If Māori iwi, hapū, rūnanga or trusts would like me to kōrero with them about 'MythBusting de-extinction to sort fact from fiction' in light of the recent announcement regarding moa, please reach out. There are options available for kōrero both in-person and via Zoom.
Aurora Energy Otago Science and Technology Fair
18 August 2024
Come and browse the early work of Aotearoa New Zealand’s next generation of scientists.
@OtagoMuseumbit.ly/4fKMj3h
For those that couldn't be at pur webinar today, we will have a recording and the PPT up on the site within a couple of weeks - stay posted
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Chloe has also looked at kūmara with her students
(AND guess where you'll find LOADS of resources to get you started - oh yeah, The Sci Learning Hub!)
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In the future Chloe says she's let children choose between an infographic and a poem rather than both - but depends on the time you want for students to spend on these
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Communicating the learning - with poetry and infographics - Chloe says she was blown away by the language within the students work after a week immersed in the topic
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AND give your students the time and space to make mistakes or to change their methods when planting their seeds. Planting kōwhai seeds | Whakatōngia kākano kōwhai - bit.ly/3WMeWW4#SLH_webinar#SLH_PLD
When you truely observe and look closely you 'see' what is there not what you think or want to be there
Be explicit in teaching the skills around observation
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We're doing a quick run through of activities Chloe undertook in her classroom - staring with observation
"The more I go outside with my tamariki, the better they get and the less chaos!"
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Inviting students to imagine pre-colonial Aotearoa and thinking how data would have been gathered and how it would have been passed on - a strong way to open minds to different knowledge systems #SLH_webinar#SLH_PLD