Science capabilities for citizenship

• Science capabilities resources
• How the capabilities relate to the NOS strand of NZC
• Key competencies are clusters of capabilities
• Introducing five science capabilities

What do my students need to learn?

• The New Zealand Curriculum: Science
• Assessment Resource Bank
• Building Science Concepts
  • About the series
• Science Exemplars
• NCEA on TKI
• NEMP

Nature of science

• What is the Nature of Science?
  • Teacher suggestions: Understanding about science
  • Teacher suggestions: Investigating in science
  • Teacher suggestions: Communicating in science
  • Teacher suggestions: Participating and contributing

Teaching science

• Teaching Strategies
  • Teaching with models
  • Practising disciplined enquiry
  • Comparing students’ and scientists’ approaches to science
  • The ‘school science – working science’ continuum
  • Types of investigation
• Pūtaiao Dictionary
• Ethics
  • Caring for Animals
• Science equipment
  • Planning for science programmes
  • Equipment list
  • Consumables list
  • Suppliers and servicers

Content resources and rich stories

• Connected Teachers' Notes
• Applications Teachers' Notes
• Building Science Concepts
• Science Learn

Science at work in the world

• EOTC
• Links to useful sites
• Te Ara
• Te Papa

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