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Title: Savvy science goes live - Scoop, NZ Post by: Tanya on July 12, 2007, 03:06:28 PM Savvy science goes live - Scoop, NZ
Anything you ever wanted to know about earthquakes, icy ecosystems, body imaging or the role of science in sport will be just a mouse-click away with the launch of a world-first Science Learning Hub, developed at the University of Waikato. The hub, in Wellington aims to make science come alive for year nine and ten students, by linking science subjects to students’ everyday lives on the online site. The country’s new, high speed Kiwi Research and Education Advanced Network (KAREN) will also be showcased with live streaming of the hub launch to conferences of biology teachers in Wellington and chemistry teachers in Auckland, and to physics teachers in Dunedin later in the week. Read More.. (http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED0707/S00004.htm) |