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In this unit students travel through time to learn about developments in transport and how this has changed New Zealand communities. Full Review »
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- 11th - Higher Ed
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Students watch a video and discuss the ethics/values issues associated with the student activity and the events depicted in the video. Full Review »
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- 7th - 10th
Students explore DNA's double-helix structure discovered by Watson and Crick, and identify two general functions of DNA in a cell. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students assess the how sound travels by playing the game, Telephone. They act out a play about sound and observe the sequence of events in hearing sounds. They perform simple sound experiments. They study safe ear health practices and make ear models. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students explore the world of Sherlock Holmes and the mystery, dectective genre of writing in this seven lesson unit. Through several activities and extensive vocabulary the concepts of the lessons are presented. Full Review »
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- Higher Ed
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Students view the film Fog of War and discuss the most striking elements of the film. They focus on chosen lessons from robert McNamara's life such as: empathy, rationality and proportionality. Full Review »
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- 9th - 10th
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Students perform different activites about DNA for a week in order to celebrate DNA Week and raise their awareness of DNA. The teacher is provided with a different theme for each day. Full Review »
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- 4th - 12th
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Students create a project about a famous Biologist in order to appreciate the humanity of the people involved in doing science. They create scientist biography "cards" roughly modeled after baseball cards or create a scrapbook of a famous scientist. Full Review »
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- 11th - Higher Ed
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Students design a three dimensional model of DNA to discover how nucleotides are formed. Through discussion and hands-on activities, they explore how geneticists extract DNA from a cell. After reviewing a bioethical scenario, they write a position paper documenting their opinion of the situation. Full Review »
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- 10th - 12th
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Students discuss prior knowledge of Francis Crick and James Watson. They practice vocabulary terms that are needed to understand the video. Students watch 9:13 minutes of the vieo "The Secret of Life-The Discovery of DNA Structure (download information included with lesson). Students complete a review worksheet. Full Review »