Social science resources: multimedia, virtual field trips and webquests
This section has online projects and programmes, virtual field trips, forums, multimedia interactives, digital learning objects, and some useful websites.
Turn it Around! Flashcards for Education Futures
A toolkit to help us reimagine our approach to education, and our relationship with nature and the living world, during this time of climate crisis. This deck of flashcards is designed by youth for education policymakers, politicians, and teachers to challenge them to think, see, and act in new ways. Available in English, Spanish, and French.
NZAEE: Educating for Sustainability | Te Mauri o te Taiao
NZAEE’s mission is to connect and inspire educators, ākonga, and communities to learn, collaborate, and take action for Papatūānuku. Find resource materials across all sustainability issues and learning stages; a database of specialist providers to bring new perspectives, expertise, and community connections to your learning programme; and a range of events across Aotearoa to provide connection and learning opportunities.
Visit NZAEE: Educating for Sustainability | Te Mauri o te Taiao
LEARNZ – Virtual field trips, levels 1-8
LEARNZ virtual field trips provide free, fully supported, interactive student experiences plus the largest collection of New Zealand, contemporary digital resources for education.
Living Heritage Tikanga Tuku Iho, levels 1–8
A project that aims to encourage young people to investigate their heritage and record it as an online resource.
My hero, levels 1–8
The goal at My Hero is to discover real-life heroes using the World Wide Web. This is an ongoing project where students around the world submit their heroes from diverse fields.
World Vision – Frontline Connection, levels 1–8
This website provide students with a variety of opportunities to increase their knowledge and understanding about issues related to inequalities in development.
