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AMN11: Women and Gender Minorities in STEM Panel

To help celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we will be hosting a panel of people from diverse STEM backgrounds and pathways.

Modified: 23 Jan 2025, 1:11 pm

Created: 23 Jan 2025, 11:15 am
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DiscoveryCamp 2025 - Te Tohu Huraina

Hosted by the MacDiarmid Institute, DiscoveryCamp is a four day science camp for current year 12 and 13 Māori and Pacific Island students with a genuine passion for the sciences.

Modified: 27 Aug 2024, 7:53 am

Created: 12 Jul 2024, 2:11 pm
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NanoCamp and DiscoveryCamp 2024

We held our annual science camps for secondary students at the end of January, running NanoCamp running in Auckland 21-25 January and DiscoveryCamp in Wellington 22-26 January.

Modified: 17 Apr 2024, 10:03 am

Created: 16 Apr 2024, 4:44 pm
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We welcome two new Deputy Directors

We welcome Associate Professors Anna Garden and Natalie Plank as our new Deputy Directors, and bid farewell from our directorship team to Professor Paul Kruger and Associate Professor Geoff Willmott.

Modified: 10 Jul 2023, 2:00 pm

Created: 3 Jul 2023, 10:58 am
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Taking nano and quantum science education into Rotorua schools

FLEET and MacDiarmid Institute teamed up for AMN10 in Rotorua to conduct science outreach workshops for 320 school students.

Modified: 23 Nov 2023, 3:39 pm

Created: 24 Feb 2023, 2:07 pm
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Coding in Scratch: Project 1

MacDiarmid Institute alumna, Dr Silvina Pugliese, takes children through Project 1 using Scratch in this step-by-step video.

Modified: 20 Aug 2020, 9:24 am

Created: 20 Aug 2020, 9:16 am
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Introduction to coding in Scratch

Video with Dr Silvina Pugliese, MacDiarmid Institute alumna, introducing children to coding in Scratch.

Modified: 20 Aug 2020, 9:15 am

Created: 20 Aug 2020, 8:46 am
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AMN8 Outreach

680 secondary school students came along to hear and be inspired by David Leigh in Christchurch - who also appeared on RNZ and was featured in an article about molecular machines by TheSpinoff.

Modified: 24 Jan 2022, 11:37 am

Created: 28 Mar 2017, 12:00 am
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