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Senior Secondary (Years 11 - 13)
1080 is a poison that has been used in New Zealand since the 1950s to control the populations of invasive species such as possums, rats, stoats, deer and rab...
Entry last updated: 11/11/24Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)
Robots are machines built to help people. The word 'robot' comes from the Czech word robata which means forced labour. When most people imagine a robot they ...
Entry last updated: 29/11/24Chemistry is a branch of science and is the study of matter. It describes states of matter. There are three states of matter - solid, liquid and gas, and the...
Entry last updated: 15/01/25A desert is one of the world's major biomes. A biome is a large region of Earth that has a certain climate and certain types of plants and animals that have ...
Entry last updated: 15/11/24Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)
Evolution is a scientific theory used by biologist to explain how living things have changed over a long period of time. Charles Darwin, a British naturalist...
Entry last updated: 15/11/24The Republic of Kiribati (pronounced 'Kiri-bas') is a country in the South Pacific Ocean that speaks English and Gilbertese (or I-Kiribati). Made up of 33 i...
Entry last updated: 7/07/25There are many countries in the world and each country is unique with its own flag, national anthem, language, culture, climate, government and currency. Cou...
Entry last updated: 3/06/25A rainforest is a thick forest usually found in areas of warm temperatures, high humidity and heavy annual rainfall. The Amazon rainforest in South America i...
Entry last updated: 13/01/25Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)
A cryptocurrency is a virtual or digital currency built on cryptography (secure communication techniques). Bitcoin was the first cryptocurrency and created b...
Entry last updated: 11/12/24There are many successful New Zealand authors who have written books for children, young adults and adults. In this entry, we will show you where to find inf...
Entry last updated: 14/11/24