Citizen science and the local community Rongomai Primary School is leading a Healthy Homes, Healthy Futures project. The project is part of the Participatory Science Platform (PSP) programme ...
Position: Senior research scientist, Plant & Food Research. Field: Phytochemical antioxidants. David was born in England and attended Wallington High School, near London, where he discovered ...
Position: Lecturer and researcher Field: Medical physics Organisation: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Canterbury Juergen is currently a lecturer and researcher in the ...
In this activity, students define four key cancer terms. The aim is to produce accurate definitions identifiable by their peers. By the end of this activity, students should be able to: define ...
In this activity, students complete a graphic organiser to explore the characteristics of normal and cancerous cells. By the end of this activity, students should be able to: describe the ...
In this online citizen science (OCS) project, participants analyse electron microscope images taken of a range of biological samples, helping scientists better understand cancer, infectious ...
Alzheimer’s disease is an irreversible, progressive brain disorder that slowly destroys memory and thinking skills and eventually even the ability to carry out the simplest tasks. In this online ...
Students develop knowledge of new technology that enables fish oil to be added to food without a fishy taste or smell and design an advertisement to promote an omega-3 enriched food. Purpose To ...
Winter is coming!! And so are coughs, colds and other nasty lurgies. What is going on in our bodies? How do we get sick? How do our bodies fight these bugs? In this online PD session recorded on ...
Our bodies have a defence system against pathogens that make us sick. This defence system is made up of cells, tissues and organs that work together to protect us. It is known as the immune ...
Plant & Food Research’s Dr David Stevenson explains what free radicals are and how they are produced. He outlines the role of cellular structures called mitochondria in the production of free ...
Dr Catherine Koleda from Wellington Hospital talks about what a pathologist does and how she came to be one. Wellington Hospital is operated by the Capital & Coast District Health Board ...
Dr Catherine Koleda from Wellington Hospital talks about how you can become a pathologist. If you have an interest in learning about science, you might make a good pathologist, too.
Select here for the best view of this interactive timeline. It combines the Rongomai School healthy homes investigation with the nature of science.
This interactive explains the different cells, microorganisms and molecules involved in the human immune system.
This interactive is a simple version of the human immune response to two different pathogens.
