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SLH announces funding for the future
05/10/2016The new-look Science Learning Hub has been launched to great fanfare, and the good news is: it's here to stay.
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Reflecting on Aqua Republica Eco Challenge 2016
26/09/2016Helping you get the best out of the inaugural New Zealand Aqua Republica Eco Challenge, Science Learning Hub is hosting a webinar where participants will reflect on benefits and challenges experienced by teachers.
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Science Unleashed: NOS workshop series
01/08/2016Ally Bull and Chris Clay of Auckland University of Technology’s (AUT) Educational Futures Network are hosting a workshop course over September and October that’s designed to build confidence among teachers to successfully teach and get the most out of the Nature of Science. Ally spoke with NZST about the knowledge she hopes teachers will come away armed with.
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Small school teachers urged to enter PMs Science Teacher prize
27/07/2016New Zealand prize-winning teacher Tania Lineham from Invercargill is urging teachers from some of the country’s smaller, regional schools to enter this year’s Prime Minister’s Science Teacher Prize, which she won last year.
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Are NZ's scientists scared to speak up?
18/07/2016The fight for the mighty research dollar is creating some significant barriers to scientists commenting on controversial issues. ELIZABETH McLEOD discovers why some of our leading minds are calling for a Commission for Science.
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SciCon day 3: in defence of flat earthers
15/07/2016It was straight into the action on the final day of SciCon 2016, with a bright and early keynote speech entitled 'In defence of flat earthers', a provocative presentation to blow off any cobwebs that may have been picked up by members of the delegation during an intense Tuesday night’s pub quiz.
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SciCon 2016: day 2
13/07/2016Day two of SciCon 2016 ended with a pub quiz night that this journalist quietly declined to partake in: there’s nothing like a roomful of science teachers and academics to shatter one’s general knowledge self-image.
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SPBT Environmental Educator Awards: entries close Friday!
13/07/2016Are you a secondary science teacher with a passion for the environment? Of course you are! Then get your entries in to be in to be eligible for the Sir Peter Blake Environmental Educator Award, which closes this coming Friday.