Waikato Experience Biology Days (WEB Days)

University of Waikato, Hamilton

1st Jun 2014

2014 event date to be confirmed later this year.

The WEB Days offers students the opportunity to experience a range of biology-related events, including a seminar on human evolution, based on the Department’s collection of hominid skulls; a lab session focusing on DNA technology, and a series of lectures on other key topics from the secondary school curriculum.

For more information contact Dr Linda Peters, lpeters@waikato.ac.nz or 07 838 5110

Photos from WEB Days 2013

Read the WEB Days 2013 media release.

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  Experiencing biology

  Students from Te Kauwhata College.

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  Waihi College students

  Students get advice from Waikato masters student Kiri Cutting.

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  All in a day's work

  Sarah McAllister and Meighan Patterson from Te Kauwhata College.

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  Mixing things up

  Morgan Tompsett and Savanah Woodcockfrom Katikati College.

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  Learning from current students

  Te Kauwhata College students learn how to extract DNA from kiwifruit from a University masters student.

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  Fun in the labs

  Matarena Waiari and Emma Bennett from Trident High School, Whakatane.

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  Learning new techniques

  Te Kauwhata College students.

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  Experimenting

  Katikati College students at WEB Days.