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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 | Kōaro in the Rotorua lakes need a helpinghand | Education for Sustainablity Level 2 AS90811, AS90813, AS90814, AS90815 Geography Level 3 AS90703 Biology Level 1 AS90165, US6297, Level 2 AS90813, US6309 | A survey of landlocked kōaro shows that most populations have disappeared and must be restocked and protected if they are to be restored. |
| 12-13 | Where do fish want to live? | Biology Level 2 AS90460, AS90461, US8929, US8930, | A large database of observations is revealing the habitat requirements of different New Zealand fish. |
| 14-15 | Waterwise: irrigation,agriculture, and sustainability | Agricultural Resource Maintenance Level 3 US17204 Earth Science Level 3 US8153 Education for Sustainability Level 2 AS90811, AS90814, AS90815 Biology Level 2 US6309 Geography Level 2 US11090 Science Level 3 US21613 | A modelling approach to irrigation points the way to conserving water and improving the usefulness of the water that’s used. |
| 16-17 | Environmental Sustainability Level 2 AS90811 Geography Level 2 AS90331, AS90334, US5089, Level 3 AS90704, US5095, US90701 Science Level 2 US6352, Level 3 US6355, US21614 |
The ice volume of glaciers in the Southern Alps has been surveyed for the past 30 years. |
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| 18-21 | Biology Level 3 AS90716, US8933 Science Level 2 AS90771, AS90772 | Recounts the unusual discovery of a large population of brittlestars covering a seamount in the Macquarie Ridge, an environment usually dominated by corals and sponges. | |
| 22-23 | Effects of a 30-year fishing ban | Biology Level 2 AS90461, Level 3 AS90714 Science Level 2 AS90771, US6352, Level 3 US6355, US21613 | Closed to commercial fishing since 1980, the Separation Point protected area offers an unusual opportunity to study seabed ecology of the soft sediment marine habitat common around New Zealand. |
| 24-25 | Alien amphipod: hitchhiker of the sea | Biology Level 3 AS90713, US6315 | The Japanese skeleton shrimp of northeast Asia is a marine crustacean that has recently been discovered in New Zealand coastal waters. |