Shanandore Brown
Anei ngā whakautu nā Shanandore i tuhi i te reo Māori. Tirohia ki raro mō ngā whakautu ki roto i te reo Pākehā. Here are Shanandore's answers in te reo Māori. See below for English translations.He aha...
View ArticleProject Litter: tracking beach trash
Walking along the Taranaki coastline students noticed a lot of litter, prompting them to not only take action but also find out how it ended up on their beaches. This blossomed into Project Litter, an...
View ArticleDiving into underwater engineering
At Hope School on the outskirts of Nelson, students have been building underwater robots and learning how to drive them, ready for the regional NZAquabots competition in November.The pupils have been...
View ArticleTeens drive creek guardianship in Ōtara
Sisters Jahnah and Reggae Cameron are involving friends, whānau (family) and the wider community in their quest to clean up the area, prevent rubbish and waste entering the awa (river), and reduce the...
View ArticleNew frog leaps into North Taranaki
Ngāti Mutunga community members, primary school tauira (students) and scientists have found a species of frog not known to live in the North Taranaki rohe (area).Until now the frog – known as the Green...
View ArticleClare Cross
What do you do on an average work day? He aha tō mahi ia rā, ia rā?I'm an Environmental Educator and Community Coordinator for a collaborative project called Open VUE (Valley Urban Ecosanctuary), which...
View ArticleAlicia Evans
What do you do on an average work day? He aha tō mahi ia rā, ia rā?I’m really lucky, as product development engineers at Fisher & Paykel Healthcare have a unique opportunity to be involved in all...
View ArticleMaking urban homes self-sufficient
Ninety Year 5 and 6 tauira (students) at Willowbank School in Auckland were wowed by engineers who helped them on their project exploring how to make homes self-sufficient.Prompted by an Auckland water...
View ArticleArrowtown’s Air – An Illustrated Guide
High school children in Alexandra will learn how to analyse, visualise and communicate air quality data collected by children and researchers in our previous: ‘What’s In Your Air, Alex?
View ArticleGreymouth Japanese Honeysuckle Biocontrol
The project aims to reduce Japanese Honeysuckle at Paroa Lagoon with Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research biocontrol (white admiral butterfly), engaging Greymouth Year 12 Biology students and Paroa...
View ArticleWhakatōmene: Matiu Somes Island
Rangatahi will discover their passion for science by learning about ecology, conservation & marine biology, by comparing their own backyard to Matiu Somes Island.
View ArticleHands on Health Science and Pathology for Primary School Children
Collaborative development and delivery of fun, hands-on health science and pathology sessions to primary school children at low decile schools in the Wellington City, Porirua and Lower Hutt regions.
View ArticleManaaki Ao
The project is co-creating together with Raglan Area School and Papa Taiao outdoor living classrooms where students will be introduced to a variety of local environmental issues, human impacts and...
View ArticleLocal taonga as the nexus for STEM introduction
Raglan Area School students will use a locally-discovered fossil as the nexus for a major science discovery program, encouraging these students to recognise their own capability for enquiry-based...
View ArticleCoding and Robot-making – an interactive course of study made available remotely
Giving opportunities to youth of rural, remote location, and unable to obtain STEAM education, to access coding and robotics programs delivered online, and to interact through specific locally planned...
View ArticleSchool of Rocks
The School of Rocks will enable Waitaki schools to explore local geology using spatial technology, raise community awareness of local geologic heritage, and become kaitiaki of special geological sites...
View ArticleScience Show-offs: Empowering youth to on-teach science concepts to families...
"Science Show-offs" aims to empower young people with key scientific principles so they can share their knowledge with family and friends. The project will use everyday objects to carry out hands-on...
View ArticleFirst research on Taranaki’s little blue penguins
Taranaki’s Ngā Motu Marine Reserve Society wanted to find out more about the pockets of kororā little blue penguins living along the coast, some in built-up areas where they share their habitat with...
View ArticleOriana Hansell-Pune
What do you do on an average work day? He aha tō mahi ia rā, ia rā?I teach technology at Papakura Intermediate. My areas of teaching are coding, robotics and STEAM. The tech team and I teach client...
View ArticleScience Academy for teachers
Kick-start or rekindle a love of science teaching with the Sir Paul Callaghan Science Academy.The Academy offers a fresh approach to equipping primary and intermediate school teachers with skills,...
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