Connected 2013 level 3 - Food for Thought...
The focus in this issue of Connected is on the Nature of Science strand of the curriculum and the science capability: Gather and interpret data.
At times, Connected themes require the introduction of concepts that students at this curriculum level may not be able to fully understand. What matters at this stage is that students begin to develop understandings that grow over time.
Look inside this issue
Why Is the Moon Upside Down?
by Trish Puharich
The Moon looks weird up here. There’s something wrong with it.
A New Zealand Crocodile?
by Sophie Fern
On a scorching hot day in 1989, near the small Central Otago town of St Bathans, a group of scientists were digging in the soil. What they would find would change our ideas about the animals that have lived in Aotearoa.
Fast Rust
by Bronwen Wall
What doesn’t breathe but can’t live without air, doesn’t drink but needs water near, never sleeps and won’t rest much, is stronger than steel, but crumbles at a touch?
You Can Count on It
by Ian Stevens
Fa‘aea’s Mum is a meteorologist. She talked to Fa‘aea’s class about sorting and displaying data in different ways.
The Fish Highway
written and illustrated by Adele Jackson. There is a maze of water and sewage pipes under Wellington’s pavements, beneath manhole covers and bundles of cables. The oldest pipes are lined with bricks. They snake under the streets.
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