The Primary Programme is aimed at Year 1 to Year 8 students (around 5–12 years of age).

The focus is introducing topics which may interest and inspire our future leaders.

There are useful resources being developed all the time to help with the education process, here are a selection.

If you have education resources or ideas that you would like us to include please contact us.

 Teaching resources developed by Manaaki Whenua / Landcare Research:
Chorus cicada [Amphipsalta zelandica]. Image: M.J. Esson

All about insects

Insects are animals belonging to the class known as Insecta.

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BioBlitz

BioBlitz is a scientific race against time. It is educational. And it is heaps of fun!

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BioBlitz: Fiinding out what can be found in leaf litter

Chorus cicada [Amphipsalta zelandica]. Image: M.J. Esson

 

Ngā pepeke: he pārongo

E kīia ana te āta tirotiro i ngā pepeke ko te mātai pepeke, arā, he entomology ki te reo Pākehā.

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Pollination & pollinators

Pollination is the process of transferring pollen from anther (male flower part) to stigma (female flower part). Without it, seeds and fruit will not be formed. Pollination can be achieved by wind or by using animals such as insects.

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Honey bee on Martinii, a cultivar of mānukā [Leptospermum scoparium]

The NZAC Pare, or carved door lintel, stands over the entrance to the New Zealand Arthropod Collection (NZAC) / Ko te Aitanga Pepeke o Aotearoa at Tamaki, Auckland.

The arthropods on the pare

The pare, or carved door lintel, that stands over the entrance to the New Zealand Arthropod Collection (NZAC) / Ko te Aitanga Pepeke o Aotearoa at Manaaki Whenua in Auckland.

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The Great Weeds Hunt Aotearoa

‘The Great Weeds Hunt Aotearoa’ provides students, whanau and communities free tools to find and identify weeds, with access to weed and biocontrol experts in New Zealand.

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Gorse [Ulex europaeus]

Weed Education

Weed biocontrol education resources

Biocontrol of weeds is an exciting topic for science education at both the primary and secondary levels. The background information and lessons below can help you meet learning objectives in the Living World and Nature of Science strands of the science curriculum.

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What is this bug?

A bilingual interactive tool to help you identify bugs found around New Zealand.

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Male Auckland tree wētā / tokoriro [Hemideina thoracica]

Online Field Trips with LEARNZ

Seaweed: An ocean of opportunity!

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River restoration from estuary to catchment

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Further information

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