Lab Lesson on One-way mirrors https://app.thepocketlab.com/course/1rj-3uwk0007rtJz?
6. Primary & intermediate:
   • Activities centering on gravity and buoyancy and their effects on astronauts
   • Open Sci Ed has teaching materials for American grades 6-8, including activities, slides & videos. Online potential. Free to join. https://www.openscied.org/about-instructional-materials-2/
7. EfS:
   • Generate! Is an interactive board game developed by EPA scientists that enables players to understand the costs and benefits of the energy choices we make
   • A practical trying to remove oil from sand https://www.funology.com/oil-spill-clean-it-up/
8.  Science:
   • IFL Science has a new free digital magazine https://curious.iflscience.com/issue-1/full-view.html
   • Article about the effectiveness of indigenous fire management https://cosmosmagazine.com/people/why-institutional-fire-management-is-inferior-to-cultural-burning
9.  STEM:
   • Activities based around wind energy https://www.bioedonline.org/library/storybooks/mr-slaptails-curious-contraption1/
   • Strategies to motivate girls in STEM https://www.eschoolnews.com/2022/07/22/powerful-strategies-to-motivate-girls-in-stem/

Professional Learning & Development (PLD) Opportunities

1. The uLearn22 Program is out https://events.core-ed.ac.nz/event/4750d2a5-7e26-44d1-acff-1ea4b673f63c/websitePage:70871b1c-e163-4075-9848-9a838883c5e0

Cheers, Mike

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