Physics in sport- windsurfing

A3 poster looking at the forces involved in the hydro foiling windsurfers in the 2024 Olympics.

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Thu Aug 22 2024

The Science behind Aurora

The Aurora Australis was visible over the whole country on May 11, 2024. This was a rare event, but with solar activity ramping up we may see more. Guest writer Mike Stone explores the science of aurorae.

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Sun Jun 30 2024

Science teaching and learning at the interface with mātauranga Māori

Stephen Ross, Pākehā, summarises his study which explored how the interface of mātauranga Māori and science provides opportunities for teaching and learning. He has some useful insights for those in the classroom trying to use both knowledge systems in their science teaching.

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Sun Nov 26 2023

Secrets of Papatūānuku

In younger years we may have learnt the Earth is divided into three layers – the solid crust, liquid mantle and solid core. But the reality is more complex than that. Guest author Mike Stone investigates.

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Wed Nov 27 2024

Science Teaching Leadership Programme ﴾STLP﴿

For schools wanting to make an impact on student engagement and achievement in science, an opportunity exists to support a teacher to become a science leader through the MBIE‐funded Science Teaching Leadership Programme (STLP) offered by Royal Society Te Āparangi. NZASE Science Communicator Heather Goodey looks into the STLP and shares some recent participants’ experiences and how students benefit from this programme.

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Wed Nov 27 2024

Environmentalist Stephanie Dijkstra

Stephanie is a Māori environmental scientist specialising in intergenerational outcomes and the interweaving of mātauranga and Western science. She wears many hats, working as a Senior Mātauranga Taiao Advisor with Storm Environmental, a Ngā Kaihautu Tikanga Taiao Member with the Environmental Protection Authority NZ, and a member of Te Puna Māori Advisory Committee with Taumata Arowai The Water Regulator. She also chairs the Ngāi Tahu Hazardous Substances and New Organisms (HSNO) Kōmiti. In conversation with NZASE Science Communicator, Sneha Pillai, Stephanie shares her journey of weaving her love for different branches of science like cellular plant biology and ecology to do what she’s truly passionate about – leaving the planet in a better state than the one she found it in.

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Tue Oct 29 2024