17-23 Oct	Niue language week www.mpia.govt.nz
19 Oct	Pūkorokoro Miranda shorebird webinar on tracking the 2021 godwit migration
19-21 Oct	Education Perfect exam to select Chemistry Olympiad training group
20 Oct	Webinar on understanding climate change from a te Ao Māori perspective 12-1pm.
21 Oct	Peak of Orionids meteor shower https://www.rasnz.org.nz/in-the-sky/meteor-showers
23 Oct	Mole day http://www.moleday.org/
24 Oct	World polio day http://wpd.typepad.com/worldpolioday/
25 Oct	Deadline to apply to be on the L2 & 3 subject SEGs. Info here.
25 Oct	Labour Day
28 Oct	New Zealand ShakeOut, our national earthquake drill & tsunami evacuation at 9.30am
29 Oct	Deadline for next round centrally funded PLD https://pld.education.govt.nz/
30 Oct	NZ Teachers day
23 Oct	ESSE AGM 10am – 1pm.
31 Oct	Deadline to submit entry for Space for Planet Earth Challenge
Moon	FM 21 Oct      3Q 29 Oct      NM 5 Nov      1Q 12 Nov

1. A video for world teacher’s day https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=De6MJUhIZuA

Info

1. Culturally Responsive & Relational Pedagogy:
   • If you are looking to move away from streaming these posters from CoreEd may be useful: What do we know? Powerful equity approaches A community response
   • A simple tool to help anyone build their pēpeha https://www.nzherald.co.nz/kahu/maori-language-week-2021-create-your-own-pepeha/PJPFQLE6WAGNSNGUFMBIMS764Y/
2. Mātauranga Māori
   • Collection of free downloadable posters of atua and pūrākau https://www.sanctuary.maori.nz/collections
   • Wellington’s Carter Observatory has a new planetarium show telling the story of the navigators who were guided by the stars to Aotearoa. https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/126537072/ng-tohunga-whakatere-the-navigators
3. Pedagogy:
   • Teaching students’ observation skills https://edu.rsc.org/cpd/teaching-observation-skills-at-11-14/4013907.article
4. Professional reading/watching:
   • A British article on improving secondary science https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/education-evidence/guidance-reports/science-ks3-ks4
5. Revision:
   • Revision templates https://www.tes.com/resources/search/?authorId=962255

Resources

1. Biology:
   • A video of a lesson on Darwin’s theory of evolution showing games & challenges. https://www.stem.org.uk/elibrary/resource/30909
   • The 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine https://www.compoundchem.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/The-2021-Nobel-Prize-in-Medicine-and-Physiology.pdf
   • Video about spotting kereru https://www.nzgeo.com/video/bb_kereru/
2. Earth & Space Science:
   • Carl Sagan explaining Eratosthenes logic in working out the earth was round and calculating the earth’s circumference https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-05/eratosthenes-measured-circumference-of-the-earth-2200-years-ago/100434560
   • Article on the link between oceans and the weather https://catalyst-magazine.org/articles/what-have-the-oceans-got-to-do-with-the-weather/
   • Subject association of Geoscience Teachers (USA) has teaching resources & a journal
3.  Chemistry:
   • Teaching chemical change at Halloween https://edu.rsc.org/ideas/teaching-chemical-changes-at-halloween/4014199.article?
   • Dry ice chemistry https://reader.activelylearn.com/authoring/preview/988313/notes
   • 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry https://www.compoundchem.com/2021/10/06/2021nobelchemistry/
4. Physics:
   • A video of a lesson on smoke alarm using a model to show the ionization of particles. https://www.stem.org.uk/resources/elibrary/resource/30895/radiation-officer
   • How ancient Persians kept cool https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210810-the-ancient-persian-way-to-keep-cool
   • The 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to 3 scientists for their work on climate modelling and understanding complex systems. https://www.compoundchem.com/2021/10/05/2021nobelphysics/
5. Primary & intermediate:
   • Smelly bats is a Halloween activity that demonstrates diffusion and the properties of stretchy polymers https://www.sciencefriday.com/educational-resources/smelly-bats/
6. Nature of Science:
   • Auckland museum has resources about citizen science in the Auckland domain https://learn.aucklandmuseum.com/programme/csi-pukekawa
   • Missouri uni fat tax resources, are accessible from this link Fat Tax RI2 Module (Rigorous Investigations of Relevant Issues).
7.  EfS:
   • Explaining Climate Change is a set of critically reviewed, interactive, web-based learning tools about the science of climate change. https://explainingclimatechange.ca/
   • To estimate water usage and consider conservation of water use the Water Footprint Calculator. This tool illustrates how our everyday activities impact water use.
8.  Science
   • Waikato uni has launched a new degree – Bachelor of Climate Change. https://www.waikato.ac.nz/study/campaigns/bachelor-of-climate-change
   • An article about artificial knee replacement https://catalyst-magazine.org/articles/the-medical-devices-we-take-for-granted/

MoE/NZQA

1. You may have heard about new bite-sized online training modules provided by NZQA. Also online now are versions of the workshops Making Assessor Judgements and Transforming Assessment Praxis. These 3 types of resources help teachers upskill in their own time & can be found at www.nzqa.govt.nz/online-support. To access them the roles assigned to your Educator Sector Login need to be amended – this can only be done through the Delegated Authoriser at your school (your PN?). They need to assign you a NZQA LMS Teacher role. If you have any trouble being allowed access contact NZQA.
2. Some teachers have been asking about giving students data for B2.1 in lockdown – however, students must collect their own data for this. At home, students typically investigate plant growth vs salinity or seed density etc. Materials are reasonably accessible – seeds from the supermarket, soil from the garden if they can’t buy seed raising mix, old ice cream/yoghurt containers. [Please share your ideas.] Refer to Conditions of Assessment https://ncea.tki.org.nz/content/download/3766/12149/file/bio_L2_CoA_Jan16.doc

Vacancy

1. Kids Greening Taupo is looking for an Education Coordinator, part time (hours negotiable) & fixed term (Feb 2 – Dec 2 2022, in school term time only). Applications close 17 Nov. For further info and a full role description, contact Rachel Thompson rachel@greeningtaupo.org.nz
2. Education Perfect is looking for a science teacher consultant. Deadline Fri 22 Oct https://educationperfect.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php

Cheers,

Mike

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