Science Roadshow classroom resources
Here you'll find a range of classroom activities and resources you can download.
2023 Resource Book
Our Resource Kit is designed to complement your visit to the Science Roadshow.
The kit is focussed on enhancing student learning outcomes through pre and post visit activities. It also contains a ready to use unit plan titled He tau kē ngā toka! — Rocks rock!.
The themes this year are: Te nekeneke — Movement; Ngā toka me ngā kohuke — Rocks and minerals; Te āwhina i ngā tairongo — Helping the senses; Ngā āhuatanga aho — Light properties; Te mātakitaki me te hīkaro — Observation and inference ; Te pēhanga — Pressure.
2022 Themes: Te mātai arorangi — Astronomy; Te hauropi me te taiao — Ecology/Environment; Te tō-ā-papa — Gravity; Te pōkākā — Heat; Te taiwhanga whakamātau āheinga tangata — Human Lab ; Te oro— Sound. Unit Plan:Kia tū hei kaitiaki awa — Adopt a stream
2022 Resource Book2021 Themes: Te Hiko — Electricity; Ngā Whakamātau Tika — Fair Tests; Taiwhanga Rere — Flight Lab; Mahi Tangata — Human Performance; Te Aho — Light ; Te Autō — Magnetism. Unit Plan: Flight
2021 Resource Book2020 Themes: Earth science — Te pūtaiao ā-nuku; Inferences — Ngā hīkaro; Movement — Te nekeneke; My body — Tōku tinana; Scientific instruments — Ngā taputapu pūtaiao; Sight and illusions — Te kitenga me ngā kitenga mariko. Unit Plan: Weather
2020 Resource Book2019 Themes: Forces; Comparisons; Observations using measurements; Patterns, grouping, classification; Materials; Models Unit Plan: Useful Chemicals
2019 Resource Book2018 Themes: Astronomy;Ecology and Environment; Interpreting Representations; Reflection and Refraction; Sound; Spinning and Whizzing Unit Plan: Biodiversity Bioblitz
2018 Resource Book2017 Themes: Electricity; Gravity; Heat; Human performance; Magnetism; Observations Unit Plan: Spectacular Changes
2017 Resource Book2016 Themes: Pressure; My body; Gathering and interpreting data; Observations; Movement; Earth science Unit Plan: Mighty Materials
2016 Resource Book2015 Themes: Applied Science; Astronomy; Forces; Light and Sight; Real Chemistry; Science Capabilities. Unit Plan: Electricity
2015 Resource Book2014 Themes: Earth Science; Gravity; Heat; Nature of Science; Reflections; Sound. Unit Plan: Animals inside and out
2014 Resource Book2013 Themes: Electricity and Magnetism; Human Perfornance; Life and Environment; Materials; Movement; Precious Energy. Unit Plan: Pressure
2013 Resource Book
2012 Themes: Forces; Light; The Human Body; Spectacular Changes; The Hidden World. Unit Plan: Light
2012 Resource Book
2011 Themes: Detection; Heat; Levers, Gears and Inclinded Planes, Sound; Quirky Curiosities; Sound. Unit Plan: Heat and Temperature
2011 Resource Book
2010 Themes: Electricity; Forces/Pressure; Health & Human Performance; Material World; Motion; Technology. Unit Plan: Motion
2010 Resource Book
2009 Themes: Astronomy; Gravity; How Thinks Work; Investigating Life; Light Reflections; Measurement. Unit Plan: Sustainability
2009 Resource Book
3D Images
What is an anaglyph? An anaglyph is a type of 3D image created from two photographs taken slightly offset. You can use any red-cyan glasses to view these images.
Read all about anaglyphs on Wikipedia.
Pictures taken on Mars by NASA
Lots of pictures on Flickr