"Science is a way of investigating, understanding and explaining our natural world, physical world and wider universe" (NZ Curriculum).

Students need to lean what science is and how scientists work as well as scientific knowledge.

Science programmes at Eastern Hutt aim to provide hands on investigations that will develop students' curiosity of the world around us and an interest in science.

Nature of Science


At EHS we wanted to integrate our Inquiry model into science.  The above document shows how we have done this using the Nature of Science strand.  As students progress through the school their skills develop at each stage.

These skills will be taught through a range of science contexts.

At this stage the document is in draft form.


Being a Scientist

At EHS we have developed a set of 15 cards that show the skills and behaviours that students should use when they are being scientist.