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Taewa (Māori potatoes) – introduction

Taewa are traditional potato varieties grown by early Māori settlers in New Zealand. Find out how researchers are now developing unique food products from taewa. Taewa were introduced to New ...

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Breeding red-fleshed apples – introduction

Find out how and why a red-fleshed apple variety is being bred in New Zealand, and discover how genetic information, consumer research and sensory science are all involved. Rights: Plant & ...

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Dr David Stevenson

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 ...

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I love fibre

In this activity, students listen to AgResearch’s Dr Matthew Barnett, the singing scientist, performing his latest YouTube release called I love fibre. Students then answer sets of questions and ...

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Iron content of foods

In this activity, students qualitatively analyse common foods such as breakfast cereals, parsley and raisins for the presence of the micronutrient iron, which involves a colorimetric comparison ...

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Food colouring

In this activity, students use a simple paper chromatography method to separate and identify the components present in commercially available food colouring. Use the extension ideas to build ...

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Global Earth Challenge

Be part of a worldwide movement and use Global Earth Challenge to submit or classify photos to help our planet’s environment and human health. Global Earth Challenge is a citizen science campaign ...

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Myrtle Rust Reporter

Myrtle rust is a serious biosecurity threat, and help is needed to monitor its spread. This citizen science project aims to gather information on the location, hosts and intensity of this fungal ...

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Wild Sourdough

Capture wild microbes and turn them into bread – for science! This is a project you could do with your students in the classroom or they can do at home. Microbes are found in every environment on ...

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Developing future apple varieties – unit plan

In this unit, students investigate trends and drivers and what may be possible and preferable attributes for new fruit varieties in the future. Purpose To understand the influences currently ...

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Design a label for a taewa product – unit plan

Students develop knowledge of prototype taewa products and design a label that reflects the cultural value and specified market for the product. Purpose Understand the attributes and benefits of ...

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Adapting SLH activities: providing another context

Transfer, in the context of learning, is “the ability to extend what one has learned in one context to new contexts” (Darling-Hammond & Austin, 2003, p. 190). Opportunities to try out new ...

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Free radicals and antioxidants

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 ...

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Identifying opportunities for taewa

Food technologists are developing new taewa products that will increase the value and demand for taewa crops. Identifying opportunities requires innovators who constantly think of new ideas and ...

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Breeding plants resilient to climate change

Professor Andrew Allan, Principal Scientist at Plant & Food Research, explains why warming temperatures pose a risk for the horticulture industry and why we need new techniques to breed ...

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Kiwifruit and Psa – a timeline

This timeline follows the discovery of the bacterial disease Psa (Pseudomonas syringae pv. Actinidiae) in New Zealand, the combined efforts to first contain and manage the disease and the ...

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Making cheese - first steps

This interactive explains the first steps in the process of making traditional Gouda cheese.Click on the labels to watch the videos and for more information. Find out more about the final steps ...

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Making cheese - the final steps

This interactive explains the final processes involved in making traditional Gouda cheese. Click on the labels for more information. Find out more about the initial steps in the cheese making ...

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