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[|LEOTC invitation April 2011.pdf]

28/3/2011 - Article on World Phospherous Use in General science

22/3/2011 - Teaching resource on the Christchurch Earthquakes from Mike Stone, by Rodger Baldwin and Suzanne Baldwin in Geology 15/2/2011 - articles on Solar energy, Monarch Navigation, and tidal power station in General science from Mike Stone 28/1/2011 - article about lice from Mike Stone in Biology bits and bobs 9/11/2010 - articles from Mike Stone in Biology bits and bobs on body clocks 2/11/2010 - articles from Mike Stone in Biology bits and bobs - "Parkinsons and Mitochondria" and "Benefits of Bt Corn" 19/10/2010 - Fractional distillation uploaded in Chemistry stuff. Artificial spider silk uploaded in General science 8/10/2010 - Photo from Allison Rademaker showing Earthworms mating uploaded in Biology bits and bobs 13/9/2010 - article from Mike Stone uploaded in Professional Development 24/8/2010 2 articles from Mike Stone uploaded in General science: Astronaut Muscles Waste in Space, Hydrogen Causes Metal to Break 16/8/2010 from Mike Stone: Evidence that Lucy butchered meat - uploaded in Biology bits and bobs 10/8/2010 From Mike Stone Articles uploaded into General science section on High heels, New silk technology, and using radiocarbon data. 3/8/2010 From Mike Stone : Three documents on science demonstrations in General science, one documents on Bees in Biology bits and bobs 22/7/2010 - article on The CSI effect in General Sciencee resources, article on Transposon Variation in Human Genome in Biology bits and bobs. Both from Mike Stone 22/6/2010 - 3 articles from Mike Stone uploaded into General science resources 26/5/2010 Two resources from Mike Stone on High altitude adaptations and Natural Selection expt in Biology bits and bobs 21/4/2010 Resources from Mike Stone: - Articles on Cocoa and Tumour Genome in "Biology bits and bobs" - "Teaching without talking" document under "Professional Development" - Articles on Ocean salinity and Science practical document (from Carol Young) under "General science"

Resources from Mary White at Pompallier College: Powerpoints on Scientific skills under "General science" and Documents designed for 18975 Sports Sci under "Human biology"

19/4/2010 - Thinker's key for plants in "Biology Bits and bobs" from Carol Young 14/4/2010 - 2 documents uploaded from Mike under "Biology bits and bobs" 13/4/2010 - Three more documents from Mike under "Biology bits and bobs" section: Bat navigation, Microbes in Pitcher plants, and Carbon goes around. 31/3/2010 - uploaded articles from Mike Stone under 'General Science Resources' 25/3/2010 - Uploaded video under "Multimedia" under "Physics": [|How a shooting star is made], and [|BMW inertia.][|BMW inertia]

12/11/2009 - big update with lots of articles and the draft matrix! - Under "General Science resource" - articles from Science Daily (from Mike Stone): "Lightning's 'NOx-ious' impact on pollution, Climate", "Cucumber Genome published", "Junk DNA mechanism discovered that prevents 2 species from reproducing", "Exploring the final frontier: disease a major barrier to Mars and beyond", "Gene control molecules Discovered", "Gene Therapy Technique Slows Brain Disease ALD" - Under "Professional Development" - Revised Science Matrix - [|Draft Science Matrix Oct 2009.pdf] collated by Anne Wignall - Under "Chemistry stuff" - "Colours of ion in solution" card game from Paul Duncan - [|MIT map1.pdf] for the NZC in Action PD on 26 November.

28/10/2009 - some articles from Mike Stone on Drought resistance in plants and Sensing Disasters from Space - both uploaded under the General Science section. 6/10/2009: Resources from Mike Stone on: - Multiple intelligence in Science lessons (under Professional Development) - Several articles on Earthquakes in the Geology section

22/9/2009: The Development of Darwin's Idea of Natural Selection from Mike Stone: [|Darwin.doc]. BTW: New movie called "Creation" on Charles Darwin and the development of his Theory of evolution and how this impacted his family and the society. Here's the trailer: [] Unfortunately, no release date for NZ at the moment. (Another Darwin movie in the making called "Mrs Darwin") 16/9/2009: Uploaded some articles from Mike's News into the "General Science" page, also a slideshow on 21st Century Science Skill Map in the "Professional Development" page 7/6/2009: Unpacked standards from Mike Stone here. Each document contain information from the Explanatory notes of the standard, the national moderators report and any assessment circulars to show what is required. Photosynthesis rap also added to the multimedia section 2/6/2009 - E4E news 2009 page added 3/3/2009 - Added new page on Stingray Migration from email forwarded from Mike Stone - good for year 13 bio. Under "Biology bits and bobs" - Here is a shortcut: Stingray Migration 23/2/2009 - Practicals for year 13 Human Evolution. (Presented at the BioEd09 Conference) uploaded under Biology bits and bobs/Evolution 13/2/2009 - Received an email in response to changing task for Level 1 Science 1.1 AS90186 - See "General Science resources" 20/11/08 - Haven't had any resources to add recently - but received this from Mike Stone (originally from Anna Roberts) - take a look if you need a laugh. 4/10/08 - Added Waiatarua Eyes on Birds info, Western Springs Eyes on Birds info, Waiatarua urban restoration documents on Ecology page (Biology/Ecology) 24/9/08 - Scholarship Chem resources added (under "Scholarship" page), and Variation of species along Titration Curve Simulation added in the "Chemistry stuff" page 22/9/08 - electric current animation and powerpoint added to Electricity page (Stuart Palmer) 13/9/08 - Gas exchange powerpoint and animations from Maddie Ware in Kerikeri - found under "Biology bits and bobs" --> "Animal diversity" 11/9/08 - NZEST Chem Exams added to scholarship page 9/9/08 - lots more Biology scholarship resources added, as well as some Physics scholarship resources. 6/9/08 - Added some Biology Scholarship documents in new "Scholarship" page 31/8/08 - Contributions from Gail Thomas (Pakuranga College) - Ecology Jeopardy ppt (Under Bio bits and bobs/ecology), Reaction of metals and metal compounds ppt (under chemistry stuff), and Renewable energy ppt (under physics things) 29/8/08 - Made new page called "Multimedia" - uploaded links to Meiosis square dance video, mitosis song, photosynthesis song, the galaxy song animation, glycolysis song, rock cycle song, evolution by beer video, reactions of alkali metals videos. 21/8/08 - Science fair and technology booklets added to the "General Science resources" page 20/8/08 - Added two year 12 Biology Evolution activites on the Biology bits and bobs/Evolution page - Added a new page for Professional Development with the Habits of mind posters and blooms ppt - Added a new "Cell Biology" page under "Biology bits and bobs" and uploaded cell biology powerpoints