Friday, 11 December 2020, 9:14 am
UCOL Laboratory Science team.
It’s not often that you see a Christmas tree decorated
with COVID-testing equipment. But that’s just what Te
Manawa visitors are coming across, with UCOL’s
‘Laboratree’, made from laboratory tools and
equipment.
“We’re always wanting to get kids and
the community engaged in science,” says UCOL Senior
Lecturer, Bob Stewart. “The original Laboratree was
actually created as a bit of fun by one of our lecturers,
but we then realised we could give it a proper go and use it
to really spark conversations.”
The Laboratree is
made up entirely from the equipment you can find in UCOL’s