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Pacific STEAM

This series of downloadable posters and videos illustrate how Pacific peoples have always been scientists, technologists, engineers, artists, and mathematicians.

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  • AudienceKaiakoSchool leadersStudentsWhānau and Communities
  • Resource LanguageEnglish

About this resource

This is part of the suite of Pacific resources which support teachers and learners.  

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STEAM Videos 

The videos illustrate specific examples of STEAM within traditional Pacific Island culture and practices.  

Use the resource to encourage students to study STEAM subjects and carry their ancestors' legacy into the future.  

STEAM videos

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Pacific ancestors have a history of being navigational innovators. They created, studied, and memorised navigation charts made of sticks. 

Way before the creation of an electric drill, Tokelauans invented the vilivili - a hand-operated pump drilling device. Pacific ancestors have always been construction innovators.

Traditional tatau (tattooing) has been handed down from generation to generation. Pacific ancestors have a history of being cultural artistic innovators. 

Pacific ancestors have long been financial innovators. They used tafuliae, shell money made up of different coloured shells that represented different monetary worth. 

STEAM Posters 

Download the posters for display in your classroom and around your school. 

Each poster has a QR code that links to a short video that you can watch on a mobile device. 

STEAM Posters 

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A photo of a girl holding a coconut with an illustration of a Pacific Island scene superimposed on her chest.

Poster promoting studying science: We were always Scientists. Your ancestors were science innovators. Study science and carry their legacy into the future. 

See Materials that come with this resource to download Pacific STEAM poster science (.pdf). 

A photo of a boy with an illustration of a Pacific Island scene with men making nets superimposed on his chest.

Poster promoting studying technology: We were always Technologists. Your ancestors were tech innovators. Study technology and carry their legacy into the future. 

See Materials that come with this resource to download Pacific STEAM poster Technology (.pdf).

A photo of a boy with an illustration of a Pacific Island scene and a man building boats superimposed on his chest.

Poster promoting studying engineering: We were always Engineers. Your ancestors were engineering innovators. Study engineering and carry their legacy into the future. 

See Materials that come with this resource to download Pacific STEAM poster Engineering (.pdf). 

A photo of a boy with an illustration of a Pacific Island scene with people making a tapa cloth superimposed on his chest.

Poster promoting studying arts: We were always Artists. Your ancestors were artistic innovators. Study arts and carry their legacy into the future. 

See Materials that come with this resource to download Pacific STEAM poster Arts (.pdf).

A photo of a girl with an illustration of a Pacific Island scene with a woman at its centre superimposed on her chest.

Poster promoting studying maths: We were always Mathematicians. Your ancestors were maths innovators. Study maths and carry their legacy into the future. 

See Materials that come with this resource to download Pacific STEAM poster Maths (.pdf).