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Science in the New Zealand Curriculum

Choose your year band for its strands and lesson ideas.

By year band

Strands

  • Physical ScienceYears 0–10
  • Biological ScienceYears 0–10

Lesson and unit ideas

  • UnitYears 0–3

    Monarch butterfly life cycle

    Raise caterpillars on swan plants, record changes in a diary and sequence the life cycle stages.

  • UnitYears 4–6

    Water bugs in our local stream

    Sample stream invertebrates and use sensitive species like mayfly nymphs as clues to water quality.

  • UnitYears 7–8

    Earthquakes and our plate boundary

    Explore how the Australian and Pacific plates meet across Aotearoa, the Alpine Fault, and how we prepare for earthquakes.

  • UnitYears 9–10

    Acids and bases

    Make a red cabbage indicator, test household substances, and investigate neutralisation.

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