Projects

In-school and out-of-class programmes involving contextual learning techniques using Robots, which primary school-age children design, build and program to perform a range of STEM related objectives.

Hands-on workshops focused around geology, bridge engineering and horticulture for Year 7 & 8 students, where they will learn about the application of STEM in their community and NZ.

Providing an astrobiology field trip for secondary school students to highlights New Zealand’s geologic features and associated flora and fauna, and explore questions related to life’s origins and existence in extreme environments.

Students are participating in hands-on activities in the horticulture industry, and learning about potential career opportunities.

'Tai Moana, Tai Ora' will engage with tamariki of Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Parehuia in their natural marine science environment to determine the health of their environment.

This portable showcase will captivate people with the beauty and majesty of our oceans before bringing them into discussion on what the effects of current and future warming will be.

This project aims to demystify pharmaceutical science and equip children and their families with a knowledge-base upon which they can make informed decisions and have confident discussions about medicines.

QuakeCraft: Earthquake Resilient Housing is a fun and innovative project based learning initiative, which encouraged year 10 students to design, build, customise, and test their own pop-up sustainable model house.

Through their own DNA analyses, teachers can demonstrate the value of DNA for studying human migrations. Their students, through video-recording, can celebrate and share their own family journeys to Aotearoa.

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.