Bay Science invites teachers to a working group hui in Pāpāmoa to engage with the draft Science Learning Area materials and develop collective feedback.
Jim Critchley is an Earth and Space Science educator who thrives on creating those chance encounters that open doors for students. Whether it’s connecting learners with industry, organising field trips that make science tangible, or guiding rangatahi to think critically in an information-rich world, Jim’s teaching is about sparking curiosity and showing how science and technology evolve together.
Introducing Whaea Tania Jackson, a secondary school kaiako of science and te reo Māori, and an emerging curriculum leader in kaupapa Māori. Her mahi spans both the classroom and the wider community, where she plays a pivotal role in the Tauranga Moana Māori Teachers’ Association.
Freshwater ecologist Yvonne Taura (Ngāiterangi, Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāti Hauā, Ngāti Uenuku, Ngāti Tūwharetoa) didn’t always see herself in science. Now her mahi is reshaping how kaiako, kairangahau, and communities think about wetlands, mātauranga Māori, and the purpose of science education in Aotearoa.
Marine scientist Lizzie Thompson is exploring how marine ecosystems recover after disruption. Find out how her work at Otāiti/Astrolabe Reef can support real-world science learning in your classroom—and what it’s really like to do fieldwork beneath the waves!
Juliet Linzmeier, a Master of Environmental Science student at Tauranga's Coastal Marine Field Station, is helping lay the groundwork for New Zealand’s emerging seaweed aquaculture industry.
Our first Scientist Highlight aims to broaden the scope of curriculum and NCEA with real-world research examples, as well as capture researcher perspectives of what led them into STEM careers.
Your school has a digital subscription to the archive section of NZGeo.com, one of the largest and richest collections of local content available in New Zealand.
Resource Drop! The Human Organ Atlas bridges cellular and whole organ scales with images of whole intact organs at 8-20 μm resolution and region of interest zooms at 1 μm
A Helen Clark Foundation webinar featuring World Health Organisation experts explores climate change as an urgent threat to health and wellbeing, with impacts across Aotearoa and the Asia-Pacific.
At the ISTP 2026 summit, countries outlined priorities including stronger teacher development, greater autonomy and improved wellbeing to address key challenges in education. See a list of what every country is committing to here (OECD)
The Ministry of Education has released new professional learning for SMART, a free bilingual digital tool supporting student assessment and progress tracking in Years 3–10.
UNESCO, UNICEF and ITU have launched a global charter for public digital learning platforms. This is a high-level global direction for how digital education systems should be built and governed.
The DNADRV project is using DNA collected from insect traces on car number plates to map insect biodiversity across Aotearoa New Zealand. Just two weeks left to go!