Collection & Teacher Resource Please login to favourite this article. COSMOS Magazine Resources STEM The Royal Institution of Australia publishes a quarterly science magazine called COSMOS. In Education, we select our favourite articles each... Years 7-12
Article & Teacher Resource Please login to favourite this article. COSMOS MAGAZINE - The Magic of Metamorphosis Aboriginal + Torres Strait Islander Histories & CulturesBiological SciencesSTEM in Action We all know caterpillars become butterflies, but what really happens within the chrysalis? In this article COSMOS science communicator, Imma... Years 7-8 & 10
Article, Idea & Student Activity Please login to favourite this article. COSMOS Magazine: Life on Mars EngineeringSpace SciencesTechnology I’m hovering 10 metres above the surface of Mars, piloting Ingenuity – a tissue-box-sized helicopter – as it skitters and... Years 4-6
Article & Student Activity Please login to favourite this article. COSMOS MAGAZINE - Model or Monster? Biological SciencesEngineeringSTEMTechnology In a two-room laboratory sequestered in a hunkered-down building in Werribee, Victoria, a small but mighty group of baby frogs,... Years 4-12
Article, Student Activity & Teacher Resource Please login to favourite this article. COSMOS Magazine: School of Rocks Earth & Space SciencesEarth SciencesEngineeringPhysical Sciences How are we here? Why is the Earth the way it is? The way life arose in our solar system... Years 5, 8 & 10
Student Activity, Article & Teacher Resource Please login to favourite this article. COSMOS Magazine: Sticky Business Chemical SciencesBiological SciencesSTEM 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 & Student Activity Please login to favourite this article. COSMOS Magazine: Supernova Observations of Aboriginal Australians Aboriginal + Torres Strait Islander Histories & CulturesSpace SciencesSTEM Aboriginal observations of new stars appearing in the sky are leading to new approaches in astrophysics research, write Pete Swanton... Years 10
Article & Student Activity Please login to favourite this article. COSMOS Magazine: Toothpaste Truths: the chemistry of toothpaste Chemical SciencesSTEM 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
Article & Student Activity Please login to favourite this article. COSMOS Magazine: Aurora Traditions of the First Australians Aboriginal + Torres Strait Islander Histories & CulturesChemical SciencesEarth & Space SciencesPhysical SciencesSpace Sciences The Southern Lights of the Aurora Australis are writ large in the storytelling traditions of Indigenous Australians, write Krystal De... Years 6-9
Article, Student Activity & Teacher Resource Please login to favourite this article. COSMOS Magazine: A short history of light EngineeringPhysical Sciences Rachel Rayner takes us on a tour of the spectrum beyond the visible and explains why dogs help. Explore the... Years 5 & 9
Article & Student Activity Please login to favourite this article. COSMOS Magazine: Dude! Where's my flying car? EngineeringPhysical SciencesTechnology The Jetsons cartoons gave the boomer generation a vision of seemingly magically powered flying vehicles, delivering George Jetson to his... Years 7-10
Article & Student Activity Please login to favourite this article. COSMOS Magazine: The Chemistry of Soap Biological SciencesChemical Sciences A few minor cosmetic tweaks aside, the basic recipe for soap has endured for millennia. Jacinta Bowler looks at its... Years 7-10