Wellington Girls' College/NIWA Hotshots
Phil Kendon, a science teacher and 2005 New Zealand Science, Mathematics and Technology Teacher Fellow, invited a group of Wellington Girls' College students to come and learn more about the work of scientists at NIWA where his fellowship was based.
Over 3 days, the students were introduced to the video medium through a video workshop. The students learnt how to use a camera and how to interview professionals and the importance of research and planning prior to filming.
The students then went into production on location at NIWA in Evans Bay, Wellington. The students filmed interviews with scientists talking about their careers and filmed the scientists working with specialist equipment used to measure greenhouse gases such as the gas chromatograph. The shoot culminated in filming at the NIWA Atmospheric Research Station at Baring Head on the isolated Wellington coast.
Video clips
Learning about climate change
Climate change meets science and chemistry - a Teacher Fellowship at NIWA.
Careers: Measuring greenhouse gases – from icicles to cows
Dominic Ferretti's research involves measuring greenhouse gases. Here he describes what he likes most about his job at NIWA and why he became a research scientist.
Careers: The challenge of chemistry
Anitra Fraser from NIWA explains how she became a scientist and what she likes most about her job.
Collecting air samples from Baring Head
Phil Kendon explains how NIWA collect air samples and transport them back to the lab for analysis.
What is a gas chromatograph?
NIWA scientists use gas chromatography to analyse and record the levels of greenhouse gases in the southern hemisphere.
