Connected 2014 Level 4 - What's the Evidence?
In this Connected series there are five articles ("Beating the Wind"; "The Great Marble Chase"; "Training for Success"; "Learning from the Christchurch Earthquakes"; "Black is Back").
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The focus in this issue of Connected is on the Nature of Science strand of the curriculum and the science capability: Use evidence to support ideas.
Connected 2014 Level 4 - What's the Evidence?
At times, themes require the introduction of concepts that students at this curriculum level may not be able to fully understand. What matters at this stage is that students begin to develop understandings that they can grow over time.
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Beating the Wind
Zephyr was winning the cycle race, but everyone passed her at the end. Why?
1 of 5The Great Marble Challenge
A teacher challenges his class to design a ramp that will get a marble to stop at any set distance between 500 millimetres and 2 metres from the end of the ramp. What processes will the students follow to meet this challenge?
2 of 5Training for Success
Top athlete Phoebe Edwards and her coach, Mike Ritchie, constantly observe and measure her performance and work on improving technique, to help her train for success.
3 of 5Learning from the Christchurch Earthquakes
New learning has come out of the devastation of the Christchurch earthquakes.
4 of 5Black is Back
Te Papa conservator Rangi Te Kanawa uses her knowledge of traditional dyeing practices, science, and scientific experimentation to preserve fibres in textiles that have been dyed using iron-tannate black dyes.
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