By Ariel Marcy, 13 August 2024
In this puzzle, each Aussie animal stands for a number. Each animal represents the same number throughout the puzzle. Can you use the first three mathematical equations to figure out the answer to the last equation?
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By Amy Briggs, 12 June 2024
Would you like to help satellites keep an eye on Australian water quality? This hands-on activity shows you how! Through the EyeOnWater app, you can help CSIRO scientists match satellite data to photos of the water in your neighbourhood!
By Jack Scott, 30 May 2024
Create oobleck, the amazing slime that can be both a liquid AND a solid!!
By Emily Gumina, 14 May 2024
Describing a new species of shark happens occasionally but describing a whole new family of sharks is super rare! Yet CSIRO researchers Will White and Helen O’Neill, with other scientists, have recently done it.
By Ariel Marcy, 20 March 2024
Around and around we go with this interplanetary orbit quiz! Will you run ellipses ‘round these questions or will you find yourself tumbling back to Earth?
By Ariel Marcy, 27 February 2024
Houston, we have lift-off! This fun activity will turn your local stomping-grounds into a rocket launch facility.
By Ariel Marcy, 26 February 2024
Farmer Wallace packages his eggs in cartons that hold a dozen eggs. In March, he sells 5 standard orders of eggs to the local grocery store. Each standard order consists of 4 grosses of eggs. A gross is 144 eggs. How many cartons of eggs did Farmer Wallace sell?
By Chenxin Tu, 7 November 2023
Friends can help you out during difficult times. Plants can do the same for each other. In this activity, find out how growing different plants together can help defend against garden pests— chemical spray free!
By Ariel Marcy, 2 November 2023
We promise to tell no tall tales, but this science quiz will have you sitting up straighter. Can you reach the 5/5 mark?
By Chenxin Tu, 1 November 2023
There are more than 28 million cattle in Australia that produce over 280 million cow poos a day. That’s a lot of poo to clean up! So CSIRO scientists asked nature’s best poo recyclers for help.
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