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  • Driving Us into the Future cover.

    Driving Us into the Future

    Getting the Message L4 cover.

    by Emma Gilkison

    Electric cars are often seen as the vehicles of the future – but are they? Read about the development of electric cars and see how the technology they use contrasts with that used by fuel-powered cars.

    Series: Connected 2016 Level 4 – Getting the Message

    Learning area: English, Technology

    Curriculum level: 4

    Category: Non-fiction

    Strand: Nature of technology

    In: Connected 2016 Level 4 – Getting the Message

    Publication date: December 2016

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  • Can You Hear That? cover.

    Can You Hear That?

    Getting the Message L4 cover.

    by Rebecca Hawkes

    Sounds are all around us, even if we can’t hear them. Human ears are designed to pick up sound waves of a range of different frequencies, but ultrasonic and infrasonic sounds have frequencies that only certain animals can hear.

    Series: Connected 2016 Level 4 – Getting the Message

    Learning area: English, Science

    Curriculum level: 4

    Category: Non-fiction

    Strand: Nature of science, Physical world

    Capability: Interpret representations

    In: Connected 2016 Level 4 – Getting the Message

    Publication date: December 2016

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  • What Now for the Rena? cover.

    What Now for the Rena?

    Getting the Message L4 cover.

    by Maria Gill

    In 2011, the MV Rena struck Astolabe Reef and caused an environmental disaster. Since then, the clean-up operation has seen lots of debris removed from the wreck – but large parts of the Rena still remained on the ocean floor. What factors were considered when making the decision on the future of the Rena wreck?

    Series: Connected 2016 Level 4 – Getting the Message

    Learning area: English, Science, Social Sciences

    Curriculum level: 4

    Category: Non-fiction

    Strand: Nature of science, Living world

    Capability: Interpret representations

    In: Connected 2016 Level 4 – Getting the Message

    Publication date: December 2016

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    Junior Journal 54, Level 2, 2017

    PDFs of all the texts in this issue of the Junior Journal are available online as well as teacher support materials (TSM) and audio for the following:

        TSM Audio
    Stories Zapped! Chapter 3: Fun Time!
      Staying Afloat
    Poems In the Manawatū    
    Articles Life Jackets
    Fingerprints

    Series: Junior Journal & CHAPTERS

    Publication date: March 2017

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    Fingerprints cover image.

    Fingerprints

    by Iona McNaughton 

    JJ54 cover image.

    This article explains how police find and take fingerprints from a crime scene and use them to help solve the crime. The article gives an insight into the work of a fingerprint expert. It includes instructions about how students can take their own fingerprints.

    Series: Junior Journal 54, Level 2, 2017

    Learning area: English, Science, Social Sciences, Technology

    Colour wheel level: Gold

    Curriculum level: 2

    Reading year level: 1

    Category: Non-fiction

    Related titles: Listed in TSM

    In: Junior Journal 54, Level 2, 2017

    Publication date: March 2017

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    Staying afloat cover.

    Staying Afloat

    by Feana Tu‘akoi

    illustrations by Fraser Williamson

    JJ54 cover image.

    This humorous story has a serious message. When Grandad takes Vika and Kele out on his boat, he insists that the children wear life jackets and tells them a story from his childhood in Tonga that explains why.

    Series: Junior Journal 54, Level 2, 2017

    Learning area: English, Health and Physical Education

    Colour wheel level: Gold

    Curriculum level: 2

    Reading year level: 1

    Category: Fiction

    Related titles: Listed in TSM

    In: Junior Journal 54, Level 2, 2017

    Publication date: March 2017

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    Zapped chapter 3 cover.

    Zapped! Chapter 3: Fun Time!

    by Renata Hopkins

    illustrations by Scott Pearson

    JJ54 cover image.

    This is the third of four chapters in a humorous science-fiction story designed to “hook” year 3 students into reading chapter books. In the story so far, twins Tai and Ana have made a robot (Tidy-Bot) for the school science fair, but when the robot is zapped by lightning and comes to life, they face a series of dilemmas.

    Series: Junior Journal 54, Level 2, 2017

    Learning area: English

    Curriculum level: 2

    Reading year level: 3

    Category: Fiction

    Related titles: Listed in TSM

    In: Junior Journal 54, Level 2, 2017

    Publication date: March 2017

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    Life jackets cover.

    Life Jackets

    by Katy Jordan

    JJ54 cover image.

