NZIFST / CREST Student Product Development Challenge

NZIFST / CREST Student Product Development Challenge

Secondary schools competition for teams developing new food products

Jointly organised by NZIFST and CREST (Royal Society of New Zealand), the Student Product Development Challenge gives teams of senior secondary school students the experience of exploring creative solutions to practical, food science and technology problems and questions, working with food industry mentors, in the development of an innovative new food product.
As well as NZIFST and CREST, the Challenge is supported by Futureintech (IPENZ), Massey University, University of Otago, Lincoln University, the various food-related Crown Research Institutes and the wider food industry.

CREST is the Royal Society of New Zealand’s awards scheme designed to encourage students to be innovative, creative, and to problem solve in science and technology. CREST projects can also help provide the evidence for NCEA assessment and can be used as entries to regional science and technology fairs and other such competitions. Participants in the Student Product Development Challenge can achieve the prestigious Team Silver CREST awards on completion of their projects and meeting CREST critieria. Since CREST is aligned with NCEA, many of the students are also able to achieve Technology credits for their Challenge work.

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2011 NZIFST / CREST STUDENT PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGE NEWS:

NZIFST welcomes another teacher fellow - Gillian Mandley
(26 Mar 2012) Riccarton High School's food technology teacher Gillian Mandley has been awarded a NZSMT Endeavour Teacher Fellowship for 2012, to work with host company Westland Milk Products, in Hokitika.
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Sandy Goonan, 2011 NZSMT Teacher Fellow
(Nov 2011) I am an Awarded Teacher Fellow who is currently being hosted by Massey University at Albany, working alongside Marie Wong and John Grigor, as well as Food Technologist Bon Kim, from EasiYo Products Ltd.
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2011 NZIFST/CREST Student PD Challenge results - Upper North Isl...
Results of the 2011 NZIFST/CREST Student Product Development Challenge in the upper North Island
By Jenny Dee
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2011 NZIFST/CREST Student PD Challenge results - Lower North Isl...
Results of the 2011 NZIFST/CREST Student Product Development Challenge in the lower North Island.
By Jenny Dee
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2011 NZIFST/CREST Student PD Challenge results - South Island
Results of the 2011 NZIFST/CREST Student Product Development Challenge in the South Island
By Jenny Dee
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2011 NZIFST/CREST Student Product Development Challenges - winne...
Congratulations to the winners of the 2011 NZIFST/CREST Student Product Development Challenges.
By Jenny Dee.
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Cheese making at Queen's High School, Dunedin
2011 NZIFST/CREST Student Product Development Challenge report.
By Sarah Swan, HoD Science, Queen's High School
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2011 NZIFST/CREST Student PD Challenge - Lower North Island
Update on the 2011 NZIFST/CREST Student Product Development Challenge in the lower north island.
By Jenny Dee
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2011 NZIFST/CREST Student PD Challenge - South Island
Update on the 2011 NZIFST/CREST Student Product Development Challenge in the south island.
By Jenny Dee.
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2011 NZIFST/CREST Student Product Development Challenge - Upper ...
Update on the 2011 NZIFST/CREST Student Product Development Challenge in the upper North Island
By Jenny Dee
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Taupo-nui-a-tia College students visit NZIFST Conference
PD Challenge students from Taupo-nui-a-tia College visited the 2011 NZIFST Conference in Rotorua.
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Te Puke High School students visit NZIFST Conference
Report from Te Puke High School PD Challenge students who attended the NZIFST Conference, 29 June 2011.
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2010 Student PD Challenge reports and posters .

2009 Student PD Challenge reports and posters.

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