Science Roadshow 2025

07 February 2025 - 12 December 2025

Region(s): nationwide

Type(s): miscellaneous, national Events, presentations, professional Development, experiences

Science Roadshow 2025 is Aotearoa New Zealand’s premiere hands-on science education programme.

Offering an engaging, lively and interactive learning encounter of science for children, a visit to the Science Roadshow encompasses live shows and hands-on exhibits that expand students’ comprehension of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. This endeavor strongly supports the Nature of Science strand and the Five Foundational Science Capabilities.

The Science Roadshow provides engaging hands-on science learning experiences for ākonga while also supporting kaiako to do more science in their classrooms.

Supports and augments the delivery of curricula especially the Nature of Science strand and the Five Foundational Science Capabilities through:

Each year the shows, themes and exhibits change, so there’s always something new for students to learn and engage with.

Each session includes two exciting live science shows:

• Planet Earth – Whakaaturanga Papatūānuku: matter cycles, energy flows and life webs.

• Balloons and Bernoulli – Ngā puangi me Bernoulli: amazing pressure phenomena.

And over 60 hands-on exhibits to experience, grouped under the following themes:

• Applied science – Te pūtaiao whaipainga

• Detecting – Te tautohu

• Forces – Ngā tōpana

• Patterns – He tauira

• Structures – He hanganga

• Trees and environment – Ngā rākau me te tai

Cost: $10 per student, accompanying teachers and adults free. All teachers who book and bring students to the Roadshow get comprehensive and complimentary resources that offers stimulating classroom ready activities for pre- and post-visit classroom experiences, including a complete science unit. These experiences and resources will provide support for your learning programme(s). Find out more about their programme here: https://scienceroadshow.nz/programme and use the 'Make a Booking' link at the top.

The 2025 Resource Book includes a unit plan titled Trees, trees, trees – He Rākau, he rākau, he rākau.

Look for a venue near you. Check it out https://scienceroadshow.nz/itinerary and book soon as places can fill quickly.

• Term 1: South and Central Auckland

• Term 2: North Shore, West Auckland, Northland, Waikato, Tauranga

• Term 3: Eastern Bay of Plenty, Gisborne, Wairoa, Hawkes Bay Manawatu, Wellington, Wairarapa, Malborough, Canterbury

• Term 4: Otago, Central Otago, Southland, Nelson, Kapiti Coast, Taranaki

For more information and to book, see https://roadshow.nz.