This workshop will explore what rongoa is including karakia, waiata, sound and energy and how it applies to our modern world. Appropriate tikanga will be explored, accompanied with waiata and karakia. We will make a lip balm and look at New Zealand native trees and how we can use them to enhance our health, along with other rongoa practices for good health.
Most schools have a collection of rocks, but it often becomes jumbled and hard to use. How can the jumbled be turned into something of use and embedded in your learning? In this workshop, Dr Sam Hampton provides advice, directions and hands-on examples of how to get the most out of your rock collection. You are encouraged to bring along your own schools’ collection to work through within the workshop.
The United Nations has declared 2025 as the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation. Understand the global and local significance of glaciers through this interactive workshop. Our glaciers are disappearing due to climate change and receding glaciers are a major cause of sea level rise. Loss of glacial ice also threatens our water supplies and local communities. Discover what’s unique about New Zealand’s glaciers and the landscapes they shape. Model glacial recession and uncover the importance of these giant rivers of ice.
What do you know about our endemic Canterbury butterflies? This workshop will take you on a crash course on our local butterflies and to provide you with the know-how to create habitats, identify and scientifically pin our gorgeous Lepidoptera. Learn how to get your students involved in the B5 Project and become kaitiaki of their school grounds and the wider community. Connect with butterfly experts both in Canterbury and nationally to help protect our taonga species.
Learn everything you need to know to successfully grow Kumara in Canterbury. Once thought to be unsuitable for the region, Sandi has proven otherwise and will take you on a journey through the history of this iconic kiwi plant. Participants will learn all the techniques needed to give their students a unique hands on experience of witnesses the full life cycle of the plant from starting slips to harvesting the mature crop.
An exciting, hands-on workshop that brings the art of a bioblitz to life. Participants will learn how to organize and conduct a bioblitz, with a special focus on catching and observing the incredible variety of critters that take to the skies. From delicate insects to dazzling winged wonders, you’ll uncover the secrets of the flying world. Perfect for educators, students, and nature enthusiasts, this workshop promises to inspire curiosity and a deeper appreciation for the creatures that share our skies.
We get to space with rockets and we can explore science concepts to do with rockets through water rockets.
In this workshop we will take you through a few experiments you can do with your students to explore physics and how rockets work.
Many schools have water rocket launches available so these are a fun and accessible way of getting closer to space. Water rockets are suitable for all ages from year 1 through to year 13, with many of the concepts applicable to ESS and Physics.
