Junior secondary resources:

If you have junior ESS resources or work programmes that you would like to share, please send to jenny@earthspacescience.org.nz. 

Here are some links to resources we have developed and collected to date:

Yr9-10 Resources Folder

Looking Up

Aimed at Year 6-8 focused around NOS and making observations of the sky. Develops understanding of clouds, the sun,  stars, constellations and the moon.

Tātai Arorangi

Making observations and NOS that help understand the solar system, including Mātauranga Māori themes and ideas.  Exploring the variaous parts of the solar system including the sun, moon, types of planets and dwarf planets. The unit goes on to investigate human exploration of the solar system.

Mission to Mars Unit 

Students are introduced to Mars and some of the plans and challenges for people travelling to Mars. Collaborative group research activity with resources, including a literacy and debating activity. 

Lucky Planet 

Introduces the concept of Earth Systems and 8 of the key reasons why earth is able to support life, yet we have been unable to find life elsewhere. Includes NOS activities and a literacy assessment.

Antartica resources

Collection of resources and a presentation to teachers from the International Antarctica Centre.

NCEA Literacy and Numeracy Resources

Collection of reading, writing and numeracy tasks developed in line with the NCEA CoReq assessments in Earth and Space Science themes.