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 Please login to favourite this article. COSMOS Magazine: What causes the oily film on black tea? Chemical SciencesSTEM Researchers take a closer look at the physics and chemist-tea. Learn about the compound responsible for the oily film on... Years 8
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 & Teacher Resource Please login to favourite this article. COSMOS Magazine: How to think when you don’t have a brain Biological Sciences Even a form of brainless slime mould can make decisions about its next venture. What can it teach humans? Learn... Years 8-10
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
Article & Student Activity Please login to favourite this article. COSMOS MAGAZINE: Solar System Knowledge of the First Australians Aboriginal + Torres Strait Islander Histories & CulturesEarth & Space SciencesSpace Sciences 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. COSMOS Magazine: Rising in the yeast Biological SciencesChemical Sciences The science of sourdough bread is anything but run of the mill. Kelly Wong gets a starter lesson from sourdough... Years 7-10
Article & Teacher Resource Please login to favourite this article. COSMOS Magazine: W boson spotted in Antarctica Antarctic SciencePhysical Sciences IceCube observatory spots elementary particle needle in a galactic haystack. This resource is for Year 12 Physics students learning about... Years 11-12
Article & Student Activity Please login to favourite this article. COSMOS Magazine: Advanced technology inspired by nature Biological SciencesChemical SciencesEngineering If you know where to look, there’s almost no technological or design problem that nature hasn’t solved already. Amalyah Hart... Years 4-7 & 9-10
Article & Student Activity Please login to favourite this article. COSMOS Magazine: How to build a spacesuit EngineeringSpace SciencesTechnology Few uniforms are as recognisable and inspiring as those worn for space travel. But as Deborah Devis discovers, the evolution... Years 5 & 8-10