Author: STEMFest Team
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Manawa Energy announced as Headline Sponsor for STEMFest 2022
After a challenging couple of years due to the global pandemic, we are super excited to bring back Tauranga STEM Festival on Sunday the 2nd of October. It will be the second edition of STEMFest. Following on from the first award winning event will be a challenge – but – we believe that with the…
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Explore NZ insects with Morgane
WEEK THREE. Find out more about native NZ insects and their characteristics and how these elements can be incorporated into a design for an InsectBot that can survive on Mars!
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Insider robotic tips on how to build a successful InsectBot
WEEK THREE. Meet HexRoach. Be inspired by how our robotics expert got on when he designed and built his version of an InsectBot.
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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.…