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An Australian perspective on teaching Nature of Science
17/11/2013
Dispatch from the Australian Curriculum Studies Association Conference (ACSA), 2013, introduced by Kamo High School science teacher, Hazel McIntosh.
The long process of naming a nematode
10/11/2013
A team of scientists and a lost specimen: the story of a newly named nematode.
Bringing genetics to the people
07/11/2013
From banana DNA to town halls: Genetics Otago is focused on science outreach.
Help your students reach for the stars
05/11/2013
The first New Zealand team made it to the Astronomy Olympiad this year, but a new team is needed for 2014.
Students reach for the stars
03/11/2013
Young astronomers go for gold at the Astronomy Olympiad.
Valuing practical work
30/10/2013
Would you do more or less practical work if assessment constraints were removed, asks DENIS BURCHILL.
Carisbrook soil captured
29/10/2013
Students tackle DNA from a revered rugby ground.
Students and scientists dig in to metagenomics together
18/10/2013
This year’s Hands-on Metagenomics Day was a hit with students and their teachers from around New Zealand.
An Inconvenient Truth: too convenient?
11/10/2013
When it comes to teaching climate change in classrooms, GAVIN MILNE of Dilworth School says we should let students come to their own conclusions.
Space seeds are looking for students to nurture them
29/08/2013
Students are invited to have an out of this world gardening experience.
Type 2 Diabetes In My Community
19/08/2013
A new resource for science teachers explores a big issue

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Beware! Mines!

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New STEM Scholarships from BP

BP announces innovation scholarships for Kiwi school students »
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. »
Week of Engineering

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Book Review: Investigations in the Classroom, Bk 2

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