• 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 Education & Society

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    ‘Science and Society’ underlies Challenges

    2013-05-28

    When the National Science Challenges were announced in early May 2013, a panel of experts put forward another mission: to promote good science practice in New Zealand at a wider level.

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    Last words of Sir Paul Callaghan: science is vital for good citizenship

    2012-04-15

    The following are some highlights from Sir Paul’s article that was published in Issue 129 of the NZST, three weeks before he died of cancer on 24 March 2012 at the age of 64. Sir Paul was a good friend of science educators.

  • Student butterfly

    A butterfly story: being a citizen scientist

    2012-04-15

    *Like kiwi and tuatara, New Zealand native butterflies are seldom seen in the wild. This story tells how and what a primary classroom learnt about butterflies and native butterflies, and the actions they took as citizen scientists to protect them. **Junjun Chen, Bronwen Cowie, **and **Angela Schipper**, from the University of Waikato, explain: *

  • the invention of science book

    Book review: The invention of science

    2012-04-15

    The Invention of Science: Why History of Science Matters for the Classroom 

  • Issues in storytelling

    2012-04-15

    Effective teachers tend to also be effective storytellers.

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    Science is vital for good citizenship

    2012-01-15

    *Science is a good start on the road to wise citizenship, writes Professor Sir Paul Callaghan*

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