New Zealand Science Teacher

Science Curriculum/Scientific Literacy

Help survey New Zealand with metagenomics
03/04/2014
Contribute to important New Zealand data by joining in this annual project.
Up, up and away
31/03/2014
Challenge your students with a rocket-building project.
Crystallising knowledge
26/03/2014
Your science students are invited to take part in a crystal-growing competition this year.
The forefront of science research is not always predictable
26/03/2014
Anna Kaiser is a seismologist at GNS Science.
Earth science for New Zealand's shaky isles
21/03/2014
Annemarie Christophersen develops models to assess earthquake and volcano risks.
Communicating the science behind pharmaceuticals
13/03/2014
Blair Hesp describes the journey from school science to establishing his own medical communications business.
Exploring the unknown: to Mars and beyond
12/03/2014
A chance for you and your students to meet a NASA space explorer.
Harnessing science to better feed the world
10/03/2014
Dr Bruce Campbell of Plant & Food Research is passionate about building pathways for young people to enter science.
Looking for a cosmic needle in a haystack
10/03/2014
Gravitational microlensing has produced some unique discoveries in New Zealand, writes GAVIN MILNE.
Delving deep into something complex
28/02/2014
Oliver Chikumbo writes about his work in complexity science.
Exploring wonder and mystery through space science
27/02/2014
Japanese astronauts talk space education in New Zealand.

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

Get involved with the Week of Engineering! »
Book Review: Investigations in the Classroom, Bk 2

ES Sci Investigations 2 Cover »