Tag: All Ages
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Manawa Energy – Renewable Hydro Energy
Manawa Energy – Come and pit hydro, solar and wind energy against each other on the Manawa Energy Race Track, get hands-on with some of our hydrologists and check out our model of a hydro dam and learn about how the elver elevator could help our native tuna (eels). Manawa Energy is focused on on…
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School of Science – Marine Science
University of Waikato School of Science – Watch multi-coloured Chemical experiments and take part in a real-life Marine Invaders game.
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Engineering with Beca
Beca – Come and discover how engineers find solutions for transportation – by road, air and water.
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Auckland Bioengineering Institute
The ABI have been breaking boundaries in bioengineering for more than 20 years. Come see some of the life-changing research we’re working on – including holograms created from our computer-generated models of organs like the lungs.
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Facepainting at STEMFest
Face painting with Andrea and Sandi – Get into the festival mood at our face-painting station. Fun for all ages!
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Measuring brain development and the origins of psychology
UoW School of Psychology – In this exhibit, we look at the changes in human development and brain development during pregnancy up until birth. We discuss how this relates to early psychological functioning and sensory capacities and what this means for psychology later in life.
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Biosecurity NZ
Biosecurity New Zealand – Showcase of Biosecurity in action from Plant Viruses to Marine Pests and understanding the pathways that are our greatest risk of an entry into New Zealand.
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Electric Cart Showcase
EVolocity – A showcase of a finalist team’s cart for a nationwide EV building competition! Our display is an electric cart built by high school students for a nationwide engineering competition. It is built for racing, and has to take into account several race types centred around manoeuvrability, economy, and pure speed. The students have…
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UBCO Bikes
UBCO – A chance to see and learn about the iconic and locally engineered UBCO 2X2, and hear about the exciting things our team are doing in awesome careers.
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NZ Aquabot challenge
Ministry of Inspiration – NZAquaBots is New Zealand’s only underwater robotics programme. At this workshop, participants will be able to design engineer at ‘hackabot’ to complete a challenge underwater! Can you collect kai? Can you save the trapped dolphin? Test your skills and see if you can! Microbots – This hands-on activity will have participants…
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Analytica Laboratories
Analytica Laboratories – Analytica will be running pipetting challenges with full lab gear races. The fastest to pipette primary colours into green wins! This is paired with an interactive puzzle to learn about laboratory work.
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Giant bubbles
STEM Wana Trust – Bubble blowing is a fun example of chemistry! We invite visitors to experiment with homemade giant bubble wands and discover a bit of math, engineering, and science (chemistry and physics) as well as having lots of fun.