• 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,...