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Khandallah kids go ‘behind the scenes’ – a student’s response

On Monday, I wrote a blog about Khandallah School’s visit to our bird and insect collection. It was clear to me that the students had a wonderful time – but why not let them tell you that! This post has been written by Lara from Room 5. Last Friday IRead more

2013-11-15
By: Scott Ogilvie
On: 15 Nov 2013
In: Behind the scenes, Education, Science

Khandallah kids go ‘behind the scenes’

Readers may remember that as part of sunfish science extravaganza, a group of Khandallah School students won our competition to name the fish. Their winning name was Sunny Bill, and this morning they visited our natural history collection as part of their prize. The 28 students from room 5 arrivedRead more

2013-11-11
By: Scott Ogilvie
On: 11 Nov 2013
In: Behind the scenes, Education, Science
The students at Dyer Street School had lots of questions about liquid nitrogen. Photographer: Troy Murphy © Te Papa

Primary Science Week outreach: Inspiring a new generation of scientists

Take 5 primary schools, 3 Te Papa educators and 5 curators and combine them with a ute-full of science gear, 30 litres of liquid nitrogen and a big bowl of slime,  and what do you have? That would be Te Papa’s Primary Science Week outreach programme! For 5 days in MayRead more

2013-06-19
By: Scott Ogilvie
On: 19 Jun 2013
In: Education, Science

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