Notes

Building Science Concepts is a series designed to support teachers of New Zealand children at curriculum levels 1-4. The books provide a structured approach to the teaching of science concepts, helping teachers to build children’s understandings from simple to more complex scientific ideas. Linked with the strands and achievement aims of Science in the New Zealand Curriculum. Looks at rocky shores (akau), sandy and shingle shores (onepu, one kirikiri), mudflats (oneparu), lagoons (hapua), or estuaries (wahapu). These places offer a wide variety of habitats where various tidal communities can get the food and shelter they need. Studying this environment gives children opportunities to explore the variety and interdepence of living things, the effects of change, both short- and long-term on an environment, and the relationship between living and non-living elements in an ecosystem.