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Matthew is travelling far and wide in this video to explore different habitats all over the world! Come along and discover how animals become suited to live in their habitats!
Level
1-2
Type
Video
Habitats
Everyday Science NZ

How many kinds of animals can you think of? Join Matthew as he investigates the unique features of different creatures around the planet and how they can be organised into a group called the animal kingdom!
Level
1-2
Type
Video
The Animal Kingdom
Everyday Science NZ

Matthew has just got a new ngeru (cat) but has no idea what she needs to stay alive! Do you think you can help him? Karawhiua!!
Level
1-2
Type
Video
What Do Animals Need to Survive?
Everyday Science NZ

Do them all throughout the year, one-a-day for a month, or as quickly as you can!
Level
1-4
Type
Poster
30 nature-based challenges
Kiwi Conservation Club - Hakuturi Toa

If you study insects you’re called an entomologist. You can learn a lot about insects, like how their bodies work, how long they live and what they eat.
Level
1-4
Type
Experiment
A Slice of Apple Fly
Bill Nye The Science Guy

Air is invisible, and it can push things around. Air, like everything else in the universe that you can touch, is made up of molecules, tiny pieces of stuff.
Level
1-4
Type
Experiment
A Wing and Some Air
Bill Nye The Science Guy

This issue of Your environment, Canterbury breathes fresh air into the issue of wintertime smog –
what actually is air pollution, what causes it, why it is so bad in many towns and cities across the
world, and in New Zealand and Canterbury, and what you, your family and friends can do about it!
Level
3-4
Type
Unit
A breath of fresh air
Environment Canterbury

You don’t need whitebait to cook a tasty summer fritter! These recipes were created by students from Waimea Intermediate School during their MasterChef challenge. Give them a go yourself!
Level
1-4
Type
Cooking
A new kiwi classic
Kiwi Conservation Club - Hakuturi Toa

When carbon dioxide in the atmosphere dissolves into raindrops, it causes the rain to become a natural acid. It can dissolve and erode rocks: it’s acid rain. Here’s an experiment to see how chemical erosion works.
Level
1-4
Type
Experiment
Acid Attack
Bill Nye The Science Guy

The CARIM project, funded by MBIE is researching the decrease in pH in NZ’s coastal waters and its effect on marine life.
Level
4
Type
Poster
Acidification Studies
New Zealand Marine Studies Centre

Acids and bases are important chemistry concepts that kids can enjoying learning about as they make their own sherbet to take home.
Level
1-4
Type
Activity
Acids & Bases
Science Kids

Joe gets your body moving today with some fun activation activities, and then will take you through a short mindfulness exercise - you'll feel great after this!
Level
1-4
Type
Video
Activate Your Body and Calm Your Mind
Whenua Iti Outdoors

Inquiry learning resource for Years 5-8 students that builds students' citizenship competencies in response to transport issues.
Level
3-4
Type
Unit
Active Travel Action
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency

Take this activity with you into nature and see what you can find!
Level
1-4
Type
Activity
Adventurous Explorer Scavenger Hunt
Kiwi Conservation Club - Hakuturi Toa

Suzy visits the Queenstown Airport to find out what makes things fly. Maybe she'll find a way to help herself fly!
Level
1-2
Type
Video
Aerodynamics: What makes things fly?
Suzy's World

This video takes us to the only mainland albatross breeding colony in the Southern Hemisphere.
Level
1-4
Type
Video
Albatross: Meet the Locals
Department of Conservation Te Papa Atawhai

This unit includes a series of activities which focus on the shells made from animals in the Phylum Mollusca (e.g. snails, mussels, limpets, chitons). Link to teacher guide: https://www.otago.ac.nz/marine-studies/resources/download/otago062811.pdf
Level
1-4
Type
Poster
All About Shells Poster
New Zealand Marine Studies Centre

This unit includes a series of activities which focus on the shells made from animals in the Phylum Mollusca (e.g. snails, mussels, limpets, chitons). Link to poster: https://www.otago.ac.nz/marine-studies/resources/download/otago371801.pdf
Level
1-4
Type
Unit
All About Shells Teacher Guide
New Zealand Marine Studies Centre

Insects are animals belonging to the class known as Insecta.
Level
1-4
Type
Knowledge
All about insects
Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research

Solids with solids, solids with liquids, liquids with liquids - which can be mixed together? How can the mixtures be used? And once they’re all mixed up, can they be separated again? Explore how materials are combined for different purposes.
Level
1
Type
Unit
All mixed up
Primary Connections

We added this episode of Suzy's World especially for Allergy NZ and all our friends with allergies. Everything we can do to make a friend's life easier has to be a good thing, so even if you don't have an allergy yourself it's a good idea to watch and learn so you can look out for your friends.
Level
1-2
Type
Video
Allergies: What is an allergic reaction?
Suzy's World

Although they may not realise it, most New Zealand children come into frequent contact with aluminium. They often make use of products containing aluminium metal, and aluminium compounds are often present in produce such as vegetables and manufactured items such as medicines.
Level
3-4
Type
Activity Book
Aluminium: Extracting and Using the Metal
Ministry of Education NZ

Give me a home among the gum trees, with koalas and honey bees…In this unit find out about the life cycle of Australia’s majestic eucalypts and the animals that depend on them.
Level
2
Type
Unit
Among the gum trees
Primary Connections

Get ready for “toad-al” fun with Bill Nye and the “Amphibians” episode.
Link for video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMRCsjrjkpo
Level
1-4
Type
Video
Amphibians
Bill Nye The Science Guy

Animals have an amazing ability to adapt to their environment. This lesson plan teaches students about camouflage, a valuable advantage in the survival of a species.
Level
1-4
Type
Activity
Animal Camouflage
Science Kids

Animal Life Histories focuses on the process of growth and change that all animals undergo in their journey from fertilised egg to adulthood. Students can readily observe life's physical stages in people, pets, and other common kinds of animals around them.
Level
1-4
Type
Activity Book
Animal Life Histories: Reproduction, Growth, and Change
Ministry of Education NZ

Bill’s in the swim with the “Animal Locomotion” episode.
Link for video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkjGKBd61Y0
Level
1-4
Type
Video
Animal Locomotion
Bill Nye The Science Guy

He puka ārahi ngāwari mō ngā kararehe me ngā tipu e kitea noatia ki ngā ākau pōhatuhatu o Aotearoa ki te Raki.
Level
1-4
Type
Te Reo Māori
Aotearoa Ki Te Raki Puka Ārahi Mō Te Ākau Pōhatuhatu
New Zealand Marine Studies Centre

He puka ārahi ngāwari mō ngā kararehe me ngā tipu e kitea noatia ki ngā tapātai one o Aotearoa ki te Raki.
Level
1-4
Type
Te Reo Māori
Aotearoa Ki Te Raki: Puka Ārahi mō te Tapātai One
New Zealand Marine Studies Centre

In this week’s lesson about Aotearoa and Conservation you will be learning some Te Reo Māori: Aotearoa’s indigenous language, learning more about our country and diving into conservation topics such as pest identification and tracking.
Level
1-4
Type
Unit
Aotearoa and Conservation
Kids Greening Taupō

Suzy really bites into this investigation. How do apples grow? Do you know? Why don't you join Suzy and find out?