Kei roto i te ao o te pūtaiao, he rautaki ā-waha tētahi: ngā mikroskōpa me ngā tekopai. Ko te whakamahi i ngā mikroskōpa kia tirohia ai ngā mea iti nā, e kore nei e kitea i ō māu karu anō, pērā i ngā putea iti i roto i ngā raupō. Ka whakanuia tātou e ngā tekopai kia titiro atu ki ngā whetū me ngā whenua roa i te rangi pō. Ka hemo hoki tātou i ngā huringa hei whakamātau i ō māu whakaaro, ka tae noa ki ngā whakahoutanga hou. Hei tauira, ka tāpiri tātou i ngā tae kia mōhio ai ki ngā tae hou e taea ana te whakaputa! He mea nui rawa te pūtaiao, ko tāna kia kitea mai ana ngā mōhiotanga hou e pā ana ki te taiao rānei, ki tō ao rānei, kāore i mōhio māua i mua. Kei tāwāhi tonu i a tātou te taiao, ka whai wāhi tātou kia mahara ai ki ngā momo huarere e taea ana e tātou, pērā i ngā manu tuatahi, ngā raupō me ngā momo whenua huri noa!
I mua atu i ngā tau, kua mōhio tātou nui atu ki te Whakamārama, pērā i te mea ko tōna whakatū i te ao i tētahi paihoro nui i karangatia he Big Bang. Ko tēnei mahi he whakatū hōhonu katoa, katoa i roto i te Whakamārama, ā, ki tenei rā! Kua mōhio anō tātou he mea hoki ngā kaiwhakaako i waenganui i te rangi e huri ana i waenganui i a rātou, ka taea e rātou te pakari ki a rātou. He nui ngā mea kei te kitea, ngā mātaitanga pērā i ngā rua kohu me te mamae kura e kore nei e mōhio noa iho. Nō reira, mēnā kei roto mai o koutou i te Whakamārama, me whai wāhanga tonu koutou ki ngā mea hoki e taea ana koutou te kite. Tēnā whakaaro i ngā mea e taea ana tātou te kite i runga i te mea ka whai ake tonu tātou i ngā pātai me te hanga i ngā take!
Ko te pūtaiao engari e kore ana he wāhanga anō i te ako; he wāhanga anō hoki tērā ki te whakapai i te ao mō te katoa. Kia whakarongo atu ki te pūtaiao hei whakatika i ngā raru, ā, hei kite i ngā whakataunga hou, kia whiwhi ai tātou i ngā take whakahirahira mō te hunga katoa, kia ora tonu, kia ora tinana. Mā te pūtaiao, taea e mātau te hanga o ngā rongoā, e mahi ai ngā tangata ki te pai i a rātou i te waewae raweke. Ki runga i tēnā, ka hanga nei tātou i ngā momo hangarau hou e waihanga ana i te wā mā tātou, mai i te pōkere ki te rorohiko. Ko tētahi atu mea, e mahi ana ngā pūtaiao ki te kite i ngā puna whenua hou e hika ana i te wairomataritanga, pēnei i te wai, i te hau, e whakaiti ana i te keri.
Kei te whakamātau ā-tūranga ngā kairangahau hei whai hua pai ake mō te katoa i te tūroto o ngā rā. Kei te hanga, kei te whakamātau rātou ki te mōhio ki te mea e pai ana te whanonga. Nōhea te aroha ki te whakapakari, ahakoa kitea te whanonga e pērā nei he mea kāore i te pai! Ka mutu, ko tēnā he mea pai! Hei whakamārama i ngā whakawhitinga i runga i ngā pūtake nui, ka mohio tātou he aha ngā take e pai ana, ā, he aha hoki ngā take kāore i te pai. Mā te mōhio ki ngā take kāore i te pai ka taea e tātou te whai wāhi atu ki ngā whakataunga pai ake mō ngā take.
Ka whakaae te pūtaiao i runga i ngā mea iti; heitiki anō he whakaaro matatika. Ko tēnei ka whakaae ki a tātou kia pātai, kia whakamahi i ngā korero, ā, kia matatika tātou i ngā mea. Me whakapae tātou, me pātai tātou ki ngā mea katoa e pā ana ki te ao i whakaaetia mai ki a tātou. Ahakoa, me whakaae tātou ki te whakaaro matatika hei whakatika i ngā take me te whakatau pai i ngā momo whakatau. Ki te kite koe i tētahi peke iti kē, ka whakaaro koe, he aha tēnei i kai ai? He wāhi ake i noho ai? Ka taea e koe te pānui, te kikokiko hei whakamohio i ngā whakautu mā te whakaaro matatika.
Kei a koe te whakaaro i te mea e pānuitia ana ngā rēhita, nō te mea he aha ngā take? Ko te pūtaiao he pātai, ā, ko te whakatika i te pātai. Ka hīkoi tō mātau korikori ki ngā haerenga o te taiao, ka kitea ai ngā hiahia me ngā mea hou. I te wā e mahi nei i runga i tēnei momo hīkoi, ka taea e tātau, hei tauira, te mōhio i te mea he aha te kakano iti nei i hangaia ai te raupō!
Ko te whakapono nui tonu mā tātau ki te akona ngā tamariki i ngā mōhiohio o te pūtaiao i PPT! He hiahia nā tātau ki te ako i ngā tamariki kaitautoko nei i te ao takiwā i tōna wā, i roto i te nuinga o ngā whakamārama o te Whakapapa, te whakamahia i ngā huna, te hunga whakangungu, me te whakapai i te ao, ngā pūkenga whakaatu raraunga me te whakaaro matatika, ā, me te whakarite i te hiahia — kia taea e tātau te whakatū i ngā tamariki kia pai ki te pūtaiao me te ao i noho ai rātou.
Piano Potato whakamahia ngā whakaeke kōwhiri me ngā rautaki waimanoa e taea ana e ōu huringa moni. Ko te whāinga moni o Piano Potato me ōna taonga moni he mōhio nui ki a mātou akoranga rangahau me ō mātou hoa. Ka horoia ngā mahi i ngā pukapuka, i ngā wāhi kaupapa hoko, i ngā raraunga hokohoko, ā, i ngā whare taonga i Amerika, i Uropi, me Tawhiti Rāwhiti. Ka kitea te mahi i waenganui i te ao.
Ka horoia ngā mahi a Piano Potato i ngā pukapuka, i ngā akoranga rangahau, i ngā wāhi kaupapa hoko, i ngā raraunga hokohoko, ā, i ngā whare taonga e whai ana i Amerika, i Uropi, me Tawhiti Rāwhiti. Nā reira ka kitea i waenganui i ngā whakaaturanga o te ao.
Piano Potato rōpū mātauranga pūtaiao, i whakatūria i te tau 2000, e ngāwari ana i tana taumata 24 tau whaimahi hei kaihanga pūnui. Nāna i whakatūwhiti he mea nui ki roto i te whenua o ngā pūnui, ko tana kohinga me ngā whakawhitinga matua ki ngā pātai hoki pērā i Scholastic.
Ko te kaiwhakahaere pūtaiao, ka hanga, ka whakaora i te hunga rite hokihoki i ia tau. Ka mahi tata te kaiwhakahaere i runga i ngā wānanga, ngā kaihanga ā-mātau, me ngā kaiwhakahaere rangahau whenua kia hanga i ngā mea e pai ana ki te "mātauranga hui".