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Year 1-13

• ACE consumer resource
  Educational resource developed by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs for students working at Levels 3-4 of the Social Studies curriculum. Includes a downloadable teachers' resource and a set of online activities that can be printed off and used as individual or group assessment activities.
  
  
• Adventures of Pakura & friends
  Education resource. The story of water in Christchurch presented in 4 stories; accompanied by teachers notes.
  
  
• Anheizen : the story of Tarawera, the lanscape renovator
  Comprehensive educational resource for school students about the Mount Tarawera Eruption of 1886.
  
  
• AnyQuestions.co.nz
  Online reference service for school students with direct, real time, online help from a reference librarian. Databases can also be searched by students, includes a database of frequently asked questions.
  
  
• Arts online = Te hāpori o ngā toi
  Provides online teaching and professional resources for teachers, including interactive support services. Product of professional development contract between UNITEC Institute of Technology and the New Zealand Ministry of Education.
  
  
• Blind & Low Vision Education Network (NZ)
  The BLENNZ site provides vision-impaired children, their parents and teachers educational resources and information on services in New Zealand. Also offers free downloadable documents, Windows and Apple software, and MP3 audiobooks.
  
  
• Books in Homes
  The Books in Homes programme was inspired by Alan Duff. Selected low decile schools form a partnership with corporate sponsors to fund books which the children select and are allowed to keep. The Kids at Home (KaH) programme is a linked preschool initiative.
  
  
• Census at school New Zealand
  An online survey for year 5 to 10 students designed to collect real data for teachers to base curriculum work on. Part of an international educational project and launched during Maths Week August 11-15, 2003, the site aims to increase statistical literacy amoung students.
  
  
• Chemtech
  Site intended for chemistry teachers. Contains internal and external assessment resources, teaching resources, news, interesting articles about chemistry in the community or cutting edge research, information about chemistry education initiatives, competitions and links to other useful web pages.
  
  
• Clubhouse 274
  The Clubhouse provides a creative after-school learning environment. Clubhouse 274 is an after-school drop in centre where members can come and work on projects that inerest them with access to state of the art technology and programmes. Includes news on events, projects and activities.
  
  
• Curriculum Concepts = Marauwhanui Whakaaro
  Publishers of educational resources across all New Zealand curriculum areas for preschool to Year 9 (age 13) students plus special needs and English speakers of other languages. Titles searchable under topic, with sample pages to view and online ordering.
  
  
• Dare Foundation : skills for life
  Details of the programmes designed to challenge children, parents and their communities to develop skills in decision-making, assertiveness, responsibility and esteem to enable them to make informed and supported choices for a powerful life.
  
  
• DigiOps : Digital Opportunities Project
  Digital Opportunities (DigiOps) projects are joint partnerships between schools, organisations involved in ICT and the Ministry of Education. The aim is to improve learning through the innovative use of leading edge technologies.
  
  
• Digital conversations
  A collection of captured video conference conversations with local and overseas personalities intended for classroom use and developed by the e-learning team of CWA New Media. Also includes details of upcoming conversations which schools with videoconferencing facilities may participate in.
  
  
• Discover = Te Kohinga Taonga
  A database of resources selected for use by New Zealand schools. Access to over 2,500 multimedia items available mostly from the National Library of New Zealand collections supporting the visual arts & music disciplines.
  
  
• Education programme / Lakes District Museum, Arrowtown, New Zealand
  Information for teachers about the museum education programme, study resources for students, digital images of local history, and an online newsletter.
  
  
• Educational Resources
  Educational Resources is a publishing company specialising in resources covering health, legal, youth, family and workplace issues. Educational Resources research, produce and distribute educational resources to meet a variety of individual and group needs. A catalogue of resources ia available in PDF format. Services include marketing and distribution to ensure that the resources reach their intended audiences.
  
  
• Educational Solutions Ltd.
  Educational Solutions is a publishing company specialising in science and technology transfer - taking science and technology and presenting it in a user-friendly format. The web site describes resources for early childhood, primary, secondary, polytechnic and university education.
  
  
• English online New Zealand
  English Online contains fully resourced English teaching resources for English teachers (years 1-13).
  
  
• Enterprise New Zealand Trust
  To promote enterprise education, economic literacy and business understanding, and the development of a "can do" attitude amongst school pupils in cooperation with New Zealand businesses.
  
