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The focus in this issue of Connected is on the Nature of Science strand of the curriculum and the science capability: interpret representations. (Back cover) 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 www.connected.tki.org.nz"--Back cover. Summary: Contents: Winning ways / Renata Hopkins -- Driving us into the future / by Emma Gilkison -- Can you hear that? / by Rebecca Hawkes -- What now for the Rena / by Maria Gill.
Summary: In Winning ways, Grace is on a mission to win the science fair - but to do so she must structure and present her investigation in the most informative and thought-provoking way possible. Grace uses diagrams, photographs, tables, graphs, infographics, and clear science writing to present her data and blow the judges away! Driving us into the future: Electric cars are often seen as the vehicles of the future - but are they? Read about the development of electric cars and see how the technology they use contrasts with that used by fuel-powered cars. Can you hear that?: Sounds are all around us, even if we can't hear them. Human ears are designed to pick up sound waves of a range of different frequencies, but ultrasonic and infrasonic sounds have frequencies that only certain animals can hear. What now for the Rena?: In 2011, the MV Rena struck Astolabe Reef and caused an environmental disaster. Since then, the clean-up operation has seen lots of debris removed from the wreck - but large parts of the Rena still remained on the ocean floor. What factors were considered when making the decision on the future of the Rena wreck?
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