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Putting the Nature of Science strand into the water cycle

Author(s): Ally Bull, Bill MacIntyre, Chris Joyce, Rosemary (Rose) Hipkins MNZM
The water cycle is an important context for school science, but the uncritical use of diagrams to simplify ideas may lead to misconceptions. Incorporating learning about how representations such as...
| Year published: 2008 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Free Full text: PDF icon set2008_2_010.pdf | Content type: Set article

Teaching young people to learn to swim

Author(s): Sally Robertson
Despite New Zealand being a water-loving nation, we do not have a good track record when it comes to water safety. Last year the New Zealand Council for Educational Research surveyed schools to...
| Year published: 2010 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Free Full text: PDF icon set2010_3_022.pdf | Content type: Set article