Tag: All Ages
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Science at Home with Rebecca
STEM Wana Trust x Rebecca Prestidge – Science at home! A fun and interactive workshop where we bring the science lab to you where you become the scientist and participate in different experiments that are not only science but can also be done at home using items you will find in the pantry!
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Volcano Explorer
Geoscience Society of New Zealand – Come and discover what makes volcanoes tick. Play the Magma Pop game to crystallise different minerals out of a magma, then play with real volcanic rocks to find out what makes them different and why some of them even float on water.
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Rock Detectives – Stories in Stone
Geoscience Society of New Zealand – Every stone has a story to tell. Become a Rock Detective and explore our exciting range of rocks from around Aotearoa New Zealand. How many can you identify using our clues?
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Let’s make a landscape!
Geoscience Society of New Zealand – Come and design your own dynamic 3D landscape in our augmented reality sandbox. Generate virtual rain to learn why lakes, rivers and oceans form where they do, experiment with making new mountains and landmasses, and see where the water flows when you make your own tsunami.
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Pumping for water
Xylem – Discover and learn how water is potentially transported in many countries where availability of electricity is either scarce or not available at all, we will be using the SAAJHI pump in a competition whereby those visiting the stand can fill a tank of water over a period of time. We will measure the…
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Western Bay Wildlife Trust
Western Bay Wildlife Trust – Learn all about our local seabirds and shorebirds and the work we do to protect them! Find out how we undertake scientific monitoring and have a go at weighing and measuring kororā/little blue penguins.
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Centre for Automation and Robotic Engineering Science (CARES)
The University of Auckland robotics research team will demonstrate some of their latest research projects. wearable human robot interfaces that allow us to operate robot grippers and hands in the execution of grasping tasks and with an all-terrain vehicle.
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Our Water – From Source to Sea
Tauranga City Council Water – Come along to the Tauranga City Council STEM presentation and learn about the journey of our local water from source to sea. We will look at conservation and sustainability of drinking water, pollution of stormwater, and treatment of wastewater. You will see where our water comes from, how it is…
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The Tinker Cart Platform
Super Humanics Ltd – Making so many STEM ideas come to life. ‘How to’ built in advice and projects with the tools to make it happen. practical tools, media and equipment. The Tinker Cart, made EF Furniture Ltd, is a mobile STEM resource toolbox. It contains machinery like a 3D Printer, power tools, small sewing…
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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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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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InsectBot creator can win Rocket Lab tour
New Zealand’s young innovators have been set a mission of creating an InsectBot capable of surviving on Mars for the chance to win an exclusive VIP tour of the Rocket Lab facilities. The Great InsectBot Mission Competition is being led by STEM Wana Trust ahead of Tauranga STEM Festival, New Zealand’s largest science, technology, engineering…