Projects

The DNAiTECH is an instrument developed specifically for enhancing practical interactions with DNA technology within secondary education. The students will use the DNAiTECH to investigate local natural waterways and access levels of contamination from the

This project will create bilingual, multimedia, educational resources based on contemporary NZ research into repo (wetland) ecology and restoration.

By collecting, analysing and mapping their own GPS data during an interactive field trip, students learn how mathematics helps us understand animal ecology resulting in effective control of pest mammals.

Christchurch schools and Early Learning Centres investigate īnanga spawning habitats and how to help increase their numbers.

Students across all New Zealand are extracting chemicals from their local mānuka trees, which work as natural weedkillers and antibacterials, and then looking at how these chemicals vary between mānuka trees growing in different parts of New Zealand.

Ahi Pepe MothNet – Aotearoa is citizen science that aims to engage teachers, tamariki (children), and whanau with moths, ecology and how science is conducted and connected to everyday life.

This project will expand the new Whitebait Connection National Īnanga (whitebait) Spawning Programme into early childhood centres and kura kaupapa through developing new resources in Te Reo Māori and Te Whariki curriculum.

Schools and community groups work with scientists to plan and implement ground-breaking new research into locating and restoring īnanga (whitebait) spawning areas in five regions throughout New Zealand.

Reconnecting Māori students in te reo to Indigenous scientific knowledge (Mātauranga Māori) and uses of fungi, including traditional uses for rongoā and food.