Y11-13 – NZASE

NZ Scholarship | Challenges and rewards

Ceana Priest

June 2, 2026

NZ Scholarship exams are designed to challenge some of New Zealand’s highest-achieving secondary students beyond...

NZIC Analytical Chemistry Competition

Ceana Priest

May 19, 2026

Entries have opened for the NZIC Analytical Chemistry Competition to be held at the University...

From Snell’s Law to Science Rap: Teaching science through music

Ceana Priest

May 18, 2026

To celebrate New Zealand Music Month, we chat to two educators bringing tunes into the...

EOTC Profile | University of Auckland – Women in Engineering Academy

NZASE

May 13, 2026

Despite growing awareness around diversity in STEM, engineering remains one of the most gender-imbalanced sectors...

Derived Exams | 2026 & 2025

NZASE

May 6, 2026

NZASE has produced derived grade exams for 2026 Level 1 Science – 91922 and 91923. These are...

From London to Aotearoa: How Science in a Van began

Ceana Priest

February 24, 2026

Science lives in the everyday — yet sometimes it gets delivered by folks in yellow...

Social media science: Aotearoa influencers supporting classroom learning

NZASE

February 10, 2026

From hands-on classroom experiments to explorations of the universe, social media is opening new doors...

Gender equity in STEM- outreach programmes

Heather Goodey

November 17, 2025

Despite decades of awareness and positive action. There is still a significant gender gap in...

Misconceptions | Classroom Activities

Linda Haycock

October 31, 2025

Educator Linda Haycock shares her teaching activity worksheets (partly AI-based). Expert Groups Lesson: The Evolution...

Term 3 2025 PLD | Explicit writing instruction in science

Linda Haycock

August 11, 2025

If you missed our Term 3 2025 NZASE online workshop on Explicit Writing Instruction in...

Term 2 2025 PLD | Literacy and numeracy in science presentation

Linda Haycock

June 3, 2025

In this video, educator Linda Haycock discusses key insights from NZASE term two workshops, focusing...

L1 Science Unit | Which drone should I buy? Practical advice for classroom use

NZASE

May 4, 2025

A science unit with links to numeracy, the New Zealand Curriculum, and Level 1 NCEA...

Term 1 2025 PLD | Unpacking moderation, writing and critiquing assessment tasks

Linda Haycock

April 3, 2025

Presentation from term 1 PLD: Unpacking Moderation, writing and critiquing assessment tasks.

NZASE L1 Resources

NZASE

February 19, 2025

NZASE L1 google drive

S1.3 NZASE | Practice assessment resources

NZASE

September 24, 2024

S1.4 NZASE | Practice assessment resources

NZASE

September 6, 2024

Genetics on the Go: An activity-based model for learning about genetics

Heather Goodey

May 20, 2024

Genetics on the Go, co-led by Dr. Emma Wade, is an initiative that offers free...

Numeracy in science: Integrating mathematical concepts into science teaching

Mike Stone

November 26, 2023

While secondary teachers may be rewriting junior programmes in the light of changes to NCEA,...