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RNA interference

RNA interference (RNAi) is a natural process that occurs in cells where small RNA molecules ‘silence’ or decrease the activity of specific genes by preventing them from making proteins. DNA and ...

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Learning science from home – ideas to deepen learning

Slip some science into everyday activities you can do while at home. The Hub has resources for helping early childhood, lower primary and middle primary students and families. This article ...

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Marine Metre Squared

Marine Metre Squared is a New Zealand citizen science project that supports communities to monitor their local seashore. The project has been designed to provide meaningful, valid environmental ...

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Whio adaptations

The whio/blue duck has many adaptations to help it survive in its challenging fast-flowing river habitat. Even newly hatched whio ducklings can negotiate white water and dive for food ...

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Decolonising science

We are witnessing a resurgence of indigenous knowledge and growing acknowledgement of its scientific value worldwide. This article has been republished from The Conversation under Creative ...

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    Lapita cultural complex

    Around 3,500 years ago the earliest ancestors of many Pacific people and Māori – the people provisionally named Lapita – appeared in Oceania. Records of the Lapita people and the way in which ...

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    Mātauranga Māori and science

    Mātauranga Māori is a modern term for the combined knowledge of Polynesian ancestors and the experiences of Māori living in the environment of Aotearoa. The term takes many forms, such as ...

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    Creating collections

    The Hub has a very useful collections tool. Hub users who are signed in can access the tool to create their own collections, collaborate on collections, add their own notes (with both a private ...

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    Introducing our PLD

    The Science Learning Hub – Pokapū Akoranga Pūtaiao offers a range of opportunities to support teachers’ science teaching and increase their own science knowledge and understanding. These include ...

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    Hub resources with te reo Māori

    The Science Learning Hub has a selection of resources that have been translated into te reo Māori and a number of resources that feature both te reo Māori and English. Our webinar Opportunities ...

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    Great Southern BioBlitz 2023

    Join in the biggest bioblitz event across the southern hemisphere! The Great Southern BioBlitz is an opportunity for all Southern Hemisphere countries to record organisms during Spring and ...

    24/11/2023 - 27/11/2023
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    Nanogirl Live

    The Nanogirl LIVE Theatre shows are back! Get ready for a science extravaganza as Nanogirl Live—the world’s only female-led live science show—returns to NZ theatres with Little Bang, Big Bang ...

    26/11/2023 - 03/12/2023
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    The University of Auckland, New Zealand will host this year’s IEEE Women In Engineering International Leadership Summit. The summit will bring together women in engineering, technology, and ...

    11/12/2023 - 12/12/2023
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