Science NCEA NZC Level 1
L1 Achievement Standards
Standards about labs and chemical safety
Resources from the NZASE pānui
Disposal of human skeletons
The Minister has approved the release of all the revised SLO, these will replace the earlier version. A copy of the Companion to the Learning Matrix including all up-to-date science learning outcomes can be found here.
In Āperira/April, the Ministry of Education posted version 3 of all Level 1 Standards in the Science domain. Click here for the L1 Science standards, the L1 Agriculture/Horticulture standards, the L1 Biology and Chemistry standards, and L1 Physics and Earth and Space Science standards. The teaching pages and Learning Matrix stayed much the same during development, but all the assessments and associated materials changed to some extent.
From early 2023, NZASE members have free access to 12 standards about laboratory and chemical safety. These standards documents are important for HoDs and lab managers to know about, especially when storing and using new lab supplies, and during refurbishment and rebuilding. Simply email NZASE Administrator Donna Sellers with the numbers of the standards you want, and Donna will reply within 72 hours with a password and instructions. Download our summary of nine of the standards.
More articles about the three topics below are on our members-only page.
Scientist profiles
Science news backgrounders
Pedagogy
2024 Oketopa/October Environmentalist Stephanie Dijkstra (Ngāi Tahu)
2024 Hepetema/September Conservation Biologist John Perrott (Te Arawa, Pākehā)
2024 Ākuhata/August Micrometeorolgist Christian Stiegler (Pākehā, Austrian)
2024 Hune/June Astrophysicist Jan Elridge (Pākehā)
2024 Mei/May Vulcanologist Kate Mauriohooho (Raukawa ki Wharepuhunga, Tūwharetoa ki Taupō, Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngaati Maahanga)
2024 Māehe/March Māori Scientist Posters: Biochemist Professor Amanda Black
2024 Māehe/March Māori Scientist Posters: Biologist Alana Alexander
2024 Māehe/March Māori Scientist Posters: Chemist Hemi Cumming
2024 Māehe/March Māori Scientist Posters: Engineer Nona Hohepa-Taute
2024 Māehe/March Māori Scientist Posters: Quantitative Geneticist Phillip Wilcox
2024 Māehe/March Māori Scientist Posters: Health Researcher Dr Matire Harwood
2024 Māehe/March Māori Scientist Posters: Marine Scientist Heni Unwin
2024 Māehe/March Māori Scientist Posters: Physicist Ocean Mercier
2023 Oketopa/October Engineer Mahonri Owen (Ngāti Hine, Ngāti Tūwharetoa)
2023 Hepetema/September Bioinformatician Alana Alexander (Ngāpuhi: Te Hikutu; Pākehā)
2023 Hepetema Organic chemist Nic Bason (Ngāti Hauiti, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Raukawa)
2023 Ākuhata/August Quantum physicist Jacob Ngaha (Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Kahu, and Waikato Tainui)
2023 Hūrae/July Freshwater ecologist Yvonne Taura (Ngāiterangi, Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāti Hauā, Ngāti Uenuku, Ngāti Tūwharetoa)
2023 Hune/June Plant protection scientist Aleise Puketapu (Te Ātiawa, Ngāti Toa Rangatira, Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga, Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Māmoe me Ngāti Koata)
2023 Mei/May Volcanologist Jonathan Procter (Muaūpoko, Ngāti Apa, Ngāi Tahu)
2023 Māehe/March Marine scientist Kura Paul-Burke (Ngāti Whakahemo, Ngāti Awa)
2023 Pēpuere/February Research director Ariana Estoras (Ngāti Maniapoto)
2022 Noema/November Ecologist Shaun Ogilvie (Ngāti Whakahemo, Ngāti Pūkeko)
2022 Noema Engineer Kepa Morgan (Ngāti Pikiao of Te Arawa, Ngāti Kahungūnu, Rongomaiwahine, and Ngāi Tahu)
