This page provides information about projects funded through the Participatory Science Platform and Unlocking Curious Minds contestable fund.
Ara Institute of Canterbury
Offering a STEM integrated project based learning experience to encourage year 10 and 11 students to continue with mathematics, sciences and physics long-term.
May 2016 - December 2016
$30,000.00 excl. GST (2016)
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Engaging the public and raising the appreciation of moths as ecological indicators of the health and connectedness of our natural world.
May 2016 - December 2016
$150,000.00 excl. GST (2016)
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Unitec Institute of Technology
Delivering estuary monitoring instruction to high school students from the rural Kaipara district by linking western science (the toolkit) and traditional knowledge (kaitiakitanga) in an engaging and relevant way.
May 2016 - March 2017
$30,000.00 excl. GST (2016)
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Otago Central Rail Trial Trust
Creating a 100 million to one scale model of our Solar System on the Otago Central Rail Trail which will be transformed into an outdoor classroom where visitors, communities and young people can learn and be inspired by science and technology.
May 2016 - March 2017
$24,000.00 excl. GST (2016)
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Catalyst Charitable Trust
Engaging Queenstown students in science and technology by supporting them to investigate a topic of their choice, focussed around “Future Queenstown”, culminating in a week long sci-tech festival in September 2016.
May 2016 - December 2016
$8,495.00 excl. GST (2016)
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Methodist Mission Southern
Connecting year 9 and 10 students from Dunedin with innovative businesses in the science and technology sector to provide inspirational, behind-the-scenes experiences of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths based careers before their important year
May 2016 - December 2016
$26,030.00 excl. GST (2016)
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Measuring air quality inside schools throughout the Hutt Valley and encouraging increased engagement of primary and intermediate-age children with atmospheric science and sensor technologies.
May 2016 - December 2016
$29,500.00 excl. GST (2016)
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Society for Maori Astronomy Research and Traditions
Engaging and exciting Maori youth (18 years and younger) through an outreach programme that introduces astronomical concepts, space travel, and physics to provide an exciting platform to engage our rangitahi.
May 2016 - December 2016
$150,000.00 excl. GST (2016)
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Waikato Institute of Technology
Local school students and community members will learn to apply Internet of Things (IoT) sensors measuring a range of factors, including soil moisture, air temperature, relative humidity, UV levels, rainfall, air pressure, wind speed and wind direction.
May 2016 - December 2016
$30,000.00 excl. GST (2016)
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The University of Auckland
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.
May 2016 - March 2017
$30,000.00 excl. GST (2016)
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