Tonga eruption update
Jenny Rankine
February 16, 2023
On January 12, 2022, at 4.47 pm, the Hunga Tonga – Hunga Ha’apai (HTHH) volcano...
Bats of Aotearoa
Jenny Rankine
February 16, 2023
2023 02 Bats of Aotearoa NZASE resource
What technicians need to know about Safety and Science
Jenny Rankine
December 1, 2022
Video and slide presentation (PDF) to help make sense of the new Safety in science...
What teachers need to know about Safety and Science
Jenny Rankine
December 1, 2022
2022 11 Safety and Science Teachers presentation (PDF) Plus video of slide commentary:
What Lab Managers/HODs need to know about Safety and Science
Jenny Rankine
December 1, 2022
2022 10 Safety and Science Lab Managers Presentation (PDF) Plus video of slides with audio...
What principals need to know about Safety and Science
Jenny Rankine
November 28, 2022
2022 07 Safety and Science Key messages for principals 2022 Safety and Science for Principals...
ELC evolves from LEOTC
Jenny Rankine
November 25, 2022
2022 11 ELC evolves from LEOTC NZASE resource
Enabling STEM learning
Jenny Rankine
November 25, 2022
2022 11 STEM in the classroom NZASE resource
The chemistry of alcohol-free beer
Jenny Rankine
October 21, 2022
2022 10 Alcohol-free beer NZASE resource
The Kentucky family with blue skin
Jenny Rankine
September 18, 2022
Mike Stone summarises what is known about the science behind a family of people who...
Teaching about flight
Jenny Rankine
September 18, 2022
2022 09 Teaching about flight NZASE resource
Atmospheric rivers
Jenny Rankine
September 18, 2022
Recent intense rainfall in the South Island is due to atmospheric rivers (ARs) siphoning warm,...
Chlorine gas explosion
Jenny Rankine
August 11, 2022
NZASE Science Communicator Mike Stone explains the chemistry behind a recent major chlorine explosion.
Socio-scientific issues in primary teaching
Jenny Rankine
July 7, 2022
2022 07 Socio-scientific issues in primary classes NZASE resource
Environmental DNA
Jenny Rankine
July 7, 2022
NZASE Science Communicator Mike Stone explains environmental DNA, including tools schools have used with their...
Advice for building new science labs
Jenny Rankine
May 31, 2022
2022 06 Advice for building new science labs NZASE resource
Dragon Man, new hominid species
Jenny Rankine
May 31, 2022
A fossil skull that recently come to light in China has scientists intrigued. The analytic...
How induction hobs work
Jenny Rankine
April 29, 2022
Induction cooktops can be an enigma to the uninitiated, but the physics is pretty straightforward.
Review: Complex Systems Thinking, by Rose Hipkins
Jenny Rankine
March 25, 2022
2022 03 Complex systems thinking NZASE review
James Webb Space Telescope
Jenny Rankine
March 25, 2022
2022 03 James Webb Space Telescope NZASE article
