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2025 Flexi Conferences – Summary of workshops

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The conference starts 

Wednesday, January 1, 2025 @1:00 pm

and finishes on 

Wednesday, December 31, 2025 @3:00 pm

We have a 2 FOR 1 EARLY BIRD OFFER for all registrations completed two or more months before the start of the conference.
PLEASE NOTE that this page provides a SUMMARY of workshops that are available at different locations throughout the year. Field-Based STEM run conferences throughout New Zealand - providing local and flexible PLD options for schools. Our conferences run over 3 days and teachers can opt into any time slot that works best. We have after school and after dark slots as well as morning and afternoon slots. Teachers can register for just one workshop or as many as they like ...
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Our Conferences are designed to be as flexible and accessible as possible. You can attend for a morning, an afternoon, after school (4pm to 6.30 pm), after dark (6.30pm to 9 pm) or ANY COMBINATION

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Duration
3 days
cost
$285 for each workshop that you register for. We have an Early Bird 2 for 1 offer for any registration confirmed 2 or more months prior to the start date. This could be two teachers for the price of one or two workshops for the price of one etc
Location
Local to your school
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Co-operative Board Games

In this interactive session, you’ll play and analyse games designed to challenge groups to work together toward common goals.
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Nature and Nutrition

In this workshop, we’ll delve into how nutrition impacts our bodies and the environment, uncovering sustainable food choices and the role of plants in our diets.
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Scratch Programming

Gain confidence in the world of coding with Scratch. This is a beginner-friendly platform that makes programming accessible and exciting.
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Bad Science

Can you spot a scientific myth when you see one? This workshop will dive into the world of flawed experiments, misleading statistics, and pseudoscience.
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Sustainable practices in textiles - felting using natural fibres

Learn the technique of wet felting using wool. This technique is fun, affordable and hands on creating an applied design that can be used for wall art or embellishment for...
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Sustainable practices in textiles - something old something new

Tell a story by repurposing used clothing: 1) weaving with handmade looms 2) Amish knot rag rugs
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Stencil and Screenprint

Learn the basics of screen printing creating a hand-cut stencil, printing - colour and design, and overlay printing (great for yr 10-13 applied design tee shirts).
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Space Science Water Rocket Workshop

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...
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Manu and their kai

Identify local birds and undertake 5MBC and complete a quick quadrat survey of potential food sources, to determine if there is a link between the two. 
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Exploring Evolution at the Zoo. Workshop 1: The Unity and Diversity of Life – A Ramble Through the Zoo.

Practical strategies for teaching evolution through observation and key insights into Darwin's groundbreaking ideas.
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Overview

Field Based STEM run conferences throughout New Zealand – providing local and flexible PLD options for schools.

Our conferences run over three days, and teachers can opt into any time slot that works best. We have after-school and after-dark slots, as well as morning and afternoon slots. Teachers can register for just one workshop or as many as they like.

Registrations are now being taken for our Flexi Conferences which we are running throughout NZ. This site provides you with a range of workshops that are being offered outside the normal school day.

We have a 2 FOR 1 EARLY BIRD OFFER for all registrations completed two or more months before the start of the conference.

What's included

This site shows the wide variety of workshops available OUTSIDE normal school hours. To get more information about Conferences near you, simply click on the Booking Links. PLEASE NOTE, we finalise the workshops available after the 2 for 1 Early Bird offer expires – ie 2 months before the start date. You can still register right upto the start date, but some of the workshop options below, may have been removed….
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