Kudos Science Spinners

Mya Komene from Aiga Tasi / Fraser High school was awarded the Braemar Charitable Trust & Health Pathway scholarship award valued at $1000 last Friday at The Kudos Science Excellence awards.

This prize is awarded to Science Spinners student who is on the academic path for a career in Health and Medicine.

“From the science expos I attended I was able to get a glimpse of what it looks like being in the different science industries and communities. This ignited my passion and gave me an opportunity to see possible career pathways in action and gave me a sense of what I could do in the future” Mya

Thanks to Mya’s family and friends for joining us to celebrate all the science achievements of the region!

Malo lava & congratulations Mya! 🏆
Kudos to The Braemar Charitable Trust & Paula Baker 👏🏽👏🏽

Our science educators and communicators are vital to the growth of science engagement and participation, particularly in encouraging our rangatahi from all walks of life to know their opinions and contributions to solving real problems matter!

This year the Kudos Awards Science Spinners Science Teacher, Communicator, Educator finalists came from a diverse pool of science education!

And are all doing incredible work boosting our science achievement and academic levels - in particular for our Maori, Pasifika and our young women!

We are proud to have this award named after our programme and to be part of the Kudos Awards!!
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For those students at Katikati College doing Horticulture you are lucky to have this awesome programme run by Mrs Johnson! She won this years award! 🏆

Some of you will have also taken part in heart health activities with Dr Anuj Bhargava and his cool team from Pūtahi Manawa and Manaaki Manawa! 👏🏽👏🏽

Pāpāmoa college… Mr Soh is your man! What an awesome, passionate science teacher you guys have.

These young wahine had the region’s scientists and science community inspired by their passion for science and pursuits of STEM education.

We had the pleasure of inviting them to join us at The Kudos Science Excellence Awards and to be recognised by some of the region’s best Science minds 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

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Aliyah Alchin, Chelsea Smart, Dr Liz Carpenter, Mya Komene and Evelyn Dijkstra

Aliyah & Chelsea are yr 7-8 and won the overall Waikato Regional Science Fair!

Evelyn was runner up Best in Fair!

Mya Komene, Aiga Tasi, Fraser High School won the & Science Spinners Health scholarship worth $1000 to support her pathway in Health and academics.

Celebrating one of our three finalists in the Science Spinners Science Teacher / Educator / Communicator category for the 2023 Kudos Awards, Lian Soh from Pāpāmoa College.

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Lian Soh Pāpāmoa College science and chemistry teacher Lian Soh weaves Mātauranga Māori with modern educational concepts, in an inclusive, culturally-responsive approach to science. By infusing Mātauranga Māori into their teaching, Lian fosters a unique educational approach that empowers students to th...

Give some love to these awesome science educators who have been selected as the top 3 finalists in this year’s science education category for our awards, The Kudos Science excellence awards!

They are all remarkable educators who are passionate about teaching science and STEM and we are fortunate to have them working with students across the Waikato and Toi Moana.

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2021 Kudos Emerging Science Award winner, Dr Megan Grainger and her awesome team guided students through one of our mini-labs.

The NZ honey industry is a multi-million dollar industry and all batches of honey that are exported need to be tested using reliable methods.

At Science Spinners, students discovered how tests carried out by our senses can be subjective, and investigated how scientists use instruments to give reproducible and reliable results.

Students used a colour scale to grade honey then compared their results with that from a UV/visible spectrophotometer.

New Zealand produces an array of native honeys which all have unique properties, including colour, aromas and flavours.

Students also got to taste different New Zealand honeys and used flavour charts to help guide vocabulary to pick out different aromas and flavours of each floral type.

Pleasant aromas such as 'perfume', 'floral' 'orange skittle' were present…but some honeys had some aromas that were not quite so pleasant including 'ear wax', 'bottom of the shoe', and 'zoo'!

The students were grateful for the support and learning you gave them during the week! 👏🏽👏🏽🤩

Science spinners 29 May
Awesome aiga in the house!

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Check out who’s in the house!!

Giving a shout out to Seb and Anuj from team Manaaki Manawa - Centre for Heart Research who led the "Body Rock'n lab" - medical/health lab, and they sure didn't hold back! 😂

They not only spent the whole day engaging our South Auckland tamaiti/rangatahi with practical, hands-on S.T.E.M and how it can apply in heart health monitoring, tools and medicine, but they joined in the Tik Toking too!

Learning Science takes on a whole new meaning at Science Spinners!

Waikato - you are next! Hope you've registered!
https://www.sciencespinners.org.Nz

Have you ever thought about becoming a doctor but felt there were too many challenges or obstacles?

Chloe’s story shows you can do it just like she did, and shares the importance of why you should seriously consider it.

Thanks to programmes like Māori and Pacific Admission Scheme - MAPAS and support from our partnership with the Braemar Charitable Trust we can offer scholarships to begin your journey in Health.

Check it out here:
https://www.sciencespinners.org.nz/copy-of-registration-form

As a doctor, being Māori is my superpower - E-Tangata “When a MAPAS student finishes work, they often drive home to a whānau where their knowledge of the health system is so badly needed. We’re pursuing equity not just at mahi, but in our whare, at our marae, and in our whānau circles.” — Chloe Fergusson-Tibble.