
Making Hypotheses
Levels 3 and 4

NZC Achievement Objectives

Te Mātauranga o Aotearoa
Science Investigations: Carry out classifying and identifying; exploring; looking for patterns and modeling; fair testing; problem solving; making/building an object or a system.
Ngā Momo Tūhuratanga: Ka oti te whakarōpū me te tautohu, te torotoro, te rapu tauira me te whakatauira, te whakamātau tika, te whakaoti rapanga, te hanga i tētahi mea, i tētahi pūnaha rānei.

Learning Intentions

Integration Ideas
Learning Intentions are from the Ministry of Education
Integration ideas are from the Ministry of Education
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An interview with ecologist Phil Lyver about Adelie penguin population dynamics and the marine ecosystem in the Ross Sea.
Level
4
Type
Book
Connected 2013 Level 4: ‘An Ecologist on Ice’
Ministry of Education NZ
An interview with ecologist Phil Lyver about Adelie penguin population dynamics and the marine ecosystem in the Ross Sea.

Geologists James Goff and Scott Nichol had an idea that the landscape at Henderson Bay in Northland was changed by a huge tsunami that took place hundreds of years ago. Can they find evidence to support their idea?
Level
3
Type
Book
Connected 2014 Level 3: ‘The Tsunami That Washed Time Away’
Ministry of Education NZ
Geologists James Goff and Scott Nichol had an idea that the landscape at Henderson Bay in Northland was changed by a huge tsunami that took place hundreds of years ago. Can they find evidence to support their idea?

A teacher challenges his class to design a ramp that will get a marble to stop at any set distance between 500 millimetres and 2 metres from the end of the ramp. What processes will the students follow to meet this challenge?
Level
4
Type
Book
Connected 2014 Level 4: ‘The Great Marble Challenge’
Ministry of Education NZ
A teacher challenges his class to design a ramp that will get a marble to stop at any set distance between 500 millimetres and 2 metres from the end of the ramp. What processes will the students follow to meet this challenge?

Top athlete Phoebe Edwards and her coach, Mike Ritchie, constantly observe and measure her performance and work on improving technique, to help her train for success.
Level
4
Type
Book
Connected 2014 Level 4: ‘Training for Success’
Ministry of Education NZ
Top athlete Phoebe Edwards and her coach, Mike Ritchie, constantly observe and measure her performance and work on improving technique, to help her train for success.

Electric cars are often seen as the vehicles of the future – but are they? Read about the development of electric cars and see how the technology they use contrasts with that used by fuel-powered cars.
Level
4
Type
Book
Connected 2016 Level 4: ‘Driving Us into the Future’
Ministry of Education NZ
Electric cars are often seen as the vehicles of the future – but are they? Read about the development of electric cars and see how the technology they use contrasts with that used by fuel-powered cars.

This article uses real-world examples to show how mathematics can be used to predict the possible outcomes of a range of human and environmental activities. It describes how mathematical models are created by defining and measuring key variables, designing an equation that shows how the variables interact, and using the equation to make predictions.
Level
3
Type
Book
Connected 2019 Level 3: ‘Predicting Possibilities’
Ministry of Education NZ
This article uses real-world examples to show how mathematics can be used to predict the possible outcomes of a range of human and environmental activities. It describes how mathematical models are created by defining and measuring key variables, designing an equation that shows how the variables interact, and using the equation to make predictions.

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.
Level
1-4
Type
Activity
Do Fish Sleep?
New Zealand Marine Studies Centre
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
Level
1-4
Type
Video
Do-It-Yourself Science
Bill Nye The Science Guy
Who, what, where, why and how are powerful question words.
Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7dh3EdCEHE

This educational activity book was designed by staff at the New Zealand Marine Studies Centre and illustrated by Melissa Snider and Tessa Mills.
Level
1-4
Type
Colouring Book
Mudflat Mysteries
New Zealand Marine Studies Centre
This educational activity book was designed by staff at the New Zealand Marine Studies Centre and illustrated by Melissa Snider and Tessa Mills.

He puka mahi tēnei e whakaatu ana i ngā kararehe me ngā tpu e noho ana i ngā takutai kōraha o Aotearoa
Level
1-4
Type
Te Reo Māori
Ngā Kōraha Māminga: He Puka Mahi
New Zealand Marine Studies Centre
He puka mahi tēnei e whakaatu ana i ngā kararehe me ngā tpu e noho ana i ngā takutai kōraha o Aotearoa

The “Probability” episode is a sure bet.
Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aX7n_nfKYNY
Level
1-4
Type
Video
Probability
Bill Nye The Science Guy
The “Probability” episode is a sure bet.
Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aX7n_nfKYNY

He puka mahi tēnei e hāngai ana ki ngā kararehe me ngā tipu e ora ana i ngā ākau pōhatuhatu o Aotearoa.
Level
1-4
Type
Te Reo Māori
Te Ākau Pōhatuhatu Ka Kai Ā Wai I Ā Wai?: He Puka Karakara
New Zealand Marine Studies Centre
He puka mahi tēnei e hāngai ana ki ngā kararehe me ngā tipu e ora ana i ngā ākau pōhatuhatu o Aotearoa.

This educational activity and colouring book was conceived by staff at the New Zealand Marine Studies Centre and illustrated by Corlis Schneider.
Level
1-4
Type
Colouring Book
The Rocky Shore 'Who Eats Who?'
New Zealand Marine Studies Centre
This educational activity and colouring book was conceived by staff at the New Zealand Marine Studies Centre and illustrated by Corlis Schneider.

An activity to explain the feeding relationships of marine animals and plants and to investigate the results of human intervention on these relationships.
Level
3-4
Type
Activity
Trails and Trials of Marine Toxins
New Zealand Marine Studies Centre
An activity to explain the feeding relationships of marine animals and plants and to investigate the results of human intervention on these relationships.

Let’s investigate our own kāinga (home) by taking a soil sample.
What lives in the whenua? What is it made up of?
Level
1-4
Type
Outdoor Activity
What's under our feet?
Whenua Iti Outdoors
Let’s investigate our own kāinga (home) by taking a soil sample.
What lives in the whenua? What is it made up of?