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Introducing TuiTime!
On 16 May 2002, the New Zealand Ecological
Society launched its interactive children's electronic
resource, funded in part by the New Zealand Royal Society. The project,
called "TuiTime," follows Tiaki tui's learning
adventures with New Zealand's biodiversity. The site contains many fun activities
for children, educational resources for school teachers, and an amazing interactive game
where children get to be a tui. Fly on over to
www.tuitime.org.nz
to visit Tiaki tui and her friends!
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TuiTime has been upgraded and the new version went live on 11 August 2003. The
site has been completely overhauled and there are many more activities with
different degrees of difficulty. There's more information too and the game
"Tiaki's life" now reflects the changes that have happened in New Zealand forest
systems during the last part of the Holocene. Teachers will find the site more
comprehensive and helpful and students will find TuiTime more interesting and
challenging. This upgrade was made possible by funding from the Ministry for
the Environment's Sustainable Management Fund.
TuiTime was developed as an educational resource. You can help us to promote the
site by telling school teachers and children about it. The site has been
designed for Levels 1-4 of the school curriculum and will be useful for
primary and early secondary school.
If anyone is interested in joining the NZES education subcommittee and assisting
with TuiTime, please contact either Carol West (cwest@doc.govt.nz)
or Jacqueline Beggs (University of Auckland).
Note: More educational webpages on NZ ecology can be found on our links page.
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