Geothermal Week and Resources

We celebrated Geothermal Week this year by running a free teacher professional development session and a student leadership team session at Craters of the Moon. Local ecologist Alana Delich - who is an expert in geothermal plants - supported the session and we focused on the unique flora and fauna that survives in Taupō's harsh geothermal environment. 

We hope that teachers came away with knowledge, activities, and resources that they can use to run a class trip to Craters of the Moon or other geothermal area in Taupō. 

Both sessions were lots of fun and filled with learning about interesting things like learning about the ‘dog poo’ fungi that helps geothermal kānuka to be the only woody plant species that can grow in hot geothermal soil.

If you’re interested in learning more, please check out the Geothermal Ecosystem education resource that we designed specifically for Craters of the Moon that we have made available online for free.