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How about floating this idea in your classroom?
02/11/2015Making Argo floats is a fun way to engage primary students in science, writes CAROL BRIESEMAN.
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Dr Roslyn Kemp recognised for mentoring
01/11/2015The Association for Women in the Sciences (AWIS) Miriam Dell Award has been won by an Otago University immunologist.
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For women and girls in science
30/09/2015In a week in which NASA scientists have predicted a sea level rise of a metre over the next 100-200 years, a New Zealand scientist has won an award for her ground-breaking research into mapping climate change since the last ice age. Read more about her work, as well as a related ‘Girls in Science’ event held at the University of Auckland.
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Looking ahead to SeaWeek 2016
22/09/2015‘Healthy seas, healthy people’ is the theme of the next Seaweek celebration.
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Dig this idea
18/09/2015A Māori innovation challenge called DigMyIdea is calling for entrants.
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New Mind Lab endeavours
16/09/2015The Mind Lab expands its offerings with an open day and a new tertiary qualification.
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A passion for pūtaiao
14/09/2015Kamo High School students, whanau, teachers and board of trustees have joined forces to establish a science ‘academy’ for Ngatiwai year 9 students, and others interested. The aim is to share Ngātiwai Mātauranga (cultural heritage) with a focus on kaitiakitanga (guardianship). Kamo HOD science HAZEL MCINTOSH and Ngātiwai Pūtaiao project leader GAYLE WELLINGTON share their thoughts on the programme so far.
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Skateboards, eggs and drunken moose help explain famous theories at Space Place
26/08/2015An interesting event in Wellington last week aimed to explain famous scientific theories to grown-ups.
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Sky spotter: the night sky for August
16/08/2015Choose a dark night to look up this month, and see the Milky Way in all its glory, writes Stardome Observatory’s JOHN ROWE.
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Human-powered submarine has world record in sight
06/08/2015A human-powered submarine called Taniwha is driven by a pilot using scuba gear.