Living Landscapes literacy and science resources

SJ=Schools Journal

TSM=Teacher support material

Title / Type of resource / Reference / Year Level and or NZC Level
The Bittern / School Journal + TSM / Pt 3 #1 2009 / Yr 5
Flying Fungi / As above / Feb / Level 2
The Butterfly Effect for lifecycle / As above / April 2012 / Level 3
Te Taonga Nai a Tane (Harvesting of the Kauri Tree.) / As above / Pt 1, Nov 2011 / Yr 4
Timber / As above / Nov 2011 / L 3, Yr 6
Puketi Robins / SJ only. / Pt 2#1 2011
How Big is your footprint?(for Green house effect and climate change and challenges facing earth) / School Journal + TSM / Pt 3#1 2011 / Yr 5
The Ant Army (to learn about ants) / School Journal + TSM / Pt 2#4 2010 / Yr 5
Save our Sand dunes / School Journal + TSM / Pt2#3 2010 / Yr 4
Changing Landscapes / SJ only. / Pt 2#1 2007
Pest Fish / SJ only. / Pt2#42005
Ants on the March (characteristics of army ants as predators.) / School Journal + TSM / Pt2#4 2010 / L2
Killer Plants / .
SJ only. / Pt2#1 2010
Plight of the Sea Turtle / SJ only. / Pt3#2 2008
Get your Hands Dirt.(about worms) / SJ only. / Pt1#4 2009
Making paper +(MP3) / Junior Journal + TSM / 44 / L2 Gold
Our Recycled Wormfarms / Junior Journal + TSM / 40 (Audio 40/41) / L1 Gold
Pet Day Problem (Worms) / Junior Journal / 40 / L1 Gold
Make a mini Worm Farm / Junior Journal + TSM / 39 / Purple
Catching Mustelids (About protection or endangered wildlife) / Junior Journal + TSM / 43 (Audio 42/43)
Endangered Bird / Junior Journal + TSM / 29
Our Treasured Island / Junior Journal + TSM / 37
Hoiho and a New Home for Mokomoko / Junior Journal / 43
Spider/Spiderwork / Junior Journal / 42 (Audio 42/43)
Honey makers (about bees) / Ready to Read+TSM / L1 orange
Blue Eggs (How the song thrush came to NZ) / Ready to Read+TSM / L1 Gold
Duckling Palace / Ready to Read+TSM / Purple
Too Many Possums / Ready to Read+TSM / L1 Gold
A Very Clever possum / Ready to Read / Orange
Extraordinary Earthworms / Ready to Read / Gold
The White Tail Spider / Ready to Read / Gold
The Magpie tree / JJ18
Dancing Bees / JJ 36
Possum Pie (A play) / JJ / Pt1#1 2006
“Frogs” / SJ / May 2013 / L4
“Frogs” / SJSL / 2013
Mrs Wildings Potatoes (An All Black digging potatoes) / SJ+TSM / Pt2#2 2011 / Yr5
Seeds for the Birds / SJ / Pt2#4 2007
Picking Peas (Roles and responsibilities of people picking food together in India) / SJ+TSM / Pt1#4 2010 / Yr4 L2
In a Chinese Garden (How and why a garden was made) / SJ+TSM / Pt2#4 2010 / L2
Scarecrows from Space / Readt to Read+TSM / Purple 2
Our Rocks Rock! by Jill MacGregor / School Journal+TSM / April 2013 / Level 2 ,Year 4
“Finding Pounamu” / SJ / 1.4.05
Tuatara by Lauris Edmond / SJ / October 2012 / L2
Earhtquake
Pet Shop
Harakeke
Chicken / SJ / Nov 2011 / L3
“To Spray or Not to Spray?” / SJ / 4.3.05
“The Emperor of Peka Peka Beach” / SJ / Oct 2012 / L4
“The Wild Deer Debate” / SJSL / 2011
Backyard Chooks / School Journal / August 2013 / Level 2 ,Year 4
Rata and the Totara Tree and
The Strength of Roots / SJ / March 2012 / L4
Kuaka: The Marathon Bird, The Biggest Snake in History, Save the Whales / Sept 2011 / L3

Connected Series- is a companion resource to the School Journal to promote scientific literacy, technology and mathematics.

Year / Title/Theme / NZ Curriculum Level
2012 / Bees / 2
Connected 3 2011 / Border/Biosecurity Security / 3-4
Connected 2 2010 / Working With Nature (Enviroschool Project Stories.)Environment and Sustainability / 1-3
Connected 1 2002 / On Frog pond / 2
Connected 2 2009 / Dead Pigs with Maggots please / 2
Connected 2 2003 / “Māori Rock Science”
Connected 2 2003 / ‘A History of Rock”

Building Science Concept Books

(See for teachers guide.)

Can be used with resources which assess NZC concepts from the books from:

Book Reference / Title / NZC Level
3 / Birds, Structure, Function and Adaptation / 1-4
4 / Animal life histories, Reproduction, Growth and Change. / 1-4
6 / Soil Animals:Diversity beneath our feet (Includes food chains and webs.) / 1-4
39 / Is this an animal? Diversity of the animal kingdom / 3-4
7 / The bush-Classification of living things / 3-4
23 / Fresh Food (decomposition) / 1-2
24 / Preserving Food / 3-4
45 / Slug and Snails: Investigating small animals
/ 1-4
52 / The Landchanges ( and the balance of life.) / 1-4
53 / Moulds are Fungi (Mould causes changes.) / 3-4
55 / Mammals (Classification through observation.) / 3-4
62 / Spiders Everywhere / 3-4
25 / Flowers, fruits and Seeds / 1-2
63 / Growing Plants indoors / 1-2
20 / Making New Plants / 3-4
35 / Is this a Plant? / 1-2
43 / Spring: Observing Seasonal Changes / 1-2
44 / Spring is a season / 1-2