Student Activity, Article & Teacher Resource Please login to favourite this article. Sticky Business ChemistryBiologySTEM Ever wondered why some things are sticky and others aren’t? Applied mathematician SOPHIE CALABRETTO explains the chemical attraction of garlic... Years 5 & 8-10
Article Please login to favourite this article. Mathematics of scale: big, small and everything in between MathematicsBiologyChemistryPhysicsSpace SciencesSTEM Fractals are a critical tool for measuring and understanding the mathematics of scale. This intriguing article works well with all... Years 8-10
STEM Pack & Article Please login to favourite this article. Message in a bottle BiologyChemistrySTEM Messenger RNA technology, so long in the wings, has leapt from understudy to main act. Its deceptively simple technology has... Years 8-12
Article, SCINEMA & Video Please login to favourite this article. Eunice Newton Foote’s long-forgotten climate-science discovery Earth SciencesHistory of STEMPhysicsScience Human EndeavoursSTEM Eunice Netwon Foote, a women’s rights campaigner was also the first to hypothesise that CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere would... Years 8 & 10
Article & Video Please login to favourite this article. Fish built with plastic and heart cells swims for three months BiologyChemistryEngineeringTechnology Bio-hybrid mechanism regrew muscles, paving way for bio-artificial hearts. A world of biological robots is just a heartbeat away. Artificial... Years 4-5 & 7-10
Student Activity & Video Please login to favourite this article. How cochlear implants work…and when they don’t BiologyPhysicsSTEMTechnology Today, February 25th is International Cochlear Implant Day. The celebration is all in memory of the first cochlear implant in... Years 8-9
Article & Student Activity Please login to favourite this article. How does carbon capture and storage work? Earth SciencesPhysicsSTEMTechnology One approach to the control of carbon emissions is carbon capture. This excellent explainer article discusses the different forms of... Years 6-8 & 10
Article, Student Activity & Video Please login to favourite this article. How to make ice levitate PhysicsChemistrySTEMTechnology Three-phase Leidenfrost effect opens new understanding of heat transfer. This resource is best suited to Year 8 and 10 Physics... Years 8 & 10
Article & Student Activity Please login to favourite this article. EXPLAINER: How do cells know when they’re fully grown? BiologySTEM Scientists unlock the key to cell size regulation – and it’s all in the DNA. How do cells regulate their... Years 8 & 10
Article Please login to favourite this article. How was the asteroid belt formed? ChemistryPhysicsSpace SciencesSTEM Travel back 4.6 billion years, to the beginning of the solar system, to learn how the asteroid belt was formed.... Years 7-8 & 10
Article Please login to favourite this article. How does 3D printing work? TechnologyChemistrySTEM Additive manufacturing has extended past manufacturing and into prototyping, fashion and even medicine. Learn about the different 3D printing devices... Years 8 & 10
Article & Student Activity Please login to favourite this article. Toothpaste Truths: the chemistry of toothpaste ChemistrySTEM What goes into the pea-sized splotch of brush-additive paste with which (most of us) start and end each day? Ellen... Years 5 & 8-10