Author: STEMFest Team
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School to Skies
School to Skies NZDF – Have you ever wondered how a plane flies? Or would you rather have your feet planted firmly on the ground? The Royal New Zealand Air Force -School to Skies team are showcasing the many aviation STEM career pathways on offer through their hands on display. Tinker with our Grumman aircraft,…
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Planetarium – Exploring the Universe
Milky Way Kiwi – (Session Times TBC) The Astrobiology Dome takes you on a journey through the universe across space and time.
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Mars Rovers
Milky-Way.Kiwi – (Session Times TBC) Drive a European Space Agency designed rover and see what it’s like to control a rover on Mars.
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Drone Cage – How Low Can You Go?
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research lead the research and development of remote sensing of the terrestrial environment in New Zealand. Working in this space since the 1970’s, it is no surprise that our research teams are at the forefront of developing and implementing cutting edge technologies and methods to monitor and better understand the environment. Come along…
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Bridges to Schools
Institution of Civil Engineers – Come and be an engineer for the day. Get hands-on and build a 13 metre long exhibition bridge! Bridge building times 11am, 1pm, and 3pm.
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Engineer Your World
University of Auckland: Faculty of Engineering WIE and SPIES – Students and staff from the Faculty of Engineering are at hand to answer all your burning questions about studying and working in Engineering, while you have a go at creating and testing your own designs in our engineering. Design, build, and test fire your own…
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UFO Spinners
Cool Bananas – A make-and-take station, where kids can create a ‘U.F.O. Spinner’ (Unidentified Fidgeting Object) out of things that can’t be recycled, as a reminder of sustainability.
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Tower Building Challenge
Envirohub – Precious Plastics – We’re turning milk bottle tops into precious plastics! We’ll have a few fun games and activities including a ‘Build your own lids tower’ and a ‘tic tac toe’!
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Preview of Starter Building Kit for InsectBot finalists
Five finalists of the competition announced in late August, will receive an InsectBot Starter Building Kit which will include several components, the core compulsory elements being: Processor Sensor Motor When designing your InsectBot be sure to consider the above compulsory components and highlight them in your design. Our judging panel will be reviewing all entries…
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Manawa Energy announced as Headline Sponsor for STEMFest 2022
After a challenging couple of years due to the global pandemic, we are super excited to bring back Tauranga STEM Festival on Sunday the 2nd of October. It will be the second edition of STEMFest. Following on from the first award winning event will be a challenge – but – we believe that with the…
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Explore NZ insects with Morgane
WEEK THREE. Find out more about native NZ insects and their characteristics and how these elements can be incorporated into a design for an InsectBot that can survive on Mars!
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Insider robotic tips on how to build a successful InsectBot
WEEK THREE. Meet HexRoach. Be inspired by how our robotics expert got on when he designed and built his version of an InsectBot.