Student Activity & Article Please login to favourite this article. The chilly origins of Australia’s egg-laying mammals Biological SciencesEarth Sciences New research sheds light on the origin story of our mysterious monotremes. Learn more about these egg-cellent mammals with this... Years F-7 & 9-12
Article & Student Activity Please login to favourite this article. Pluto’s icy volcanoes Physical SciencesSpace SciencesSTEM Massive cryovolcanoes on distant Pluto suggest the possibility of liquid water near the dwarf planet’s surface. This captivating article could... Years 5-6 & 10
Article Please login to favourite this article. How to build a galaxy Physical SciencesSpace SciencesSTEM Researchers construct a time-resolved picture of the formation history of the Milky Way. This captivating article could be used alongside... Years 5, 7 & 10
Article Please login to favourite this article. Promising progress for a cheap and accessible new COVID vaccine Biological SciencesChemical SciencesSTEM American researchers have used long-established technology to create a COVID vaccine that’s easy to make and store; clinical trials are... Years 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 Please login to favourite this article. Mathematics of scale: big, small and everything in between Mathematical SciencesBiological SciencesChemical SciencesPhysical SciencesSpace 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 Biological SciencesChemical SciencesSTEM 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 & Film Please login to favourite this article. Eunice Newton Foote’s long-forgotten climate-science discovery Earth SciencesHistory of STEMPhysical SciencesSTEMSTEM in Action 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 & Career Profile Please login to favourite this article. Everyday jobs in an extraordinary place Careers in STEMAntarctic ScienceEarth SciencesSTEM The Australian Antarctic Program has just closed its recruitment process for 2022/23. Learn about just some of the amazing Antarctic... Years 10-12
Article & Video & Film Please login to favourite this article. Fish built with plastic and heart cells swims for three months Biological SciencesChemical SciencesEngineeringTechnology 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
Article & Student Activity Please login to favourite this article. How does carbon capture and storage work? Earth SciencesPhysical SciencesSTEMTechnology 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 & Film Please login to favourite this article. How to make ice levitate Physical SciencesChemical SciencesSTEMTechnology Three-phase Leidenfrost effect opens new understanding of heat transfer. This resource is best suited to Year 8 and 10 Physics... Years 8 & 10
