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Tikanga up your science
23/06/2015Teaching with tikanga can provide our students with different and interesting ways of looking at science challenges, writes GEORGIA BELL.
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Growing healthy learners
21/04/2015Government urged to invest in food and sustainability education.
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Unlocking the idea of ‘capabilities’ in science
25/07/2014According to our curriculum, all students should become responsible, thoughtful citizens in society. The ‘science capabilities’ play a vital role in teaching and learning, writes ROSE HIPKINS.
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Resource banks a useful tool for science teachers
15/07/2014NZCER’s online resources for formative assessment have been upgraded.
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Play along if you feel like NoS is your truth
13/07/2014A Nature of Science investigation began with a song and a dance, writes EMMA McFADYEN.
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Science communication: a key skill to encourage in our students
24/06/2014We need to improve written communication skills at a secondary level for a science-literate society, according to IAN SHAW and DAVID ZEHMS.
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Party poppers make for a party of science
16/06/2014What does it mean to be a scientist? EMMA MCFADYEN investigates with her primary students and a pack of party poppers.
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Science communication and education: Where to from here?
03/12/2013How can we improve our science communication efforts for a better society? asks CHRISTINE JASONI.
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’Science Online’ a treasure for teachers
27/11/2013A new collection of online resources aims to encourage both primary and secondary science teachers.
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The changing face of science
15/10/2012*The changing face of science places a premium on communication skills and working in multidisciplinary teams as **Kim Dirks **and **Denise Greenwood (left)**, of the School of Population Health, The University of Auckland explain: *
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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
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