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AI in science teaching, across five cities

Hands-on AI workshops for secondary science teachers, run for Secondary Chemistry Educators of New Zealand in five cities. 157 teachers came.

Date
November 2025 to April 2026
Place
Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington, Dunedin and Christchurch
Type
Programme
With
Secondary Chemistry Educators of New Zealand (a branch of NZIC)
Benny takes a selfie at the front of a Christchurch workshop room while about fifteen science teachers behind him smile and give a thumbs up

Secondary Chemistry Educators of New Zealand (SCENZ), a branch of NZIC, funded a set of AI workshops for secondary science teachers. We designed and ran all six.

The first three ran in November 2025: Auckland, then two days in Hamilton, 82 teachers in all. The second round ran in April 2026 in Wellington, Dunedin and Christchurch, another 75.

After the April sessions SCENZ surveyed the room. 36 teachers answered and 94% said their skills grew. The full feedback report is public.

Benny co-presented in Wellington with Danny Bedingfield and in Christchurch with Emma Humphrey.

Benny and co-presenter Danny Bedingfield smile for a selfie in a Wellington classroom, with a Turn and Talk slide on the projector behind them
Benny in the foreground of a selfie at the Christchurch workshop, with teachers at tables behind him
The public SCENZ feedback report, headlined: Over seventy teachers. Three cities. One leap in confidence.

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