Students explore ethical issues related to farming and environmental pollution. They learn about the science involved and the range of perspectives among stakeholders.
Students date fossils from one site by matching them to fossils already dated somewhere else. They use real data from Mangahouanga, made famous by paleontologist Joan Wiffen.
Students use a plastic soda bottle to make and test the temperature of a bottle "greenhouse" and demonstrate how light energy is transformed into heat energy.
Students build an aquifer model to look at point source and non-point source pollution.
Students explore what conditions are best suited to the growth of fungus using different types of food.
In this unit, students develop an appreciation of the global, dynamic, and complex nature of the water cycle and explain how human activities can impact the functioning of the water cycle.
Students become aware of the importance of estuaries. They identify some possible impacts on estuaries and possible actions that can be taken to protect them.
In this activity, students explore the transit method of searching for planets. They plot graphs of light measurements from stars, searching for dimming that indicates the presence of a planet, and calculate its size.
Students learn about the contents of a cell. They explore some of the main organelles within a cell using the analogy of a school, an online game and/or by making something edible.
Students are introduced to biodiversity. They make models of a marine ecosystem and use their models to explore human impact on ecosystems and biodiversity.
In this activity, students are introduced to cells. They learn that we are made up of cells and then use a microscope to observe onion cells.
Students extract and observe DNA from a tomato.
Students investigate exhaust emissions, car use and air quality.
Students use thermometers inside water-filled soda bottles to investigate how dark and light colors affect heat absoprtion.
In this activity, students use information to annotate a diagram of pollen processing and use this to justify the management practice of using processed pollen on New Zealand kiwifruit orchards.
Students investigate specular and diffuse reflection by looking into a dark box and shining a torch at various objects, colored paper and a mirror.
Students aim spears at a model of a fish in a container of water. When they move their spears toward the fish, they miss. This activity investigates refraction.
Students investigate the motion of a rocket using a spreadsheet with graphs of motion included. They adjust variables and investigate how height and speed are affected.
Students build simple models to demonstrate the differing impacts of melting land ice and sea ice on sea level rise.
In this activity, students consider evidence for life on other planets, including those outside of our solar system by examining data.