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.
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.
A look at how schools can investigate/discover what’s going on below the surface.
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.
Explore the fascinating relationship between plants and their environment with Ruud Kleinpaste in his workshop, “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.”
Join “The Space Guys,” Haritina (Hari) and Sam, for an unforgettable evening under the stars in their “Star Party” workshop.
Led by Professor Chris Hollis and Joe Potangaroa this field trip explores sites along a local river and combines recent research and mātauranga with reference to Wairarapa’s rivers and alluvial landforms.
A field trip exploring sites along a local river from upper to lower reaches, followed by discussion of the wide range of achievement standards that can be addressed with reference to rivers and alluvial landforms