Kei te whakaaro koe i ahea nga mea e mahi ana i to waho? Ko te mea nui kei a koe he whakaaro i te hē ki te mea he aha ka rere te pōro hei whakatau i te āputa o ngā tukutuku. E aro atu ana koe ki te pūtaiao, mēnā e hiahia ana koe ki te tirotiro, ki te haere tonu me te hanga i ngā mea hou! Hei whakamārama i ngā mea i tō waho, ko te pūtaiao, ā, he mīharo nui i ngā pūnaha pūnaha pērā i te hunga rorohiko, te hanga me te matatika - ko te STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) te ingoa i whakaritea mō ēnei. Mēnā kei te hiahia koe ki te STEM, ka taea e koe te whai i ngā kete pūtaiao mō ngā tamariki! Ko te nuinga o ēnei kete he whakapakari i tō hihiri, he whakamana i a koe kia ako i tētahi mea, ā, ka whai hoki koe i te waihangatanga i te wā e mahi ana. Tēnā me whakamātau i ngā mea pai ka taea e koe ki runga i ngā kete pūtaiao!
Te wāhanga pai rawa o ngā kete pūtaiao mō ngā tamariki he whai i ngā hua katoa e hiahiatia ana hei whakamahi i ngā rīpoata whakanui i te kāinga, i te kura, arā ko waho hoki! Ki roto i ia kete he tohutohu mō ētahi whakamahere, he pikitaki whero me ngā hua katoa ka whiwhi koe hei whakamahi. Kāore he hauora hei pūtaiao rānei, hei tangata whakamā rānei i a koe i te whakamahi i ēnei kete - engari he mea nui he manako me te tiaki i te mahi i ngā rīpoata. E hia koe ngā momo rīpoata pūtaiao e hiahia ana koe ki te mahi (he puia whatitiri, he mamae kino kei te taepa, he robot e haere nei, he kōwhatu nui atu me etahi atu), ka taea e ēnei kete koutou! Ka ako anō koe i ngā mea pai anō hoki, pērā i ngā perepeka, te itiiti, te marama, te reira, me te ao. Whakamurihia te whakaaro, whakamurihia te ako, nō reira kāore i te mutu!
He mea nui o ngā kete pūtaiao hei whakamahi ko te mea ka mārama koe ki ngā mahi takoto. E hīnau ana tēnei, ka taea e koe te whiu i ngā rara, te tiro whakaheke ki a rātau, ā, te whakahī i ngā mea katoa kei roto i te kete. Ka tae atu koe ki te kite i te āheitanga o ngā mea rerekē, ā, ka taea e koe te pātai he maha ngā pātai mō ēnei mea i kite ai koe. He wāhi nui te hanga mātauranga i tēnei tikanga, nā te mea ka whakapakari ake i a koe i te mōhio, nā reira ka pai ake te mōhio i runga i tō koe tonu nei i te whakarite mai i te kīwaha o te kaiako rānei, nō te pukapuka. Ko te whakamahi i ngā hokoaro he whakangungu i ngā pūkenga matua hei whakaaro me te whakatika i ngā take, ā, hei mahi hoki i runga i te hunga e toru. Kāo kāo, he pai anō te mahi takoto nei, ā, ka whakarite i a koe mo ngā mahi STEM nui, kei reira te pūtake o te tino take ki te whakamatau me te hokoaro!
Te wāhanga pai rawa o ngā kete pūtaiao he whakatūwhera i te aroha matatau ki te pūtaiao mō te ao katoa! Ki te hihiri koe i te ako i te pūtaiao, ka ako koe i te pai me te tino pai ki te mahi pai i ngā kōwae kura. Ākona anō ngā momo mahi i muri iho e hāngai ana ki tēnei hiahia. Ko te pūtaiao he mea akoranga noa iho ka ako koe i te kura, engari he whakaaro hoki - he whakanuitanga i ngā pātai me te pātai i te mea e utu ai ngā pātai nei. Hei whakawhanake i te whakaaro, ka ako ngā kete pūtaiao i te wā moeao me te wā whakahirahira; ka whakapakari i ō mata ki te mea e pānga ana te pūtaiao ki ngā mahi nēhi o ō māramatanga. Kei whea koe? Ka riro koe hei pūtaiao nui pērā i Maria Curie, i ahatia ana he mea neenee nei ko te raupapa, rānei ko Albert Einstein, i ākona i a tātau i te wharewatea!
Ka whānui ake ngā kete pūtaiao i te hunga e mahi ana i roto i ngā ao STEM. Ko te pūtaiao kaore i whai wahi mō ēnei atu i te pai tonu; kei te tino manaakitanga a te katoa, me te whakataki hoki. Nā ēnei kete te āwhina ki te kōrero mai: ko te pūtaiao he mea mō te katoa. Kore rawa koe i te mōhio nui rawa, heoi pea koe i runga i take whakahirahira hei whakaaro mō te pūtaiao. Kāore i a koe he mea anō, he mea hoki i te rangatira, he hiahia noa ki te mōhio, ki te whakamātau, me te hiahia hoki ki te whakaarohia i ēnei atu mea. Ka āwhina ngā kete pūtaiao i a koe kia kitea ai ēnei mea, ahakoa te maha o ngā wā kē kia mārama!
Nga kete mātauranga Piano Potato mō ngā tamariki i whakatūria i te 2000, he 24 tau ngā kaiwhakahaere i te mahi ki roto i te kāwanatanga pūkē, nā rā ka taea te hanga i te mea nui i te rōpū whakangungu, ā, i te wā o tana hītori, ko ia he kaitono matua ki ngā poraka me ngā whakawhitinga i waenganui i ngā pātai Scholastic
Ka hanga, ka whakaaro hou, ka whakapakari te rōpū i te hunga rerekē hoki i ia tau. Ka mahi tata te rōpū i waenganui i ngā whare wānanga, ngā kaiwhakahoahoa me ngā kura, me ngā pūnaha rangahau whenua hei hanga i ngā kaiwhakahaere "mā ngā tamariki" e tino tika ana.
Nga mea a Piano Potato e hokona ana ki ngā paku, ngā paki kai, ngā wāhi hoko, ngā whakawhitinga rorohiko, me ngā whare taonga mōrae i te Tiamana, Eoroa rānuī ko Rāwhiti Tonga Haua o Te Ao. I tenei wa, ka kitea i roto i nga kete rangahau mo ngā tamariki puta noa i te ao.
Kei a Piano Potato etahi whakariterite mo nga tamariki ka whakaritorito tonu heoi ano he ngenge kei te whakaritenga i runga i ou hanga moni. Ko te whakaritenga utu e whakawhiu nei, i tatakiha ai i runga i nga hua moni e pai ana ka tukua mai ki ou hoa mahi me nga porihanga i te uara matatini i roto i te whenua. Nga mea a Piano Potato e hokona ana ki ngā paku horo whero, nga whare pukapuka, me nga wāhi hoko. Hei konei hoki, he whakawhitinga rorohiko rānei me ngā whare taonga mōrae i te Tiamana, Eoroa rānuī ko Rāwhiti Tonga Haua o Te Ao. Ki te kotahi wa, ka kitea i roto i nga whakaaturanga puta noa i te ao.