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From the Past, for Tomorrow teaching resource: reimagining local history through art
From the Past, for Tomorrow teaching resource: reimagining local history through art

From the Past, for Tomorrow uses contemporary art as a launchpad for examining identity and representation, considering the impact of colonisation, and exploring the power of storytelling in art.
Surreal activities teaching resource

Surreal activities teaching resource

This resource is full of activities that will help you to explore surrealism with your students. The activities are playful and sometimes irrational, a bit like surrealism itself.

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He rauemi kaiako: Te waihanga i te apōpō, rū ana, takatū ana

He rauemi kaiako: Te waihanga i te apōpō, rū ana, takatū ana

Mā te tūkanga o te whakaaro hoahoa a Stanford, ka taea ngā ākonga kia hanga putanga hei āwhina i ngā uauatanga mō te hāpori kua pā atu ki a rātou i muri tata mai i te rū whenua – ā-tāngata nei, ā-hanganga nei.

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Teaching resource: First Collisions

Teaching resource: First Collisions

This resource is designed to place the arrival of Cook within a wider context of Pacific navigation as well as placing a larger focus on Tupaia, without whose superior navigation skills Cook would have struggled to arrive at the shores of Aotearoa at all.

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Learn to animate teaching resource: The children of Tangaroa
Learn to animate teaching resource: The children of Tangaroa
Teaching resource: Building an earthquake ready future

Teaching resource: Building an earthquake ready future

Using the Stanford design process, teach students to create resilient communities that can deal with the effects of earthquakes when they happen – both social and structural.

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Virtual reality classroom resource

Virtual reality classroom resource

Creating virtual reality (VR) in your classroom is easier than you think. With free online tools your students can do it for themselves.

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Matariki classroom resources
Matariki classroom resources

Delve deeper into the meaning of Matariki through inspiring activities and lesson plans.
Maramataka: The Māori calendar learning resource

Maramataka: The Māori calendar learning resource

Teach the Maramataka and the Māori months in your classroom with the help of our teaching resource and classroom poster.

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It’s a Bug’s Life science resource for ECE and Primary

It’s a Bug’s Life science resource for ECE and Primary

Teaching scientific skills, knowledge, and practices in ECE settings and primary schools is made easy with this hands-on resource.

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Tongan Language Week resource

Tongan Language Week resource

Download our resource and learn Tongan words, phrases, and pronunciation, and explore aspects of Tongan culture.

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Cook Islands Language Week resource

Cook Islands Language Week resource

Learn Cook Islands Māori words, phrases, and pronunciation, and explore aspects of Cook Islands Māori culture.

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Sāmoan Language Week resource

Sāmoan Language Week resource

Practise Sāmoan words and phrases, and explore the Sāmoan culture for Sāmoan Language Week.

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World War I teaching resource

World War I teaching resource

Use material from Gallipoli: The scale of our war to explore World War I themes with students.

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Art study cards

Art study cards

Prompt your students to analyse art works in new ways, using key art terms from eight topics.

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Art in Context teaching resource

Art in Context teaching resource

Study the relationships between sculpture and context – with inspiration from artist Bill Culbert.

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Visual language teaching resource

Visual language teaching resource

Help your students engage with art and develop their visual language skills.

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Experiments with light teaching resource

Experiments with light teaching resource

Investigate and manipulate light – with inspiration from artist Bill Culbert.

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