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32 pages
colour illustrations, maps.
Teacher support material providing background information for teachers, curriculum links, and ideas for classroom discussion and activities - as well as digital content for students - can be accessed at http://instructionalseries.tki.org.nz/Instructional-Series/Connected Contents: Down the drain / by Philippa Werry -- Space food / by Feana Tu'akoi -- Bringing back the birdsong / by Shanthie Walker -- Gardening in the living room / by Sophie Fern.
Summary: In Down the drain, students at Wilford School in Petone were shocked to discover the amount of rubbish on their local beach. They investigated the issue by using traps to collect the rubbish entering the stormwater system. In Space food, a group of students investigate how to stop food rotting on a journey to Mars. In Bringing back the birdsong, students in the Kids Restore the Kepler project are working with the Department of Conservation and the Fiordland Conservation Trust to reduce the number of predators living in the Kepler Track area. In Gardening in the living room, the students of Balaclava School find out how the environment inside the greenhouse helps plants grow during the cold Dunedin winters.
Primary.
Connected.
Level 2.
New Zealand curriculum.
Level 2.