Article, Idea & Student Activity Please login to favourite this article. 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? BiologyEngineeringSTEMTechnology 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. School of Rocks BiologyEarth SciencesEngineeringPhysicsTechnology 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. 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 & Student Activity Please login to favourite this article. 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. 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
Article & Student Activity Please login to favourite this article. Aurora Traditions of the First Australians Aboriginal + Torres Strait Islander Histories & CulturesChemistryPhysicsSpace SciencesSTEM 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 Please login to favourite this article. A short history of light PhysicsSTEM 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. Dude! Where's my flying car? EngineeringPhysicsSTEMTechnology 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. The Chemistry of Soap BiologyChemistrySTEM A few minor cosmetic tweaks aside, the basic recipe for soap has endured for millennia. Jacinta Bowler looks at its... Years 7-10
Article & Student Activity Please login to favourite this article. Solar System Knowledge of the First Australians Aboriginal + Torres Strait Islander Histories & CulturesSpace SciencesSTEM For at least 65,000 years, First Nations Australians have understood Earth’s place in the solar system and the universe, write... Years 5
Article & Student Activity Please login to favourite this article. Rising in the yeast BiologyChemistrySTEM The science of sourdough bread is anything but run of the mill. Kelly Wong gets a starter lesson from sourdough... Years 7-10
