Projects

Students aim to plan, design and create prototypes for an astronomically-aligned playground that teaches users about the stars and space and is specific to the local Papakura community environment.

Students at Hunua School aim to increase the native birdlife in and around the school environment by controlling the unwanted pests (predators to birdlife) in and around the school grounds and environment.

Students at Point England School aim to develop a sensor that will tell them how full their recycling bins are.

Ngāti Paoa Iwi Trust and Point England School aim to raise longfin eels for release back into the local waterways.

Students at Papakura High School aim to set up a sustainable biochar production using a custom-built kiln that will be located on school grounds.

Youth at a Geek Camp school holiday programme will help clean up the local waterways and look at finding ways to kill the koi carp that are damaging the local ecosystem.

Students and teachers will investigate the feasibility of producing and using Black Field Crickets as an alternative food source in their school community.

Students at Waiuku College will be looking at methods of raising queen bees and determining the most appropriate process for their school environment.

Students at Willowbank School will be designing a water self-sufficient living space for a typical Auckland family home.

Students at Conifer Grove School are researching different formulas and methods of making an environmentally-friendly plastic substitute they can use to make products.