By Ariel Marcy, 15 October 2024
With this quiz, everything is looking up! Can you dazzle us with a stellar 5/5?
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By Ariel Marcy, 8 October 2024
All it takes is a little elastic to send a pom pom flying! Can you improve your aim with a bit of practice?
By Ariel Marcy, 22 November 2023
Here’s a fun paper toy that can help you pick a future job. Have a go with our STEM career chatterbox! There are no wrong answers, only positive role models.
By Chenxin Tu, 27 July 2023
Lots of glow-in-the dark experiments need black lights to work. In this activity, find out how to make a simple black light and create your own glow in the dark sign!
By Ariel Marcy, 12 July 2023
Turn hot air into motion! You could even make 2 or more of these cardboard cars and run a race. Safety: Be careful with scissors and with the pointy end of skewers. Always ask an adult for assistance if you’re unsure.
By David Shaw, 23 June 2022
It sounds like a perfect way to make money – scientists from The Australian National University (ANU) are now selling random numbers over the internet! But before you start your own business writing whatever number pops into your head, there’s something special about these numbers.
By David Shaw, 23 September 2021
This simple toy can balance on a table edge or a fingertip. So get your craft on and have some physics fun!
By Mike, 10 June 2021
By Mike McRae and David Shaw Attracted to doing some hands-on science? Why not use a magnet to create a ‘reed switch’?
By David Shaw, 3 April 2020
Staying home to slow the spread of COVID-19? We’ve got some ideas to help you pass the time, even if you’re stuck indoors. Time to gather up materials from around the house and do some science!
By David Shaw, 29 March 2018
Stephen Hawking was widely regarded as one of the best physicists of our age, so it was a huge loss when he died on 14 March this year. Here are a few things you might not know about one of history’s most celebrated scientists.
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