2022 Oketopa/October Quantitative geneticist Phillip Wilcox (Ngāti Kahungunu, Rongomaiwahine, Ngāti Rakaipaaka) (3-page PDF)
2022 Ākuhata Chemist Leonie Jones (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa) (3-page PDF)
2022 Ākuhata Neuroscientist Louise Parr-Brownlie (Ngāti Maniapoto, Te Arawa) (3-page PDF)
2022 Hūrae Health researcher Apo Aporosa (Fiji/Palagi) (3-page PDF)
2022 Hune Ornithologist Hokimate Harwood (Ngāpuhi) (3-page PDF)
2022 Mei Kaupapa Maori researcher Sylvia Tapuke (3-page PDF)
2022 Māehe Physicist & education researcher Craig Rofe (Ngāti Rangi) (3-page PDF)
2022 Pēpuere Inorganic chemist Jan Wikaira (Pākehā, Māori) (2-page PDF)
2021 Oketopa Materials scientists Nancy Garrity (Tainui, Ngā Puhi) (3-page PDF)
2021 Oketopa Ecologist Jacqueline Beggs (Ngāti Awa) (3-page PDF)
2021 Hepetema Marine researcher Kimberley Maxwell (Te Whakatōhea, Te Whānau-a-Apanui, Ngāitai, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Tūwharetoa (3-pages)
2021 Ākuhata Evolutionary biologist Simon Hills (Ngāti Porou) (3-page PDF)
2021 Mei Geothermal engineer Nona Hohepa-Taute (Tainui, Te Arawa) (2-page PDF)
2021 Āperira/April Oceanographic physicist Peter Russell (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Manu, Te Mahurehure) (3-page PDF)
2021 Māehe Biodiversity researcher Shane Wright (Te Ati Haunui, Ngāti Tuwharetoa, Pākehā) (3-page PDF)
2020 Oketopa Surgeon and researcher Jamie-Lee Rahiri (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Whātua ki Kaipara, Te Atihaunui-a-Pāpārangi) (2-page PDF)
2020 Hepetema Geologist Daniel Hikuroa (Ngāti Maniapoto, Waikato-Tainui) (2-page PDF)
2020 Ākuhata Nutrition researcher Lisa Te Morenga (Ngapuhi, Ngāti Whātua o Orakei, Te Uri o Hau, Te Rarawa) (2-page PDF)
2020 Hūrae Astrophysicist Pauline Harris (Rongomaiwahine, Ngāti Rakaipaaka and Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairoa) (3-page PDF)
2020 Hune Food technologist Palatasa Havea (Vava’u, Tonga) (2-page PDF)
2020 Mei Health researcher and GP Matire Harwood (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Hine, Te Mahurehure, Ngāti Rangi) (2-page PDF)
2020 Pēpuere Physicist & Mātauranga Māori lecturer Ocean Mercier, Ngāti Porou (2-page PDF)
2019 Mei Biochemist Amanda Black (Tūhoe, Whakatōhea, te Whānau-ā-Apanui) (2-page PDF)
2019 Oketopa Marine scientist Heni Unwin, Ngāti Tuwharetoa (2-page PDF)
2019 Hūrae Environmental scientist James Ataria (Rongomaiwahine, Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Raukawa) (2-page PDF)
2019 Hune Astronomers Pamela Kilmartin and Alan Gilmore (Pākehā) (2-page PDF)
2024 Noema Secrets of Papatūānuku (4-page PDF)
2024 Oketopa Pounamu (3-page PDF)
2024 Hepetema Uncovering history with science (3-page PDF)
2024 Ākuhata Kiwi genetics and evolution (3-page PDF)
2023 Oketopa The chemistry of fireworks (3-page PDF)
2023 Hepetema Using genetics to save kākāpō (4-page PDF)
2023 Ākuhata Hydrogen-fuelled vehicles (3-page PDF)
2023 Hune Effect of frost on plants (3-page PDF)
2023 Pēpuere Tonga eruption science update (4-page PDF)
2023 Pēpuere Nuclear fusion breakthrough (4-page PDF)
2022 Ākuhata Students recognised in particle physics (2-page PDF)
2022 Hūrae How chemistry helps us (3-page PDF)
2022 Hūrae Tracking with radio (3-page PDF)
2022 Māehe The chemistry of Fritz Haber (3-page PDF)
2021 Noema Seismic Slow Slip Events (4-page PDF)
2021 Mei Making oxygen on Mars (2-page PDF)
2021 Māehe Volcanoes in Aotearoa/NZ (jpeg)
2020 Oketopa Oceans around Aotearoa/NZ (3-page PDF)
2020 Oketopa Māori perspectives and gene editing (3-page PDF)
