You don’t need whitebait to cook a tasty summer fritter! These recipes were created by students from Waimea Intermediate School during their MasterChef challenge. Give them a go yourself!

This activity assists teachers and students who are new to coding to get started with block coding or programming. Students can create simple code, choosing a digital sprite/character and using block instructions to make it move.

The context of staple food is familiar to almost everyone. Bread has been chosen as the topic for this book, but the concepts and ideas introduced here can be applied to other food preparation processes, for example, cakes, pikelets, and soft drinks.

Nathan Burkepile is a scientist who wants to know what kind of pond ducks like best. Volunteers (citizen scientists) from around the country collect data for Nathan to analyse. Nathan works with the citizen scientists to make sure that the data they collect is reliable.

DNA provides the blueprint for life, the instructions that separate the functions and development of humans from that of monkeys, elephants and even bananas. Learn more with this fun activity and lesson plan.

Who, what, where, why and how are powerful question words.

Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7dh3EdCEHE

Garden to Table’s ‘Be With a Tree’ Challenge is to find a tree that provides us with food, and to make a fruit crumble! You could use lots of different tree-grown fruits in this recipe – apples, pears, apricots, nectarines, peaches, feijoas or a mixture of fruit.