Author: STEMFest Team
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Deep dive into Mars with Tauranga Astronomical Society
WEEK THREE. Here’s David from TAS to give you even more insight into the red planet.
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InsectBot creator can win Rocket Lab tour
New Zealand’s young innovators have been set a mission of creating an InsectBot capable of surviving on Mars for the chance to win an exclusive VIP tour of the Rocket Lab facilities. The Great InsectBot Mission Competition is being led by STEM Wana Trust ahead of Tauranga STEM Festival, New Zealand’s largest science, technology, engineering…
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Mars environment
WEEK TWO. Learning about Mars’ environment is definitely key in order to build a robot capable of moving around. Here are some quick facts to get you started.
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How nature can inspire robotic design
WEEK TWO. What will your InsectBot look like and what are the specific characteristics it will have in order to adapt to the Mars environment?
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Characteristics of different insects
WEEK TWO. Now that you know the different characteristics of an insect and their structure, let’s have a look at a few of them with features that might be useful for you to learn about when designing your InsectBot.
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What is an insect?
WEEK ONE. What is an insect? What are its features and what do they help it do? Did you know that insects have been around for 4 millions years!!
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Robots are fascinating
WEEK ONE. Robots are fascinating! They can look like anything and pretty much do anything you program them to do. Robots are created to do jobs that us humans find too dangerous or boring and some are designed to go underwater, rocky terrain or fly.
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Mars is intriguing
WEEK ONE. Mars is such an intriguing environment and humans have been so curious to learn more about it for years now.
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STEMFest 2022 Launch and Mascot Winner
STEM Wana Trust were proud to host the official STEMFest Launch Party on Thursday 7th July 2022. Board Trustee Amanda Crowther welcomed sponsors, friends at Basestation and Tinkd Makerspace for an evening of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The organising team were delighted to share our exciting highlights for STEMFest on Sunday 2nd October 2022.…
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International Women in Engineering Day 2022 – Meet Alex Altobelli
International Women in Engineering Day is an international awareness campaign to raise the profile of women in engineering and focus attention on the amazing career opportunities available to girls in this exciting industry. It celebrates the outstanding achievements of women engineers throughout the world. Meet Alex — engineer, adventurer, and STEMFest InsectBot Space Competition judge!…
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STEMFest returns in 2022 with stellar support
Prepare to take off for the best STEMFest yet as New Zealand’s largest science, technology, engineering, and mathematics festival (STEM) returns after a two-year hiatus. More than 50 exhibitors are expected in Tauranga from all over Aotearoa for the free, family-friendly street festival on Sunday 2 October, 2022. Highlights include an International Space Zone, supported…
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Meet the finalists of the STEMFest official mascot superhero competition
We’ve had some amazing entries from tamariki for this year’s STEMFest mascot superhero. We asked tamariki to think about an environmental problem that meant something to them and then to create a superhero who could solve that problem using the awesome powers of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Our judges met on Friday 11th…