2020 Hūrae Encouraging students in science fairs (3-page PDF)
2020 Mei Comets headed near earth (3-page PDF)
2020 Āperira The science of COVID-19 (6-page PDF, 900Kb) Also available as a Word document (B&W, 5 pages, 380Kb)
2019 Mei The expected magnitude 8 Alpine Fault earthquake (2-page PDF)
2024 Noema Science Teaching Leadership Programme, STLP (3-page PDF)
2024 Oketopa Overseas trained teachers (4-page PDF)
2024 Ākuhata Science communicators Mikhal Stone and Jenny Rankine (3-page PDF)
2024 Ākuhata Tiakitanga (2-page PDF)
2024 Hune Creating a science space in the classroom (2-page PDF)
2024 Mei A teachers journey of integrating mātauranga Māori in an authentic way (4-page PDF)
2024 Mei Genetics on the Go:An activity based model for learning about genetics (4-page PDF)
2023 Noema Heroic Pacific knowledge (3-page PDF)
2023 Noema Teaching at the interface with mātauranga Māori (3-page PDF)
2023 Noema Numeracy in Science (2-page PDF)
2023 Oketopa Kaitiakitanga of taonga species (3-page PDF)
2023 Hepetema Using picture books in science learning (2-page PDF)
2023 Ākuhata CRISiSLab Challenge (2-page PDF)
2023 Hūrae Human skeletons in schools (3-page PDF)
2023 Hūrae Selected power stations in Aotearoa New Zealand (Map, A4 PDF)
2023 Hūrae Organising a science expo (2-page PDF)
2023 Mei Doppler ultrasound (3-page PDF)
2023 Mei Porous concrete (3-page PDF)
2023 Māehe Citizen Science (3-page PDF)
2023 Māehe Regenerating Papatūānuku (3-page PDF)
2023 Pēpuere The science of vaping (4-page PDF)
2022 Noema Teaching about solar cells (4-page PDF)
2022 Oketopa Hatching chicks from eggs (4-page PDF)
2022 Oketopa Ngā taonga pūoro (3-page PDF)
2022 Hepetema Manu tukutuku (4-page PDF)
2022 Hepetema Teaching Agriculture and Horticulture (4-page PDF)
2022 Ākuhata Waka physics (3-page PDF)
2022 Mei Practical teaching about Antarctica (4-page PDF)
2022 Mei Primary science leaders (4-page PDF)
2022 Pēpuere How local curricula are working (3-page PDF)
2021 Hepetema Growing tuna kuwharuwharu at primary school (3-page PDF)
2021 Ākuhata Testing freshwater cheaply (3-page PDF)
2021 Ākuhata Teaching human evolution (3-page PDF)
2021 Ākuhata Making kawakawa balm (3-page PDF)
2021 Hune Including Mātauranga Māori: Sampling kōura (2-page PDF)
2020 Noema Atua and the periodic table (4-page PDF)
2020 Noema Pūhoro STEM academy (4-page PDF)
2020 Ākuhata Creative assessment for NCEA Science (2-page PDF)
2020 Ākuhata Teaching sound for Y1-10 Science (3-page PDF)
2020 Mei IQualify for schools free offer
2020 Mei iQualify Excel spreadsheet of available standards
2019 Hepetema Chris Duggan’s Churchill report on engaging children in science learning (23-page PDF, 1.5Mb)
2019 Ākuhata Helping students take environmental action (3-page PDF)
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2019 Hune Flexible learning environments – one school prepares (3-page PDF)
2020 Hepetema Jessie McKenzie at the Royal Society Te Apārangi (1-page PDF)2020 June Peter Spratt 1950 – 2007, influential science educator, by Jenny Pollock (3-page PDF)
Some schools possessing real human skeletons feel it is no longer appropriate to keep using them, particularly as this issue sometimes becomes a news item. Those schools who have said a karakia before moving skeletal remains suggest talking to mana whenua about appropriate tikanga. The anatomy museum at the Otago Medical School is happy to receive them to use in teaching and research; email curator Chris Smith about how to do this. See our July 2023 article summarising perspectives and suggestions on this issue.
