Astronomy Aotearoa Student & Teacher Website
Astronomy Aotearoa won the Best Educational Book design category in the BPANZ awards, 2008:
The judges said:
" That the book contained a wealth of scientific information for older children, seemed no handicap to designer Marie Low. The judges felt her use of photographs, diagrams, illustrative motifs, coloured headings, breakout panels and freestyle layout was a welcoming approach to a big topic and made education fun."
Sample pages. Photograph by Paul Moss of Wellington
This website supports New Zealand secondary school students who study astronomy. It provides resources for all the unit standards in the New Zealand Qualifications Authority Domain Astronomy. This site is integrated with the Astronomy Aotearoa resources published by Pearson Education New Zealand.
Please send comments and suggestions to teachers@nationalobservatory.net
The Hon Luamanuvao Winnie Laban launches Astronomy Aotearoa
as
author Robert Shaw observes. Aotea College, Wellington, 17 September,
2007.
Photograph by Paul Moss. More>
Student and teacher resources on the internet:
Our Solar System (Standard 20622)
The Milky Way and Other Galaxies (Standard 20623)
Space Exploration (Standard 20621)
Purchase the textbook & workbook online
The New Zealand Qualifications Authority
Anaru Reedy, Te Wananga o Aotearoa,
principal Maori author
of the Astronomy Aotearoa resources.
