Grab your exclusive opportunity to access an incredible range of PLD expert facilitators in one place at our upcoming event: 

2025 Flexi Conferences – Taupo Conference. Supported by Kids Greening Taupo

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The conference starts 

Wednesday, June 4, 2025 @4:00 pm

and finishes on 

Friday, June 6, 2025 @3:00 pm

Last day of 2 for 1 early bird offer is Friday, 11th April, 2025
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
Taupo
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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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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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Nocturnal Navigators: Crafting Traps and Unlocking Biodiversity - AFTER DARK

Discover the hidden world of moths with Kelly Body in this captivating after-dark workshop.
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Mara kai  

Explore the fascinating relationship between plants and their environment with Ruud Kleinpaste in his workshop, "How to Murder Your Plants More Slowly."
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Get Lost! - with us (AFTER DARK)

Get lost with us and discover your inner strength! We will show you how you deal with the challenges of disorientation and uncertainty.
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How to murder your plants more slowly    

Explore the fascinating relationship between plants and their environment with Ruud Kleinpaste in his workshop, "How to Murder Your Plants More Slowly."
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Sustainability in New Zealand Seas

Commercial Fish harvesting and the controls and strategies employed to do the job efficiently.
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Make a Grey rock interesting

With Julian Thomson - this workshop introduces physical geography and geology at primary level.
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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 the Taupo Conference. Field-Based STEM bring this conference to Taupo with the support of Kids Greening Taupo. You can see what is on offer below and by clicking on the ‘Book This Conference’ button below:

LAST DAY OF 2 FOR 1 EARLY BIRD OFFER IS 11TH APRIL, 2025.

What's included

Participants can select any of the workshops that are not yet at capacity. You can find out which workshops are still available on the Taupo Conference registration FORM: 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…. Light refreshments will be available, but participants should bring a packed lunch. If transport is needed to get you to the start of your workshop/fieldtrip, then participants are responsible for their own transport.
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