    This report outlines the history of life jacket development and explains how life jackets help keep people safe.

    Series: Junior Journal 54, Level 2, 2017

    Learning area: English, Health and Physical Education, Technology

    Colour wheel level: Gold

    Curriculum level: 2

    Reading year level: 1

    Category: Non-fiction

    Related titles: Listed in TSM

    In: Junior Journal 54, Level 2, 2017

    Publication date: March 2017

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    In the Manawatū cover image.

    In the Manawatū

    by Alan Bagnall

    illustration by Giselle Clarkson 

    JJ54 cover image.

    "Have you heard what we do in the Manawatū when forecasters tell us that flooding is due?"

    Series: Junior Journal 54, Level 2, 2017

    Learning area: English

    Curriculum level: 2

    Reading year level: 3

    Category: Fiction

    In: Junior Journal 54, Level 2, 2017

    Publication date: March 2017

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  • Fingerprints cover image.

    Fingerprints

    by Iona McNaughton 

    JJ54 cover image.

    This article explains how police find and take fingerprints from a crime scene and use them to help solve the crime. The article gives an insight into the work of a fingerprint expert. It includes instructions about how students can take their own fingerprints.

    Series: Junior Journal 54, Level 2, 2017

    Learning area: English, Science, Social Sciences, Technology

    Colour wheel level: Gold

    Curriculum level: 2

    Reading year level: 1

    Category: Non-fiction

    Related titles: Listed in TSM

    In: Junior Journal 54, Level 2, 2017

    Publication date: March 2017

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  • Staying afloat cover.

    Staying Afloat

    by Feana Tu‘akoi

    illustrations by Fraser Williamson

    JJ54 cover image.

    This humorous story has a serious message. When Grandad takes Vika and Kele out on his boat, he insists that the children wear life jackets and tells them a story from his childhood in Tonga that explains why.

    Series: Junior Journal 54, Level 2, 2017

    Learning area: English, Health and Physical Education

    Colour wheel level: Gold

    Curriculum level: 2

    Reading year level: 1

    Category: Fiction

    Related titles: Listed in TSM

    In: Junior Journal 54, Level 2, 2017

    Publication date: March 2017

    Order this text

  • Zapped chapter 3 cover.

    Zapped! Chapter 3: Fun Time!

    by Renata Hopkins

    illustrations by Scott Pearson

    JJ54 cover image.

    This is the third of four chapters in a humorous science-fiction story designed to “hook” year 3 students into reading chapter books. In the story so far, twins Tai and Ana have made a robot (Tidy-Bot) for the school science fair, but when the robot is zapped by lightning and comes to life, they face a series of dilemmas.

    Series: Junior Journal 54, Level 2, 2017

    Learning area: English

    Curriculum level: 2

    Reading year level: 3

    Category: Fiction

    Related titles: Listed in TSM

    In: Junior Journal 54, Level 2, 2017

    Publication date: March 2017

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  • Life jackets cover.

    Life Jackets

    by Katy Jordan

    JJ54 cover image.

    This report outlines the history of life jacket development and explains how life jackets help keep people safe.

    Series: Junior Journal 54, Level 2, 2017

    Learning area: English, Health and Physical Education, Technology

    Colour wheel level: Gold

    Curriculum level: 2

    Reading year level: 1

    Category: Non-fiction

    Related titles: Listed in TSM

    In: Junior Journal 54, Level 2, 2017

    Publication date: March 2017

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  • In the Manawatū cover image.

    In the Manawatū

    by Alan Bagnall

    illustration by Giselle Clarkson 

    JJ54 cover image.

    "Have you heard what we do in the Manawatū when forecasters tell us that flooding is due?"

    Series: Junior Journal 54, Level 2, 2017

    Learning area: English

    Curriculum level: 2

    Reading year level: 3

    Category: Fiction

    In: Junior Journal 54, Level 2, 2017

    Publication date: March 2017

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  • Living the dream cover.

    Living the Dream

    an interview with Mana Vautier

    Living the Dream is an interview with Māori aerospace engineer and NASA employee Mana Vautier. The account explores where Mana’s love of space came from and how he got his job at NASA.

    Series: School Journal Story Library

    Learning area: English, Health and Physical Education, Science, Technology

    Curriculum level: 3

    Reading year level: 4

    Category: Non-fiction

    Related titles: Listed in TSM

    Publication date: January 2017

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