  
• ESOL online : English for speakers of other languages
  A project of the Ministry of Education to put resources online for primary, intermediate and secondary school teachers of students from non-English-speaking backgrounds.
  
  
• For high schools
  Biology resources for high school students, including NCEA Biology Level 3 topics, Biotech FAQs, and career information.
  
  
• Forestry insights : the ultimate New Zealand forestry resource
  Information on New Zealand forests and the plantation-based wood processing industry for students, teachers, industry trainees and the general public.
  
  
• Future problem solving New Zealand
  Future Problem Solving is a year long programme where students, working in teams, learn and apply a six-step problem solving process which provides them with the tools to tackle problems which they will meet throughout their life.
  
  
• Generation Isl[a]nd
  Interactive games, images, and resources relating to electricity generation and conservation for Year 7 and 8 students and their teachers.
  
  
• Get firewise
  Firewise is a site for children, containing activities designed to teach them about fire prevention. It includes videos.
  
  
• Hana Limited
  Multimedia teaching resources in te reo Māori.
  
  
• Health and physical education online : for New Zealand schools and teachers
  Provides resources and support for teachers for teaching health and physical education in the New Zealand curriculum. Subsite of Te Kete Ipurangi.
  
  
• ICT in NZ : information communication technology
  Teaching resource (primary and secondary school), linking ICT, information literacy and learning.
  
  
• Island Bay Marine Education Centre
  Information about the Centre and its programmes for children, including the Octopus Club. Includes news, activities, and information about the ocean and marine species.
  
  
• Kia ora InterLinkers!
  A project of the British Council in New Zealand, to establish relationships between 24 paired schools in New Zealand and Britain via the internet. This site is the result of the project and contains many examples of the cultural and social exchanges that have taken place.
  
  
• Learning Media = Te Pou Taki Kōrero
  Educational publisher providing contract publishing services and professional development programmes to the Ministry of Education. Includes curriculum-linked web resources.
  
  
• Learning network New Zealand
  Curriculum resources for teachers, includes discussion forums.
  
  
• LEARNZ
  A virtual field trip programme for years 4-10 supporting science, social studies and technology teaching. The web site provides the programmes from 1995 to the present.
  
  
• LEXA-NZ : Learning exchange Aotearoa-New Zealand
  Project which provides online curriculum content for New Zealand teachers and students (years 1-10) via a collection of digital learning objects (DLOs). The collection is only available to participating schools. Subsite of Te Kete Ipurangi.
  
  
• Life Education Trust
  Describes the philosophy behind the Life Education Trust , a health education resource for pre-school, primary and intermediate schools that fits in closely with the Ministry of Education's Health and Physical Education Curriculum and Science Curriculum, and provides information about their programmes. Includes information for parents and teachers, and links to educational resources. Also includes activities for children and teenagers.
  
  
• Living Heritage = Tikanga Tuku Iho
  Online bilingual initiative enabling New Zealand schools to develop and publish an online resource, based on a heritage treasure in their community.
  
  
• Lungfish : the next generation
  Health Sponsorship Council's anti-smoking site targeted to 7-12 year olds and their parents or teachers. Offers information, activities and competitions for individual or school use.
  
  
• Mass-E-Gifted education resource : your roadmap to New Zealand
  Links to information on gifted education within New Zealand and internationally, including to Tracy Riley's web publications.
  
  
• Mission-on
  Online games designed to inspire and teach children to eat healthy food and being active. Includes games, instructions how to play and a guide for parents.
  
  
• Monumental stories : a level 5 social studies resource for teachers and students
  An educational resource which focuses on the social justice and human rights in New Zealand society. Includes an interactive timeline and biographies of fifty New Zealand women who have made a tangible difference to the status and well-being of others in New Zealand. Activity worksheets in PDF format.
  
  
• Nartam : National Association of Resource Teachers & Advisors of Māori
  Provides lesson plans and other resources, contacts. Bilingual site.
  
  
• National Waterways Project
  Project established to provide high quality water monitoring activities to schools for use in their local rivers, streams and lakes. Provides information about school projects, and resources for students and teachers. Includes newsletter: A drop of news.
  
