Projects

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

Can students create an effective bioreactor system to grow algae and use it as an alternative fuel source? This project aims to investigate possible solutions to some major environmental issues.

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

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.

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

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