Entries open: TBA
Fair Judging: Monday 19th August
Entries must be made via a school teacher, technician or administrator. Submissions made directly by students or parents will not be accepted unless they are registered and entering as a Home School.
Entries and covid – if students are unable to attend due to sickness but their exhibit is already at school, teachers can bring it and it will still be judged for prizes.
Exhibits pick up: Boards will need to be removed from the venue between 3.00pm and 4.00pm on Monday 19th August.
Wall charts, photographs, videos and drawings cannot be displayed but they will be uploaded to our website. We still require physical copies for judging to be sent. There is a limit of only 5 submissions per class 15-19 per school.
Wallcharts, Photography, Biological Drawings send to: TBA
Prize-giving cancelled in 2023 due to unforeseen circumstances. We apologise for the impact on schools.
In order to run a prizegiving in 2024 we require extra committee members and support. If you or another teacher are able to help organise the prizegiving please email us [email protected]
Classes 1-14 must complete and submit the attached Safety, Authenticity and consent fortm
Classes 15-19 have a Authenticity and check list to complete
The following form is provided to see if Animal ethics is required and an approval form
NZIFST have a range of resources on their website that contain ideas for experiments (http://www.nzifst.org.nz/careers/default.asp)
If you have any questions contact: [email protected]
Thank you to EngineeringNZ for sharing this opportunity.
Encouraging women into professional engineering or food technology degrees.
If you know of women planning to enrol in a BE(Hons) or BFoodTech(Hons) degree in 2022, please tell them about the Edna Waddell Undergraduate Scholarship for Technology and Engineering. Information is on https://www.universitiesnz.ac.nz/scholarships/edna-waddell-undergraduate-scholarships-women-technology-and-engineering. The scholarships are open to school leavers, and mature women who have not previously studied technology and engineering at this level. Applications close on 1 September and applications must be submitted through the university the candidate intends to enroll at.
| class | Year Group | Interest Area |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Year 7 | Living World |
| 2 | Year 7 | Material World |
| 3 | Year 7 | Physical World |
| 4 | Year 8 | Living World |
| 5 | Year 8 | Material World |
| 6 | Year 8 | Physical World |
| 7 | Year 7 & 8 | Planet Earth and Beyond* |
| 8-11 | Year 9 - 10 | Junior Secondary School |
| 12 | Year 11 - 13 | Senior Secondary School |
| 13 | Year 7 & 8 | Junior Invention & Technical Innovation |
| 14 | Year 9 - 13 | Senior Invention & Technical Innovation |
| 15 | Year 7 & 8 | Junior Scientific Wall Chart |
| 16 | Year 9 - 13 | Senior Scientific Wall Chart |
| 17 | Year 7 & 8 | Junior Observational Drawing |
| 18 | Year 9 - 13 | Senior Observational Drawing |
| 19 | Year 7 - 13 | Scientific Photography |
| 20 | Year 7 - 13 | Scientific Video |