Nanogirl's Super World:

    Clever Creatures of New Zealand


    Discover the amazing scientific world of New Zealand's unique insects and other tiny creatures.

    Nanogirl's Super World: Clever Creatures of Aotearoa is a beautiful book and box set designed to help your young scientists discover nature's superpowers in your own backyard!

    The beautiful, hardcover Clever Creatures book includes a wide range of educational and entertaining activities, profiles of native New Zealand insects and other creatures plus interviews with real scientist role models making a difference through their research here in New Zealand.

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    The book is filled with hands-on ‘unplugged’ activities to help your child spend time away from their screen and outside in nature discovering science right on their doorstep.  It's designed for reading age 8-11 but there are plenty of pictures for younger children to follow.

    As well as the book, the Clever Creatures pack also includes a special Nanogirl magnifying bug viewer, and a water-resistant Super World explorer tote bag to help carry all those adventure supplies (and snacks).  

    Activity ideas have been designed with accessibility in mind, and can be easily adapted to suit your own child's needs and abilities.

    What's included?

    • 76 page hardcover book, filled with 100+ hours of nature-based STEM activities and experiments, fascinating facts about NZ's incredible bugs and their superpowers, and profiles of Kiwi scientists and their work studying our country's clever creatures
    • Nanogirl magnifying bug viewer
    • Limited edition water-resistant Nanogirl's Super World tote bag

    Downloadable Templates from the Book

    You can complete your Nanogirl Super World activities as many times as you like in as many places as you want using these templates

    Draw your Own Map

    Use this printable template to draw a map of your local area and learn how scientists plot environmental and geographical information.

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    Classifying Creatures

    Use this printable template to draw and label a clever creature that you have observed.

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    Engineer your own Counting Quadrat

    Use this printable template to sketch all the things that you find in your quadrat and learn about micro-ecosystems.

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    Build your own Balancing Butterfly

    Colour in and cut out this template, then follow the instructions in your book to make your own balancing butterfly.

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    Nanogirl's Super World is available at all leading bookstores!

    If you don't have your own copy of Nanogirl's Super World: Clever Creatures of New Zealand yet, you can pick one up at Whitcoulls, Paper Plus or your favourite New Zealand bookstore.

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