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- Subject: Science
- AS: AS90772
- Level: 2
- Credits: 4
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Science 2.3 Describe the factors and processes involved in the evolution of New Zealand's plants and animals
Sites for revision
Department of Conservation
This website has a schools' page accessible from the Community link, with details on how to get involved in conservation programmes. The site contains information about the World Heritage List and Tongariro National Park, Te Wahipounamu-South West New Zealand, and New Zealand's sub-Antarctic islands. It gives details of New Zealand’s biodiversity strategy.
Biodiversity Information Online
This site provides access to information about New Zealand's native biodiversity, and who is doing what to help conserve and manage it. It includes the New Zealand Biodiversity Strategy and links with existing resources about biodiversity. There are sections on news and events, and marine, land, and freshwater biodiversity. It has a keyword search facility and a biodiversity glossary and is a suitable resource for students studying towards NCEA.
Evolution for Teaching
This website has information on the evolution. Topics include theories, hypotheses, and laws about evolution, human evolution, examples of evolution of New Zealand plants and animals, the history of the earth and its evolution, and Darwin and religion. Suitable for NCEA level two.
