Term Four 2024: New Resources, Stories & PLD

Term Four 2024

Our website continues to be updated with new teaching resources, stories and professional learning resources. This post is a snapshot of the content that has been added recently.

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NZAEE Spotlights

Kōanga | Spring Inspiration - find ideas for seasonal activities this term, including bees, plants, birds and more.

Nature Books: Storytelling, Curiosity and Empathy - Last chance to view videos!
We published this Spotlight last term, but just wanted to remind you that the videos will be taken down at the end of October and just the text will be available after that. We explore ways you can use pukapuka to strengthen environmental learning, including discussions with Aotearoa authors & illustrators.

Scroll down to the last section of this page for some new stories from the Education Gazette and Enviroschools.‍

Teaching Resources

Earth Dreamers
Earth Dreamers is designed to support the social sciences curriculum for teachers of Years 7–8 ākonga and encourages ākonga to explore the complex global issue of the climate crisis within their local contexts in ways that foster joy and agency, curiosity, and hope.

Ko au te taiao: Recognising that we are nature through mātauranga Māori values and the collections at Te Papa. This new resource encourages teachers and learners to explore mātauranga Māori values, observe te taiao, and take action for a better world.

Māori knowledge of animals - Science Learning Hub
Science Learning Hub have created bilingual and te reo Māori resources with Professor Georgina Tuari Stewart & Dr Sally Birdsall, to showcase mātauranga Māori related to our indigenous animals of Aotearoa. Join the SLH Webinar coming up on Oct 24 - Register here

Te Tatauranga o ngā Manu Māra o Aotearoa
‍Created by the Science Learning Hub in collaboration with Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research and the Garden Bird Survey team, these new resources are available in te reo Māori. The collection of articles contains ready to use slideshows packed with activities and images to get your ākonga thinking deeply about manu and their connections to them.

He aha tēnei hekaheka | What is this fungus?
This bilingual poster from Manaaki Whenua | Landcare Research provides an introduction to fungi, certain kinds of which were traditionally valued by Maori, like awheto (vegetable caterpillar) which was burned and used to make ink for ta moko / tattooing. You can also find other bilingual posters for bugs, birds and wetland animals on their website.

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Professional Learning Resources

Ki te ako āhuarangi tōnui ki Aotearoa | Towards flourishing climate education in Aotearoa NZ. Case studies and perspectives from the literature. Rachel Bolstad and Keita Durie, NZCER

Interview: Steve Mushin on Ultrawild - The Sapling

“Quite simply, for our planet to survive, schools must prioritise creative thinking at the same level as maths and English. I’d go further and say that schooling should be entirely based around exploring big creative thought experiments—for brain boosting power, and simply for the joy of it.”
- Steve Mushin, author of Ultrawild

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City Nature Challenge - "Here the Wild Things are" short documentary (9 mins)

Visit our Events page to find upcoming teacher PLD opportunities including webinars and workshops around the motu.

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Rangatahi Voice

At our online conference on Oct 1st we shared some short videos highlighting rangatahi voice, which were very popular! The links are below, along with a few extra that we didn’t have time to include. Not all of them are recent, but we think they are worth sharing!

Redeeming Revolution | Verses in Vision Tāmaki - Action Education, July 2022 (3:20 mins)

The teen fighting for greener, healthier schools | The Forever Project (Stuff), Rhiannon Mackie Dec 2021 (1:40 mins)

Te Hoiere Restoration | MfE - Jobs for Nature, Dec 2022 (1:00)

Rongomaiwahine Iwi Trust | Te Mana o Te Wai - MfE Sept 2024 (4 mins)

Mana Rangatahi: Youth Climate change leadership decision making with Te Aratai College, Deep South National Science Challenge, March 2024 (5 mins)

A new generation of kaitiaki - Te Ao with Moana, August 2024 (15 mins)

Speaking 4 the Planet - entries from 2024 Ōtautahi NZ (each video about 3 mins)

Once upon a future - United Nations Foundation, by Damon Gameau, Sept 2024 (3 mins)

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