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Research Team Boosts Science Learning for Children: The Kiwrious Project | United Nations The Perth Declaration on Science and Technology Education adopted in 2007 alerted about a “widespread lack of student interest in current school science and technology education and of its relevance to them”, proposing as a countermeasure the need to revise curriculum related to such fields. In ...

Bioengineering the Future.
The Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI) is celebrating 20 years this year.
This week-long showcase will feature a mix of interactive displays, artwork exhibitions and seminars - connecting current research with STEM subjects taught in schools in an engaging way.

Bioengineering the Future A glimpse into tomorrow with the Auckland Bioengineering Institute

Kia ora everyone, hope you are all staying safe.
We wanted to share a student story about using our sensors with digital technology.

Ben’s Raspberry Pi experiment with the Kiwrious UV sensor. Who says science cannot work with coding platforms? We encourage our students to explore the unseen and use code to make it meaningful.

Meet our Team: Our Queen: Associate Professor Dawn Garbett.
The education guru, leading the science learning for our teachers community in Kiwrious.
Here she is in Thingvellir, Iceland, a UNESCO World Heritage site between the tectonic plates of North America and Eurasia.
Read more about Dawn on our Blog:
https://kiwrious.medium.com/dawn-queen-of-kiwrious-7e655656cd00

Check out our Kiwrious "Scratch Code and Win" Lockdown challenge here... https://challenge.kiwrious.com

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Replication and remixing as a tool for science learning?

Pleased to announce Kiwrious was a Finalist in ’s Education category and an honourable mention in the Best World Changing Idea, in the Fast Company 2021 World Changing Ideas Awards.

The Fast Company’s 2021 World Changing Ideas Awards honour businesses, policies, projects, and concepts that are actively engaged and deeply committed to pursuing innovation when it comes to solving health and climate crises, social injustice, or economic inequality.
Thanks for the global recognition of our efforts to make an impact!

Our Curious Minds Grant has enabled us to distribute our Science Class Kits to 35 schools around New Zealand. Kudos to the teachers who made time to learn a new way of engaging kids in science.

Who makes learning science fun? …. The teachers of course!! We have been travelling around New Zealand dropping off our Kiwrious Science Kits. We have connected with approximately 70 junior high…

Behind Kiwrious is a multidisciplinary team of University of Auckland students and staff who are passionate about inspiring the next generation of inquisitive minds.
Together we are working towards our goal of having a direct impact on New Zealand’s scientific future. Read more here...

Making science serious fun: The venture empowering young Kiwi innovators and critical thinkers Educational start-up Kiwrious is empowering the next generation of innovators and critical thinkers through the Kiwrious Science Experience. Founded by Suranga Nanayakkara, an Associate Professor at the Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI), they aim to spark inquiring minds by giving Kiwi student...

This week has been amazing! Our shipment of sensors has arrived. We are busy opening boxes to checkout our new Class sets we plan to start distributing in schools around NZ soon.