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Does ERO expect science achievement to be reported by curriculum levels?
10/08/2016This question was asked by a secondary teacher during the workshop on how teachers assess and report on students’ progress in science – and specifically how they report against curriculum levels. The workshop was led by Mike Stone[https://unidirectory.auckland.ac.nz/people/m-stone] and Michal Denny[https://www.linkedin.com/in/michal-denny-466b3067] and took place at SCICON in the July school break.
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Organised chaos: BHS science fair
09/05/2016Stephen Dorey, HOD Science at Buller High School, says that the introduction of a science fair has built bridges in the community at large, invigorated learning, and created opportunities for cross-sector knowledge sharing.
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Personal inquiries into practical science
02/03/2016What if an NCEA science course focused on pure enjoyment of the subject, and the relationship between teacher and students? MATT NICOLL reflects on his year teaching a new practical science course for year 11 students.
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Encouraging creative problem solving
25/02/2016*The CREST scheme inspires young scientists to do meaningful work.*
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New book provides support for teaching as inquiry
30/11/2015The result of a significant research project, a new book highlights strategies for supporting priority learners.
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Living with retinitis pigmentosa: one patient’s story
22/05/2015DSC 7121 small Above: Saoirse doing her research.
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New website for science teachers and students
21/05/2015Pathwayz is a new interactive website for science teachers and their students.
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Learn more about online assessment
15/05/2015NZQA is piloting online assessments for some standards, including one science standard.
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Refraction and diffraction of light through ice crystals in the clouds
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Philippa On The Ice Philippa Werry at an Antarctic research camp 2016
New Zealand Science Teacher
Editors Picks
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Beware! Mines!
Beware! Mines! »
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New STEM Scholarships from BP
BP announces innovation scholarships for Kiwi school students »
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Fight Germs and Win!
One of the most topical scientific issues of the 21st Century has to be the antibiotic resistance of microbes. This issue threatens, at its worst, to take our health system back to the brink of the 20th Century. At its best, it is causing a paradigm shift in policy, and thoughts and practises around the application, distribution and cost of antibiotics.As Science educators, we are the banner bearers of change. What we teach, and how we teach it, can expedite vital social change around attitudes to health, and particularly the expectations we place upon our medical practitioners. »
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Week of Engineering
Get involved with the Week of Engineering! »
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Book Review: Investigations in the Classroom, Bk 2
ES Sci Investigations 2 Cover »
