Radio, Radio Waves and Schools

Supported by the New Zealand Association of Radio Transmitters' RadioScience Education Trust, and spurred on by the need to encourage interest in radio among youngsters and in science and technology subjects in schools, demonstrations have been devised for the practical hands-on exploration of radio waves.

The details are found at the NZART website at: http://www.nzart.org.nz/nzart/waves/radiowaves.html

The items from this site, including several teaching booklets, are freely available for downloading by anyone to use to promote and to encourage interest in radio.

As a radio amateur you are asked to help. Please visit this site and download and print the Pamphlet, print it double-sided and please study it. It is developed to be read by science teachers to lead them to useful radio-related activity in schools.

Please distribute copies of these pamphlets so that the staff at each of your local schools is made aware of this resource. Please pass it on to all your Branch members for passing-on.

A complete set of this demonstration equipment has already been built and donated to one secondary school. It was received with enthusiasm by the science teachers who were fascinated by what was possible. They had not seen this before!

Consider supporting your local school to take an interest in radio and to help students to find out the many ways in which radio is used today

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