Nanogirl's Great Science Adventures

Nanogirl's Great Science Adventures - crash landing here soon!

Come on a great science adventure with Dr Michelle Dickinson - aka Nanogirl - as she travels around the country answering your burning science questions.Can we bring dinosaurs back to life? How high can birds fly? Is all bacteria bad?Find out the answer to these and heaps of other super interesting science questions with Nanogirl and her nanobot - the Constantly Learning Artificial Intelligence Repository - aka CLAIR.Each week, Nanogirl travels the country on her trusty - or is that rusty - Jetvolt. She'll take you along for the rollercoaster ride and hopefully answer a burning science question on the way.Listen out for a fun experiment every episode - which you'll be able to try at home. We'd love to hear how they go - so email your results and any fun science questions you might have to the team at scienceadventures@rnz.co.nz. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Why do stars twinkle?

In this week's science adventure, Nanogirl takes Chloe and her friends from Royal Oak Primary to Auckland's Stardome Observatory to meet expert Josh Kirkley and find out why stars twinkle.Join Nanogirl and some Royal Oak Primary students as they discover why stars twinkle...Or do they?Watch the video of the experiment here.For a print-out of this experiment, please click here. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

What happens if Antarctica melts?

Join Nanogirl and some students from Casebrook Intermediate as they brave a blizzard and discover what would happen if Antarctica melted.This week Nanogirl is off to Te Papa with some students from Casebrook Intermediate to find out what would happen if Antarctica melts.Watch the video of the experiment here.For a print-out of this experiment, please click here. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Can we bring dinosaurs back to life?

On this week's science adventure, Nanogirl visits Te Papa and finds out whether we could bring dinosaurs back to life... And whether we would actually want to.Join Nanogirl and her friends from Clyde Quay School as they go on an adventure to Te Papa and discover whether we can bring dinosaurs back to life.Watch the video of the experiment here.For a print-out of this experiment, please click here. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Is all bacteria bad?

On this week's science adventure, Nanogirl visits a superbugs lab in Auckland to discover whether all bacteria is bad.Join Nanogirl and her friends from Ponsonby Intermediate as they have a super science adventure looking at bacteria with Dr Siouxsie Wiles.Watch the video of the experiment here.For a print-out of this experiment, please click here.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details