• iceberg
  • boy with flowers
  • checking water quality
  • planet eclipse
  • solarsystem model
  • rangitoto trees
  • kids with test tubes
  • kids with earth
  • snowy mountains
  • teens in physics class
  • Rainbow Clouds

    Refraction and diffraction of light through ice crystals in the clouds

  • Philippa On The Ice

    Philippa On The Ice Philippa Werry at an Antarctic research camp 2016

New Zealand Science Teacher

Science Curriculum/Scientific Literacy

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    ’Science Online’ a treasure for teachers

    2013-11-27

    A new collection of online resources aims to encourage both primary and secondary science teachers.

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    An Australian perspective on teaching Nature of Science

    2013-11-17

    Dispatch from the Australian Curriculum Studies Association Conference (ACSA), 2013, introduced by Kamo High School science teacher, Hazel McIntosh.

  • Kirsty Farrant

    Innovative Teacher Series: Kirsty Farrant

    2013-07-29

    *Teaching ethics in biology class: a self study*

  • Build NoS into biology programmes

    2012-10-15

    Science education researchers have identified key aspects of NoS that should be incorporated into science learning in school programmes, writes Kate Rice.

  • Science fairs and NoS

    2012-10-15

    Science fairs provide a mechanism to meet all of the objectives of the Nature of Science (NoS) strand in the curriculum, writes Paul King.

  • Engaging students with the nature of science

    2012-04-15

    Recently, Professor Guy Claxton from the University of Winchester spoke at the 2012 Graham Nuthall Annual Lecture in Christchurch. His keynote was entitled ‘Can schools prepare you for anything?’

  • book review discussions in science cover

    Book review: Discussions in science

    2012-04-15

    Discussions in Science: Promoting Conceptual Understanding in the Middle School Years 

  • A model for making NoS more explicit

    2012-04-15

    Carrying out school science investigations ‘like a scientist’: a model for making NoS more explicit, written by Rosemary Hipkins, NZCER.

  • Ripping yarns: science in Africa

    2012-04-15

    *What do an eccentric South African ichthyologist, a Kenyan who inspired the planting of two billion trees and a Kenyan who was a member of ‘the hominid gang’ have in common? They challenge our understanding of the label ‘scientist’ as **Miles Barker**, University of Waikato, explains: *

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