Primary and Intermediate Resources

We are wanting to build up good ESS resources for primary and intermediate schools. Please send any that you are willing to share to jenny@earthspacescience.org.nz and I will put them into the ESS resources folder with links via the website.

Astronomy ideas can be found here.

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:

Wai Oh Wai

Students learn about the uses of water in modern life and how that is no more water now than ever before.  Calculate families water usage,  understand the need to conserve water, link to growing population and everyone’s right to safe drinking water.

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.