Science
Documents available on this page: ‘Science in the New Zealand Curriculum', Curriculum Updates, What's New, supporting publications and links.
Curriculum Statements
Science in the New Zealand Curriculum
This is the statement that provides a clear indication of the Ministry's expectations for students' achievement in science from year 1 to year 13 (PDF).
(This document is available in pdf format - see link at the bottom of this page and also from Te Kete Ipurangi - The Online Learning Centre.
Information
Curriculum Update, delivered direct to schools once each term, outlines recent projects to support teaching and learning, together with information from current research that could be valuable to schools in their pursuit of excellence in teaching. Recent copies, from October 2000 onwards, are available at the link below.
Teaching and learning materials
Supporting publications and related material are available at the links below from Te Kete Ipurangi - the Online Learning Centre.
Putaiao
The link to the Science Curriculum documents in the Maori medium are below.