How does Science and Technology help the ships and sailors of the Royal New Zealand Navy do their work?

Explore the resources on these pages and learn about the important role the Navy has in protecting and helping Aotearoa, New Zealand, the ships that make up the fleet and the science behind the technology that helps them.

Featuring five hands-on STEM challenges that investigate forces in action these pages support the learning resource, Museum in a Box – STEM.

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Meet the Fleet

Please start with this “Meet The Fleet” introductory activity first before moving on to the challenges.

The challenges

Operation Big Lift

Operation Helo

Operation Jackstay

Operation Float

Operation Claw

Teacher resources

All the information you need to set up the challenges with your students