Do them all throughout the year, one-a-day for a month, or as quickly as you can!

Colouring In! Humans have flooded the planet with plastic, and now we’re seeing its dangerous effects. Let’s send plastic packing from our oceans.

We want you to get behind pest control, but safety first! A trapping tunnel is a box you put your rat trap inside, to protect you, young members of your family, and your pets.

How climate change is affecting Canterbury is what this booklet is all about. We investigate what it will mean for you, your family and friends, and the natural environment.

Climate is the average weather of a given area over a long period of time. This includes seasonal temperatures, rain, sunshine, and large weather events such as storms.

For years, introduced predators have been killing birds along the Kepler Track in Fiordland. Students in the Kids Restore the Kepler project are working with the Department of Conservation and the Fiordland Conservation Trust to reduce the number of predators living in the area. Their mission: to bring birdsong back to the Kepler.

Students at Wilford School in Petone were shocked to discover the amount of rubbish finding its way onto their local beach. Find out how they investigated the issue by using traps to collect the rubbish entering the stormwater system.

Balaclava School has a new greenhouse called the Living Room. The students find out how the environment inside the Living Room helps plants grow during the cold Dunedin winters and investigate which vegetables grow best inside and outside its unique climate.

A group of students investigate how to stop food rotting on a journey to Mars. They share what they know about the different methods of food preservation to come up with a plan.

The focus in this issue of Connected is on the Nature of Science strand of the curriculum and the science capability: engage with science.

This article describes a citizen science project carried out by three schools on Aotea Great Barrier Island. Concerned by the amount of marine debris washing up on their beaches, the students partnered with scientists from the University of Auckland to investigate what was happening and to take action to bring about change.

Have you got a little part of your garden where you could make a lizard friendly area to give them shelter and keep them safe?

This resource provides ideas and learning experiences to enhance the native and endemic biodiversity in your green space.

Note: This is just a suggested format. Let your students come up with their own ideas. Then together, you and your students can decide on an action plan for your class.

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

In this lesson we are going to focus on the importance of soil, and the role of decomposers in reducing the food waste heading to landfill. What are you waiting for? Let’s dig a little deeper into the topic of soil … literally!

In this episode of Ranger Kōrero – the big picture, ranger Aroha explores the meaning of conservation in Aotearoa and what that means for us and our taonga species.

Display this poster in your classroom to highlight the relevant phase of the 5E model by affixing the arrow with blu-tac and moving it down the poster as the students progress through the inquiry.

Display these posters in your staff room or learning areas to inform school-wide communication, collaboration, and implementation of the Primary Connections 5E teaching and learning model.

Use this guide on how to make, use and “read” check cards.

Find out about energy and electricity. Which appliances and devices around you use electrical energy?

In this activity, students find out about heat energy, how their classroom is heated and how to keep it warm.

Curriculum resources for young people to contribute, connect and extend their ideas about keeping safe around trucks on New Zealand roads.

Kia Pai Tō Haere is a flexible curriculum resource for Māori Medium Schools that provides guidance for teachers planning contextualised learning based on a kaupapa that keeping whānau safe on a journey is everyone’s work.