  
• NetSafe : the Internet Safety Group
  ISG site provides information for schools, and for children, young adults and parents. Also includes an Internet safety kit, links to organisations involved in the creation of the safety kit, reports from research projects, interviews, and information on law enforcement and the Internet.
  
  
• New Zealand Association of Mathematics Teachers
  The New Zealand Association of Mathematics Teachers (NZAMT) is the organisation that brings together educationalists from all levels of the education sector in New Zealand, from preschool to tertiary, to promote better teaching and learning of mathematics.
  
  
• New Zealand History Teachers' Association = Te Puna Matauranga o Nga Kaiwhakaako Hitori o Aotearoa
  Information and resources for the teaching of history to year 11, 12 and 13 students in New Zealand secondary schools. Resources include a cartoon archive and links to useful websites.
  
  
• New Zealand National Spelling Bee 2007
  Information about this spelling competition which is open to all New Zealand Year 9 students and which is held in the first term of the New Zealand school year. The prize for the overall winner is a trip to the USA to represent New Zealand at the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington. Includes word list and media releases.
  
  
• New Zealand teachers' science helpline
  Service for New Zealand teachers, who can ask questions online and receive answers from experts at the University of Otago. Covers biochemistry, botany, chemistry, food science, geology, microbiology, pharmacology, physics, physiology, computer science, zoology, human nutrition, information science, mathematics and statistics, anatomy and structural biology, clothing and textile sciences.
  
  
• NZ ask an expert
  UNITEC project for New Zealand primary and secondary school students only. Provides a directory of experts willing to provide help after students have tried using a library and searching the internet.
  
  
• NZ learning channel : the internet TV station
  Shows video clips and multimedia created by young New Zealanders which support learning and teaching in New Zealand schools.
  
  
• NZAJLT : New Zealand Association of Japanese Language Teachers
  This is a web site for the promotion of Japanese language, and the provision of revision, extension and enrichment opportunities for New Zealand students.
  
  
• Online safety in New Zealand schools : a resource for schools and teachers
  For New Zealand schools and teachers. Tips, advice and suggestions for making your students' online experience safe. The ethical and and social issues relating to students' internet access and the awareness of the potential health risks associated with computer use.
  
  
• Quake trackers : linking New Zealand secondary schools with cyber-seismology
  Educational programme designed to promote science education and earthquake hazard awareness in New Zealand by providing hands-on science activities for secondary school students. Contains links to seismographs in New Zealand and overseas, information on surviving an earthquake and links to many related sites.
  
  
• Rauemi reo Māori : New Zealand maths
  Maori language mathematics site which provides teachers with units of work and activities to support the teaching of mathematics in the New Zealand curriculum.
  
  
• Real Art Roadshow
  A mobile exhibition for secondary school students of original art works by more than 60 leading New Zealand artists that will tour New Zealand from 2007-2017. Includes listing of artists, art works featured and school visit timetable.
  
  
• Resource Books New Zealand
  Publisher of educational products, especially for the secondary schools market. Includes catalogue, ordering information, including online ordering, and information for authors. Also publisher of Pacific Health Dialog and some general books.
  
  
• Resource link
  Resource Link describes the latest learning materials provided by the Ministry of Education to support the New Zealand curriculum. Issues are available in full-text.
  
  
• River safety
  Provides safety information on activities in and on New Zealand rivers as well as resources from, and information about, the ACC Riversafe programmes for primary and high school students.
  
  
• RoadSense = Āta Haere
  Resources for teachers in support of a new road safety strategy targeted at primary and intermediate schools in high-crash areas. Includes a downloadable road safety education handbook.
  
  
• Roadshow
  The National Science-Technology Roadshow Trust, assists teachers with planning a visit to one of their programmes, includes such resources for teachers as a shipwreck module and information about New Zealand scientists.
  
  
• Scholastic
  Publishers of children's books and educational resources. This site provides additional material including author and illustrator profiles, Blackline Masters and teaching resources and the Scholastic book club.
  
  
• Schools' corner
  Site intended to promote the use of statistics as an educational resource for school students. Contains links to the official Statistics New Zealand site, suggested activities, resources, information for students and teachers notes.
  
  
• Science Alive! : the New Zealand science centre
  A science centre run by the New Zealand Science and Technology Charitable Trust which provides interactive science exhibitions and educational programs for schools in the region. Provides details of exhibitions, events and science classes along with general information on science and technology subjects.
  
