Mike’s News Nov 21

18-24 Nov Antibiotic Resistance week www.who.int/campaigns/world-antibiotic-awareness-week/en/
22 Nov Hawke’s Bay Secondary science teachers’ cluster at Napier Boys HS
25 Nov Physics teachers’ day at Ak uni https://sites.google.com/view/uoaptd2017/2022s-day-info
1 Dec World AIDS Day https://www.nzaf.org.nz/ (Red Ribbon)
5 Dec World Soil Day www.nzsoils.org.nz
Moon NM Nov 24      1Q Dec 1      FM Dec 8      3Q Dec 16
  1. Next week will be the last Mike’s News for the year

Info

  1. Mātauranga Māori
  2. Student opportunities:
    • Hari and Sam provide Professional Learning Development for teachers and space education programmes for students through immersive experiences. https://spacewardbound.nz/
  3. Teacher Tip from TES magazine: “Starting parents’ evening appointments with ‘Is there anything you’d like to talk about / ask / raise before I get going?’ has revolutionised our conversations”.

Resources

  1. Biology:
  2. Agricultural and Horticultural Science:
  3. Earth & Space Science:
  4. Chemistry:
  5. Physics:
  6. Primary & intermediate:
    • Stories with a science theme: Stories For Kids Who Dare To Be Different by Ben Brooks have great 1-page bios on people who explore science and their lives
    • Measure wind speed using bubbles https://www.metlink.org/fieldwork-resource/bubble-chase/
    • At UK’s Royal Society Summer Science exhibition scientists show their latest research & break-throughs. In 2021 this became an interactive online experience with experiments, discussions & videos as well as quizzes, virtual tours & games. Check it out here. [House of Science]
  7. Education for Sustainability (EfS):

Cheers, Mike

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