Projects

Providing quality science activities for schools which connect to the stories, landscapes and history of Ngāti Whakaue through the Matakōkiri bilingual science kits.

Te Taumata o Ngāti Whakaue in collaboration with Scion are developing a platform for students to investigate and explore innovative uses of harakeke by making a practical and sustainable product.

In collaboration with Kai Rotorua, Scion and Rotorua Boys High School, Māori teenagers will engage with science by exploring their own cultural history of kūmara using 3D printing technology.

Expanded and extended for a second year, NZ National Biomechanics Day is celebrating the science of biomechanics with even more secondary students across New Zealand through an experiential learning day.

RoboPā 2018 is a portable maker-space encouraging Māori rangatahi and emerging kaiako to embrace computational thinking practices, scientific approaches and technological innovation.

After taking the South Island by storm, the successful Lab-in-a-box team are now visiting the North Island! They are engaging schools and communities, seeding new citizen science projects and discussing future technologies for environmental management.

Students from 20 schools across the Bay of Plenty are engaging in science and technology through practical hands-on learning about pest management and biosecurity in the primary industries.

Tohu o te wā fuses science and technology to enable meaningful engagement from tamariki and rangatahi (Māori youth), through the development of a mātauranga pūtaiao mobile application.

This collaborative and hands-on 8-week programme builds confidence in STEAM for Year 3-4 students. With diversity and accessibility at its heart, Nanogirl’s Lab is delivered in communities nationwide.

A touring ‘circus’ of air-themed experiments and experiences will prompt schoolchildren to create collaborative data, art, and stories which will be virtually curated and shared to support peer-to-peer learning.