Animals
Kiwi Forever
A comprehensive teaching resource packed full of fun and educational activities aligned with Levels 1-4 of the New Zealand Curriculum.
Produced by Kiwis for Kiwi
Inquiry unit | Levels 1-4: Kiwi Forever
The Great Kererū Count
The Great Kererū Count was set up to help us get a better understanding of kererū numbers and distribution across New Zealand. It is an annual citizen science project and the more people who participate, the better the understanding we will get of how kererū are doing.
Produced by The Great Kererū Count.
Activity | All levels: Great Kererū Count education pack.
Whio Forever
Whio education resources, activities and more. Take your students on an amazing learning journey as they discover why the whio (blue duck) is so important to New Zealand.
Website | All levels: Whio forever
Tuna kūwharuwharu - the longfin eel
Information and stories about threats to longfin eels and how to protect them.
Produced by Joseph Potangaroa
Factsheet and activities | Levels 2-4: Tuna kūwharuwharu - The longfin eel
Hooked on Native Fish Fact Sheets
Bilingual factsheets to help raise awareness of our unique native fish and helped identify what farmers and city dwellers can do to protect and enhance their local streams, both rural and urban.
Produced by NZ Landcare Trust
Factsheet | All levels: Hooked on native fish fact sheets
Blue penguin and other seabirds education resource
Inquiry-based learning resource for schools and community groups. The majority of the activities that are included are readily adaptable for the seabird of your choice.
Produced by: West Coast Penguin Trust in 2014
Inquiry unit | Levels 1-3: Blue penguin and other seabirds education resource
Māui's dolphin: An inquiry to action
To help teachers deliver a student-centred, action-oriented programme about Māui dolphins, WWF has produced a resource called “Maui’s Dolphin – An inquiry to Action”.
Produced by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
Inquiry unit | Levels: 2-4: View the Māui dolphin inquiry to action
Climate change
Climate change information for climate solvers – NIWA learning resource.
A resource to help people understand the science of climate change and the things we can do to that will make a difference.
Produced by National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA)
Online resources | Level 4: Climate change information for climate solvers - Learning Resource
Climate Change Learning Programme – Teacher Resource and Wellbeing Guide
This resource aims to increase awareness of climate change and explain the role science plays in understanding it; understand both the response to and impacts of climate change – globally, nationally and locally; explore and act on opportunities to contribute to reducing and adapting to the impact of climate change on everyday life.
The Climate Change Wellbeing Guide has been developed to provide teachers with background information and tailored resources to help them navigate the delivery of climate change scientific content, whilst maintaining the wellbeing/hauora of students.
Produced by Ministry of Education
Learning unit | Level 4: Climate Change Learning Programme – Teacher Resource and Wellbeing Guide
Understanding Climate Change – online course
An easy to follow online course to increase awareness about climate change and actions we can take to adapt to climate change.
Produced by World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
Online course | Secondary: Understanding Climate Change – online course
Forests habitats
Both sides of the fence
Resources to assist teachers and students to explore the theme of respect for and responsible use of the outdoors. Interactive map of various scenarios including conservation impacts of having dogs on beaches. Also an activity on developing students' awareness and understanding of taking responsibility when walking their dog, considering others and caring for the environment.
Produced by New Zealand Walking Access Commission
Website | Primary: Both sides of the fence
The Possum Problem
This story from School Journal Level 3 August 2017 explores the problems that possums pose to the New Zealand environment.
Written by Johanna Knox
School Journal | Level 3: The Possum Problem
Designed for Good
The New Zealand environment has been badly affected by introduced pests such as rats, stoats, and possums. This story from School Journal Level 3 May 2017 follows the process of developing an effective and humane trap to reduce these pest populations.
Written by Philip Cleaver
School Journal | Level 3: Designed for Good
Marine
Young Ocean Explorers - Love Our Ocean
Young Ocean Explorers aim is to inspire children to love our ocean through entertaining education. The interactive website uses a blend of fun storytelling, fascinating facts and incredible images… all told through a teenager’s eyes. The interactive website has been designed for maximum engagement for this digital generation, with lots of short videos, poll and quizzes. Young Ocean Explorers want to connect the hearts and minds of children with the ocean, so they care and want to look after NZ’s unique and beautiful marine world.
