Unlocking A Nation Of Curious Minds

Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment “Unlocking a Nation of Curious Minds. Bursary of $20,000, Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research Ltd.

To deliver a participatory platform science program to engage primary school students in kauri dieback within the Waitakere Ranges Regional Park, and Coromandel Peninsula through a student engagement program

Co-creation of survey and sampling device using 3D-printing technology from AUT. Stream-based surveillance of kauri dieback areas, by sampling the water of streams using a “bait cassette” created by the students.

Discovery of new Nothophytophthora species and P. plurivora from stream waters. A cross-cultural experience for students from two different regions, and learning about how to “do” science, through a very “hands-on” experience.

Randall SD, Burns BR, Bellgard SE, Beever RE 2010. Fishing for Phytophthora in the Waitakere Ranges Auckland New Zealand. 5^th IUFRO Meeting of Working Party 7.02.09 Phytophthora in Forest and Natural Ecosystems held in Rotorua, March 2010.

Bellgard S, Probst, Parry D, Jacobs R, Waipara N, Kelly L, Ratcliffe S, Weir B, Pattison N. 2017. “Unlocking a Nation of Curious Minds”: a science participatory platform for the next generation of Phytophthora scientists. SciPlant Conference, Brisbane, September 2017 Poster 308.

William SE, Bellgard SE 2019. Activity-based engagement of resource management students stressing best available information and cross-cultural relationships. 64^th Annual North American College Teachers of Agriculture Conference, Twin Lakes, Idaho, June 2019.

Williams SE, Bellgard SE 2019. Skill Set Needs of Natural Resource Managers:  Derivation from Case Studies, Managers:  Derivation from Case Studies, Field Based Education Argument and a Proposed Decision Making System. NACTA Journal 63(1a), 60-71.