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Posted on 31 March 2018

Media coverage in March 2018

Seaweek 2018 teaching units and linksNZAEE Seaweek LEARNZ virtual fieldtrip and Science Learning Hub resources.

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Estimating historic effects from sedimentation and fishing

Posted on 16 March 2018

Sun, sea, sand – and marine science

During Seaweek, more than 4,600 school pupils joined 6 Sustainable Seas researchers for 3 days of marine science fieldwork in Tasman Bay, as part of the LEARNZ virtual field trip Sustainable…

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Kelp Urchin Dunedin credit NIWA 2018
Credit: NIWA 2018

Posted on 06 March 2018

Free school resources about ecosystem connectivity and tipping points

The Science Learning Hub has produced some excellent teaching resources based on our Ecosystem Connectivity and Tipping Points projects.

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Kids on tree at beach

Posted on 14 December 2017

Video: The Unseen

The story so far: 14 workshops, 1,300 school children and 15km of rope! This arts-science-education project is working with communities and school children to explore the risks associated with environmental and…

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Mussel beds at Tonga Island Alex Connolly

Posted on 16 October 2017

New term, new NZ marine science resources

School pupils can now explore a real-world issue facing New Zealand – how to best manage our vast marine resources – thanks to a collaboration between the Sustainable Seas Challenge…

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EBM enabling narratives

Posted on 13 November 2016

Science Wānanga

The Challenge recently supported a Science Wānanga organised by the University of Otago for Māori students in years 9-10 from schools in Te Tau Ihu (Mohua, Nelson, Marlborough and Kaikoura).

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