1-31 Mar | Melanoma March www.melanoma.org.nz/news-events/recent-news |
1-31 Mar | Hearing Awareness Month https://www.nfd.org.nz/hearing-awareness-month2020 |
1-31 Mar | Whio Awareness month https://www.doc.govt.nz/whioforever |
13-19 Mar | Brain Awareness Week www.neurological.org.nz |
21 Mar | Autumnal Equinox NZ https://www.rasnz.org.nz/in-the-sky/sun-rise-and-set-1 |
21 Mar | World Forestry Day www.fitec.org.nz |
21 Mar | World Down Syndrome Day http://www.un.org/en/events/downsyndromeday/ |
22 Mar | World Water Day www.emap.rsnz.org http://www.worldwaterday.org/ |
22Mar-20Apr | Ramadan http://islam.about.com/od/ramadan/tp/ramadan-hub.htm |
23 Mar | World Meteorological Day www.metservice.co.nz Learning Centre |
23 Mar | World Maths Day https://www.3plearning.com/world-maths-day/ |
24 Mar | World Tuberculosis Day www.stoptb.org |
25 Mar | Earth hour 8:30 – 9:30 pm www.wwf.org.nz www.earthhour.org.nz |
2 Apr | World Autism day www.autismspeaks.org/what-autism/world-autism-awareness-day |
2 Apr | Tsunami warning siren test at the end of daylight savings |
Moon | NM Mar 22 1Q 29 Mar FM Apr 6 3Q Apr 13 |
- Neil de Grasse Tyson is in Auckland Sat 1 Jul https://events.humanitix.com/neil-tyson-auckland
- SciCon, 13-16 April in Hamilton, has extended their early bird registration to Tuesday 28 March. Register here
Info
- Professional reading/watching:
- Carly Fiorina on redefining what success looks like for a leader https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/redefining-successful-leadership-carly-fiorina
- Student opportunities:
- In Auckland Project Jonah is offering FREE presentations to Primary & Intermediate schools Term 1 & 2. Engaging, tailored to your year level and curriculum aligned. amy.dent@projectjonah.org.nz
- Say what you would name a kiwi & why for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to release a kiwi into the wild. Enter before Mar 23. https://www.comvita.co.nz/akiwiconnection
- NZPMC is a Physics and Mathematics competition open to all secondary students across Aotearoa. The competition is held over 2 rounds, with $3000 worth of monetary prizes. Register by 20 May https://www.nzpmc.com/. Email queries to contact@nzpmc.com
- The Papakura Freshwater Education Programme engages local schools to learn about the health of nearby streams. Schools in the Papakura Local Board can find out how to join by emailing Sustainable Schools Advisor christine.kean@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz
- Auckland Councils’ Adopt a Park program supports schools to connect and care for their local parks and streams. Schools in the Whau Local Board area who would like to take students learning outside the classroom and connect with te taiao can email liz.peterson@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz
Resources
- Biology:
- Experiments comparing the white and green parts of variegated leaves
- Walking with cavemen videos are available online https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x70zv2g
- Agricultural and Horticultural Science:
- Royal NZ Inst of Horticulture is on FB https://www.facebook.com/RNZIH
- Earth & Space Science:
- Article on the asteroid airburst over Chelyabinsk in 2013 https://physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/full/10.1063/PT.3.2515
- Activity making an anemometer & using it to find the best site for a wind turbine, e.g. at school. https://www.teachengineering.org/sprinkles/view/cub_anemometer_sprinkle1
- A new Pacific island formed last Sep https://www.iflscience.com/a-new-baby-island-has-just-been-born-in-the-pacific-ocean-65440
- Chemistry:
- An activity extinguishing a candle flame with baking soda & vinegar https://www.sunlive.co.nz/blogs/17238-the-three-fs-firefighting-foam.html
- A ppt on 1080 for L3 Chem Processes. https://drive.google.com/file/d/17TP3sAiiSlSfGEUPVw3tiI4-3-zTiOxJ/view
- Physics:
- Hands-on activity to measure heat flow http://hop.concord.org/htu/htu.mess.activities.html#anchor41864
- TEDed video – how do planes stay in the air? https://www.ted.com/talks/raymond_adkins_how_do_airplanes_stay_in_the_air
- Primary & intermediate:
- Videos about Rock activities for 9-11 year old students https://www.earthlearningidea.com/home/Tchg_vids_wkshps_primary.html
- Levelled science resources from School Gen https://www.schoolgen.co.nz/teachers/resources/
- Science:
- Using gelatin circuits to explore how neurons work https://www.compadre.org/precollege/items/detail.cfm?ID=14005
- Registrations are open for STEM Online NZ’s free interactive NCEA learning resources. They support learning for Physics 90940, 91171, 91173, 91524 and Chemistry 90932, 91944, 91164. Info and registration link here https://www.stemonline.auckland.ac.nz
Cheers, Mike
Mike’s News is brought to you with the generous support of Warp Computers