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.

What a mess! Someone’s left out frozen milk, smeared melted chocolate around, spilt white crystals everywhere and what’s that smell? Investigate the elements of the mess scene and find out exactly what’s happening!

Electricity - where would we be without it? It powers almost everything we use. But how does an electrical circuit work? Why does it need a switch? How is electricity generated, transferred and transformed?

A class arrives at school to find their room transformed into a laboratory and their teacher transformed into an animal dental hygiene scientist. The zoo asks them to invent a recipe for elephant toothpaste.

Scientific evidence suggests that sitting for long periods of time can cause health problems and that standing and moving around is better for us. But as with any scientific evidence, we need to ask questions about the evidence to determine if it can be trusted.

Why not conduct a scientific survey of the crab population on your local shoreline and develop your student's investigative attitudes.

Some animals are suited to live in the desert and other animals are suited for a forest home… In this unit, explore the structural features and adaptations that help an animal survive in its environment.

As fish have no visible eyelids (and closed eyes generally imply sleep) and we see them usually by day when they are in motion, this question is always the source of some debate.

Who, what, where, why and how are powerful question words.

Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7dh3EdCEHE

Investigate energy, how it is created and how it is transferred and transformed and foil the evil plans of Professor Pitch Black and her sidekick Short Circuit!

Use this resource to experience birds in your school grounds or another local green space.

Hold it right there, buddy – it’s the “Forensics” show

Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP3xuHnbXM4

Your garden is full of life and ONE tree/shrub is waiting to be your friend. Get to know your
tree/shrub, learn, and recognise your friend.

Welcome to the final challenge for our Go Wild at home programme! Remember to send us any photos or videos as we'd love to see how you got on.

Uiuitia me pēhea te kaha o te hau ka taea te whakaangi ngā waka o te Ipu o Amerika, te whakaawe ō ratou tere. Inea ngā tawhiti e pā ana te raranga o te Ipu o Amerika.

Cleaning or Hygiene Stations are places where we scrub and spray our shoes and gear before and after going for a walk in the bush. It’s super important that everyone uses them, every time they visit. It will stop the spread of kauri dieback disease, and save these forest giants!

The amount of distortion of a material increases in proportion to the force applied (within limits). By conducting experiments to gather data about the stretch in a rubber band, students will model scientific investigations and explore scientific laws.

You can use red cabbage to make your own pH indicator strips to test the freshwater around where you live.

Use these directions along with the ‘How to make red-cabbage indicator strips’ resource.

We are going to practice our observation skills on a mū (insect) we find in our yard or a nearby
park. We will then build a model with the features of the insect we studied.

We can use macro invertebrates to measure water quality. Judge your fresh water in hard-bottomed (stony or gravelly) streambeds using this guide.

A magnetic field is affected as it passes through different materials. By carrying out an investigation with a small number of variables, students can learn about the scientific requirements of a fair test.

The lines of a magnetic field arc from one pole. Students can learn to recognise that there may be more than one reason for the patterns they see in their investigations.

Investigate how the energy of wind can drive the America’s Cup boats and affect their speed. Measure the distances involved in the America’s Cup course.