We provide Professional Learning Development (PLD) for teachers and specialise in field-based professional development.
Work directly with real scientists or people who made a career in the scientific community!
You have a choice to work with specialised scientists and science communicators who spent their careers in the scientific community.
Every one of us will be delighted to provide you with complementary information to what you already have, and tailor it to your needs.
We each are specialised scientists and science communicators.
We understand the constraints that you have to work with.
You know better than anyone how to teach your students. We bring experts so you can draw inspiration from real life experiences.
There is no hidden work agenda, no extra work for you to fill in.
We love being outside and our entire work philosophy is based on this fact.
The professional development programme is provided by the Ministry of Education and comes free for your school.
The places we go
The things we do
The plans we hope for
The Ministry of Education funds teacher professional learning through its Regionally Allocated PLD initiative. MoE has some priorities eg STEM, Local Curriculum Design, and mātauranga Māori.
Successful applications can be for a few hours to support an individual, up to 80 hours to support a department, 200 hours for a school, or even 500 hours to support a cluster of schools.
These hours can be used in classroom settings with all of your class or on field trips with your class. They can also be used one on one with teachers. In addition to being available during standard school hours, Field-Based STEM is available after school, on weekends, and on holidays.
Investigate the biology of yeast through hands-on experiments exploring cellular respiration, fermentation, osmotic regulation and homeostasis.
Learn how to turn a simple cookie recipe into a dynamic science lab.
This workshop will examine the atmospheric column on Venus, Earth and Mars and how energy is moved around the atmospheres of these planets and the impact this has on the surface.
We will discuss the legal system’s reliance on forensic science evidence in criminal cases and the admissibility of forensic evidence.
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
Running through the ethical considerations in conservation activities.
Visit the zoo’s primate exhibits to compare species, apply taxonomic tools, and uncover key milestones in human evolution.
Explore phenomena like mimicry, trade-offs, and the role of sexual selection through observation-based activities.
Participants will set ink tunnels and chew cards to detect predator activity, explore possum markings, and uncover signs of hedgehogs and rats under the cover of darkness.