By Ariel Marcy, 21 June 2023
Get a rise out of your dough with a simple acid-base reaction!
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By Chenxin Tu, 11 May 2023
All living things contain DNA. It’s the stuff that tells cells how to grow and function! In this activity, you can have a go at extracting DNA from fruits around your house.
By Chenxin Tu, 3 May 2023
The end of the week is a great time to relax with some science trivia. Will you coast to the weekend with a perfect score?
By Ariel Marcy, 13 April 2023
You would never add a heap of salt to your ice cream, but this tasty treat can be made by taking advantage of a chemical property of salt and a bit of elbow grease. Here’s how! Safety: The ice in this activity can get very cold, well below freezing. Take care not to touch it […]
By Fiona Midson, 8 February 2023
We’ve got the buzz about bugs, so let’s explore our six-legged pollinators. Will you take the sting out of this quiz and get 5/5 or just call pest control?
By Fiona Midson, 17 November 2022
This quiz is a bit of fun! Will you laugh it off and answer all our questions or will the joke be on you?
By Jasmine Fellows, 3 November 2022
These bath bombs are crafted mini models of your favourite planets! We promise they’ll smell better than Uranus.
By David Shaw, 20 October 2022
We’re celebrating recycling in this quiz! Can you salvage a passing score, or will you end up in the garbage?
By David Shaw, 8 September 2022
We humans only have 2 legs, but a lot of creatures have many more. Do you have the legs to go the distance and get 5/5 on this quiz?
By David Shaw, 14 July 2022
Here are 5 fresh questions to juggle for this week’s quiz. Will you score high, or come crashing to Earth?
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