Innovative wool textiles developed at AgResearch in Christchurch are meeting consumer demand for more functional fabrics and creating new opportunities for textile products. Rights: The ...
READ MORELightweight, easy care wool fabrics have been made possible by new developments in spinning technology, and they’re meeting consumer demand for more functional fabrics. Discover how Natural Easy ...
READ MORENatural Easy Care (NEC) fabrics are designed to retain all their aesthetic and functional properties after machine washing and tumble drying. Performance testing provides assurance they are fit ...
READ MOREIn this activity, students compare the rate of degradation of disposable plates using three different disposal methods. Purpose To experiment with a range of disposable plates made from different ...
READ MOREIn this activity, students create felt from wool fibres to illustrate how the surface structure of wool fibres affects its washability. Purpose This activity will help students understand the ...
READ MOREIn this activity, students explore the microstructure of wool fibre and how it relates to the properties and uses of wool. Purpose This activity will help students understand how the ...
READ MOREA Year 9 class visited a local lavender farm as part of a biotechnology unit investigating the production, packaging and marketing of lavender oil for aromatherapy. The purpose of the field trip ...
READ MOREStudents develop their knowledge to design a disposable product as a sustainable alternative to an existing product. Purpose To consider the issues of increasing plastics use and understand why ...
READ MOREStudents develop their knowledge to design a disposable product as a sustainable alternative to an existing product. Purpose To understand why increasing use of non-degradable materials is not ...
READ MORETraditional stab and flame-resistant fabrics are inflexible and heavy, so they are uncomfortable to wear for extended lengths of time. Senior Scientist Dr Stewart Collie compares the new fabric ...
READ MORENew stab-resistant fabric developed at AgResearch offers a different level of protection to conventional stab-proof garments, so researchers developed their own test method to measure the ...
READ MOREIncorporating wool fibre into a new stab and flame-resistant fabric developed at AgResearch increases its flame resistance and thermal protection. The wool fabric stops burning after the flame is ...
READ MOREThis interactive shows the cellular structure of wool fibre and how this relates to its properties.
READ MOREThis interactive highlights the critical role temperature plays in the world of ceramics.
READ MOREWool undergoes many stages of processing to turn it into fabric. Click on each step in this interactive flow diagram to find its purpose and view the process in action.
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