Produced by Young Ocean Explorers
Website | All levels: Young Ocean Explorers - Love Our Ocean
Marine Metre Squared
Resources to support incorporating MM2 into your school curriculum.
Produced by NZ Marine Studies Centre, University of Otago
Website | All levels: Marine Metre Squared
Life's a beach education resource
Provides learning activities about the beach environment - the sea, beach, sand dunes, dune vegetation and reserve areas.
Produced by Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Inquiry unit | Levels: 2-8: Life's a beach
Freshwater
Take action for water resource
An in-depth unit of teaching and learning for Year 5-8 students. It is an integrated programme of work that is intended to be completed over the course of a term.
Produced by Greater Wellington Regional Council
Inquiry unit | Levels: 3-4: Take action for water
Te Reo and Mātauranga Māori
Climate and Māori Society
Projected climate change impacts, and the adaptation they will demand, will present new challenges (as well as opportunities) for iwi/hapū/whānau and Māori enterprise.
Produced by: Taihoro Nukurangi – NIWA
Report | All levels: Climate and Māori Society
Mātauranga Māori
Produced by the Science Learning Hub, University of Waikato
Activity | Primary and secondary: Mātauranga Māori
Resources with Māori content
Produced by the Science Learning Hub, University of Waikato
Activity | Primary and secondary: Resources with Māori content
Kapehu whetu
Produced by the Science Learning Hub, University of Waikato
Activity | Primary and secondary: Kapehu whetu
Rongoā Māori
Produced by the Science Learning Hub, University of Waikato
Activity | Primary and secondary: Rongoā Māori
Pre-European Maori measurement
Produced by the Science Learning Hub, University of Waikato
Activity | Primary and secondary: Pre-European Maori measurement
Taewa (Māori potatoes)
Produced by the Science Learning Hub, University of Waikato
Activity | Primary and secondary: Taewa (Māori potatoes)
Takatū Ake
An online interactive magazine for primary school age reo Māori students.
Produced by CORE Education
Interactive website | Levels 1-4: Takatū Ake
Ngā rauemi i te reo Māori
Ngā kararehe o ngā Ākau pōhatuhatu o Aotearoa - He puka karakara
Kaituhi: Whare Mātai Moana o Aotearoa Marine Metre Squared
Pukapuka | Tau 1-8: Ngā kararehe o ngā Ākau pōhatuhatu o Aotearoa - He puka karakara (PDF, 3850K)
Puka Ārahi mō te tapātai one - Aotearoa ki te raki
Kaituhi: Whare Mātai Moana o Aotearoa Marine Metre Squared
Pukapuka | Tau 1-8: Puka Ārahi mō te tapātai one - Aotearoa ki te raki (PDF, 2400K)
Puka Ārahi mō te tapātai one – Te tai toka
Kaituhi: Whare Mātai Moana o Aotearoa Marine Metre Squared
Pukapuka | Tau 1-8: Puka Ārahi mō te tapātai one – Te tai toka (PDF, 2300K)
Nga Kōraha Māminga – He puka mahi
Kaituhi: Whare Mātai Moana o Aotearoa Marine Metre Squared
Pukapuka mahi |Tau 1-8: Nga Kōraha Māminga – He puka mahi (PDF, 4100K)
Ngā tikanga Māori o te Tiro Huarere, me te Āhuarangi
Kaituhi: Taihoro Nukurangi - NIWA
Pānui whakaahua | Tau 1-8: Ngā tikanga Māori o te Tiro Huarere, me te Āhuarangi (PDF, 3000K)
Ngā pepeke me ngā pūngāwerewere o Aotearoa
Kaituhi: Manaaki whenua- Landcare Research
Pae tukutuku | Tau 1-8: Ngā pepeke me ngā pūngāwerewere o Aotearoa
He aha tēnei pepeke?
Kaituhi: Manaaki whenua - Landcare Research
Pae tukutuku | Tau 1-8: He aha tēnei pepeke?
Te rārangi ā-rōpū
Kaituhi: Manaaki Whenua- Landcare Research
Pae tukutuku | Tau 1-8: Te rārangi ā-rōpū
Te rārangi pepeke
Kaituhi: Manaaki Whenua- Landcare Research
Pae tukutuku | Tau 1-8: Te rārangi pepeke