Author: STEMFest Team
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Ultraviolet Radiation- What is it and how does it affect us?
Waikato / Bay of Plenty Cancer Society – Find out how Ultraviolet Radiation works, and learn more about why it is important to protect yourself from the sun!
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Facepainting at STEMFest
Face painting with Andrea and Sandi – Get into the festival mood at our face-painting station. Fun for all ages!
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Measuring brain development and the origins of psychology
UoW School of Psychology – In this exhibit, we look at the changes in human development and brain development during pregnancy up until birth. We discuss how this relates to early psychological functioning and sensory capacities and what this means for psychology later in life.
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Biosecurity NZ
Biosecurity New Zealand – Showcase of Biosecurity in action from Plant Viruses to Marine Pests and understanding the pathways that are our greatest risk of an entry into New Zealand.
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House of Science
House of Science NZ – Often it’s easy to miss what’s going on around us – especially on a smaller microscopic level. Come explore the details of everyday objects and discover the intricacies and beauty that lay within.
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Electric Cart Showcase
EVolocity – A showcase of a finalist team’s cart for a nationwide EV building competition! Our display is an electric cart built by high school students for a nationwide engineering competition. It is built for racing, and has to take into account several race types centred around manoeuvrability, economy, and pure speed. The students have…
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UBCO Bikes
UBCO – A chance to see and learn about the iconic and locally engineered UBCO 2X2, and hear about the exciting things our team are doing in awesome careers.
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Meet The Great InsectBot Mission 2022 Competition finalists
Our finalists are in the midst of their InsectBot build and working hard on 3D printing, coding, and electronics. We thought it might be good for them to take a little break and share a little bit about themselves… Meet our finalists Abby I am Abby and I live in Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, The…
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NZ Aquabot challenge
Ministry of Inspiration – NZAquaBots is New Zealand’s only underwater robotics programme. At this workshop, participants will be able to design engineer at ‘hackabot’ to complete a challenge underwater! Can you collect kai? Can you save the trapped dolphin? Test your skills and see if you can! Microbots – This hands-on activity will have participants…
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New Zealand Defence Force
New Zealand Defence Force – Great opportunities for engineering in the NZDF with all training paid for and great deployment opportunities.
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Analytica Laboratories
Analytica Laboratories – Analytica will be running pipetting challenges with full lab gear races. The fastest to pipette primary colours into green wins! This is paired with an interactive puzzle to learn about laboratory work.
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