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Educational Resources Wild about New Zealand projects provide a stimulating learning context for primary and secondary students and the resources included below support the aims of a number of curricula and those in Guidelines for Environmental Education in New Zealand Schools, Ministry of Education(1999). Creating an awareness and understanding of environmental issues and involving students in effective decision-making are key aims of environmental education and also core objectives of Wild about Zealand. Everyone has a part they can play in restoring New Zealand’s biodiversity, from simply raising awareness to more ambitious pest management or habitat restoration projects. See Getting Started and Projects to see how your could plan a project to suit your skills, time and resources. If you have or know of a resource you think worthy of being included, we'd love for you to contribute it. Please contact us for more information. | Resource | Notes | Natural Heritage and Biodiversity
Science/Social Studies Level 3-4
Auckland Regional Council | Interesting and challenging activities to introduce students to biodiversity issues and some possible actions. | Biodiversity in New Zealand Wildlife
Social Studies Levels 2 – 4
Karori Sanctuary | Includes Pests and Predators interactive exercise that shows the devastation introduced animals can cause to New Zealand’s indigenous environment. | Heritage heroes
Social Studies Level 5
Te Kete Ipurangi | This environmental education and social studies unit plan for years 9 and 10 covers the concept of participation and social action in relation to significant places and environments. | Sustainable futures
Year 12 Social Studies
Te Kete Ipurangi | Outline of a year 12 course, Sustainable Futures, created by Christchurch Girls' High School. | Tuitime
Year 4 to 10 Science and Social Studies
NZ Ecological Society | An introduction to ecology and our unique wildlife, including an interactive game to help students understand threats and opportunities confronting tiaki tui. | Nga-Manu Nature Reserve | Excellent online teaching resources from Nga Manu Reserve on the Kapiti Coast. Includes study sheets, images, posters and powerpoint presentations. | Water for all | Oxfam water resource site containing lesson plans and activities for students aged between 9-13 year old. | | Insects and spiders | General information on insects and spiders suitable for levels 2 and 3 of the Science curriculum, "Making Sense of the Living World". Primary students in years 2-6. | | NIWA Water and Atmosphere | This page relates articles in recent issues of Water & Atmosphere online to the NZ Curriculum and the subject matrices for the NCEA Achievement Standards and, in some cases, Unit Standards (indicated by US). | | Weeds | A website to encourage teachers to use weeds as a learning context in their teaching, to encourage students to learn how weeds impact on New Zealand's unique environment. Includes resources and learning activities. Primary school. | | Weedbusters | This is an Action Oriented Approach for learning about environmental weeds. Follow the link to get a broad picture of the way these resources could fit into an environmental project, such as, stream or forest restoration |
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