New Zealand Science Teacher

Teacher Education in Science

Teacher Fellowship inspires leadership and cheesemaking
02/07/2014
An opportunity to learn more about artisan cheesemaking has led to grate things for Nicki Harding.
Join the science education Twittersphere
27/06/2014
Twitter has real benefits for science educators, writes RACHEL CHISNALL.
Ready to rev up the curriculum in your school?
05/06/2014
The Royal Society is offering fellowships to primary teachers to help them boost their school’s science curriculum.
“Real science land” and skills
22/05/2014
We need to help students become critical thinkers by giving them insight into the effort and diligence that goes into science research, writes ANDREA HENSON.
Up close and personal with roaring sea lions
08/05/2014
Science teacher BERNARD POTTER writes about his recent trip to the Southern Ocean, as the recipient of the Sir Peter Blake Trust Environmental Educators Award.
Examining a changing world: teaching climate science in New Zealand
15/04/2014
It’s a topic some science teachers shy away from, but tackling the big issues is vital, writes MELISSA WASTNEY.
Primary Science Week 2014 set to sparkle
03/04/2014
Look to the stars for this year’s Primary Science Week.
New Zealand’s SciCon2014 promises to inspire
03/04/2014
Head to Dunedin in July to immerse yourself in everything science education.

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 »