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

The conference starts 

Wednesday, May 7, 2025 @4:00 pm

and finishes on 

Friday, May 9, 2025 @3:00 pm

Last day of 2 for 1 early bird offer is 8th March, 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 ...
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

event Profile

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

PROGRAMME OPTIONS

After Dark

Other Workshops

overview

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

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 …

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 8TH MARCH, 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.

Workshops after dark

Other Workshops

Making A Mark (Uniqueness of Finger Prints)

This workshop will introduce participants to the only unique form of identification in the world. The history and science behind fingerprints and how this

differs from DNA profiling. The many types of powders and chemicals that can be used to develop fingerprints from a multitude of substrates. We will then introduce

our very own Automated Fingerprint Identification System AFIS (The only one in private hands in the world) for you to search your develop crime prints from the mock crime scene.

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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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Navigation

The movement of the Earth, Sun and Moon has been used for thousands of years to mark the passage of time and for assisting with navigation.

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