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Science, Years 7–8

Phase 3 of Te Mātaiaho. Strands: Physical Science, Biological Science.

Years 7–8 lesson and unit ideas

  • Unit

    Earthquakes and our plate boundary

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

  • Lesson

    Separating a mixture

    Separate salt, sand and water by filtering and evaporating, and explain each step with particle ideas.

  • Lesson

    Food webs in a native forest

    Build a food web with kererū, tūī, insects and native trees, then predict the effect of possums and stoats.

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