Using Water & Atmosphere in your classroom
One of NIWA’s aims with this magazine is to contribute to science education in New Zealand. To this end we distribute Water & Atmosphere without charge to New Zealand high schools. Articles are assigned ‘Curriculum Connections’ to indicate which of the NZ NCEA Achievement or Unit Standards they can complement as a classroom resource. These links are assigned by Royal Society of New Zealand Teacher Fellows who are working during the year with NIWA scientists.
The magazine and the Curriculum Connections are also available online at www.niwa.co.nz/pubs/wa/ There you’ll find an archive of back issues beginning with September 2000 (vol. 8, no. 3). All online articles include a pdf of the printed version and the articles are indexed via the website’s search engine. The Curriculum Connections are compiled at www.niwa.co.nz/pubs/wa/resources/
Curriculum connections for this issue
| Pages | Article | Relevant NCEA Achievement Standards (AS) and Unit Standards (US) | Brief summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-11 | Making ends meet in the Ross Sea | Biology Level 1 US18970 Level 2 AS90461 Level 3 AS90716 |
NIWA scientists are fitting together information about productivity and food webs to develop a mass-balance model for the Ross Sea. |
| 12-13 | Mapping biodiversity in New Zealand’s EEZ | Biology Level 2 AS90162 Science Level 1 US6349 |
Ocean Survey 20/20 is exploring the waters around NZ to discover the extent of our living marine resources. |
| 14-15 | Back from the ice bearing scientific treasure | Biology Level 2 AS90461 | Pictorial spread on a 7-week exploration of Antarctic marine biodiversity. |
| 16-17 | Biology Level 2 US6309, Level 3 US6319, AS90714 Education for Sustainability Level 2 AS90811, AS90813 Science Level 2 US6352, Level 3 US21613, US6355 |
Studies over the past decade have inventoried the biodiversity on seamounts and compared the benthic communities found in trawled and untrawled areas. |
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| 18-21 | Biology Level 1 US6309, Level 2 US8925, AS90461, AS90769 Education for Sustainability Level 2 AS90811 |
An extensive study of recreational fishing and snapper habitat is a step toward ’ecosystem-based management’. | |
| 22-23 | Towards sustainable aquaculture | Aquaculture Level 3 US16674, US19772, Level 4 US19773 Biology Level 2 US6309 Geography Level 1 AS90204 Education for Sustainability Level 2 AS90811 Science Level 1 AS90188, Level 2 US6352, Level 3 US21613, US6355 |
NIWA research is is exploring ways to help the NZ aquaculture industry grow without damaging the environment. |
| 24-25 | Facing natural hazards with Māori environmental knowledge | Education for Sustainability Level 2 AS90812 Science Level 2 US6352, Level 3 US21613, US6355 |
Māori stories, songs, and place names record traditional knowledge that can help in hazards planning. |