  
• Science learning hub
  Government initiative in collaboration with educators and the science sector to explore New Zealand's research, science and technology to provides resources to science teaching and learning in schools.
  
  
• Smokefree schools
  Information, advice and resources to help schools comply with Smoke-free Environments Act 1990 and to assist them to incorporate the smokefree message into the curriculum.
  
  
• Social studies online = Tikanga a iwi ā ipurangi
  Units written to support delivery of Social studies in the New Zealand curriculum. Product of ongoing professional development contract between UNITEC Institute of Technology and the New Zealand Ministry of Education.
  
  
• Starfish : student & teacher resource
  Information for students and teachers about New Zealand fisheries and fisheries management issues. Arranged under: Economics, Science, Social studies and Geography with teachers' notes, student activities, fact sheets and resources.
  
  
• StatZinG! Primary
  StatZinG! Primary is a newsletter produced by Statistics New Zealand for primary schools. It contains activities to use in the classroom, with links to the Maths and Social Studies curriculum. Issues are available in full-text.
  
  
• StatZinG! Secondary
  StatZinG! Secondary is a newsletter produced by Statistics New Zealand for secondary schools. It contains activities to use in the classroom, with links to the Economics, Geography, Maths and Social Studies curriculum. Issues are available in full-text.
  
  
• Studyit : for NCEA students
  Supports students studying NCEA maths and science. Includes information about the skills and knowledge needed to achieve unit standards, revision guides and online message forums where students can post maths or science questions. Students can also email expert teachers with questions.
  
  
• Sunshine
  Site of Wendy Pye Group, publisher of early learning material for literacy, maths and nature study. Includes multi-media and teaching resources. Online ordering available.
  
  
• Te Kete Ipurangi = The Online Learning Centre
  Bilingual portal-plus web community providing quality assured educational material for teachers, school managers, and the wider education community. A Ministry of Education initiative.
  
  
• teachers@work : Internet tools for teachers
  Directory of sites for curriculum activities. The site also provides information on technology in education.
  
  
• Teachingonline.org : Starters & strategies teacher's magazine website
  The supplementary website of Starters & Strategies, the New Zealand teacher's curriculum magazine. Includes lessons library arranged by subject; access to the magazine and links to online reference sources; educational sources and search engines.
  
  
• Team-up : helping our kids learn
  Information and advice for parents and caregivers about working with children, their teachers and family and whānau to encourage and support children's learning. Part of the edCentre web portal.
  
  
• Techlink : involve, evolve : resources for teaching technology
  Includes examples of practice in schools and technology based enterprises and details of projects to support teachers in the field.
  
  
• Technology in the New Zealand curriculum = Hangarau i roto i te Marautanga
  Material produced by the Royal Society of New Zealand (RSNZ) under contract to the Ministry of Education, to assist teachers and schools in their delivery of the technology and hangarau curriculum statements. Part of the bilingual Te Kete Ipurangi (TKI), the Online Learning Centre site.
  
  
• Tui time : a nature adventure with Tiaki tui = te haere maia o te ao tuturu ki a Tiaki tui
  Developed by the New Zealand Ecological Society, to encourage teachers to make greater use of ecological studies in their teaching to help students to learn about New Zealand's unique ecology. Includes interactive games and activities.
  
  
• User Friendly Resources : photocopiable books for schools
  An independent educational publishing company which specialises in publishing supplementary curriculum and teacher reference materials in a photocopiable format. The site is intended mainly for Australian and New Zealand primary and secondary schools. It includes a full catalogue for online ordering.
  
  
• Whānau
  Online soap opera written in te reo Māori, following the life of Mana. Accompanied by audio files from the radio play and a unit plan.
  
  
• Wharekura
  Site provides full-text issues of Wharekura, a Maori language journal for schools.
  
  
• Wicked
  A fun learning site funded by the Ministry of Education for children between the ages of 7 and 12. Themed activities from a variety of curriculum areas.
  
  
• Zenith Publishing Group
  Zenith Publishing publishes mainly non-fiction titles in the areas including self-help, lifestyle and early childhood education. The Curriculum Concepts and Edvantage imprints publish educational material for schools and the home education market, with a range of resources for the New Zealand curriculum. Zenith Print and Design offers a full digital service from book production, to short-run and on-demand printing.