Student Activity, Article & Teacher Resource Please login to favourite this article. The science of the sausage sizzle Biological SciencesChemical SciencesSTEM What’s actually in the sausage and bread you buy? And are there scientifically safer ways to cook it? Apply students’... Years 5-10
Article & Video & Film Please login to favourite this article. A better way to see molecules Chemical SciencesSTEM A new modelling system could make electron microscope pictures easy to understand. This resource is best suited to Year 8,... Years 8-10
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
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. This planet literally has an iron sky Chemical SciencesSpace SciencesSTEM Iron and titanium have been found in the atmosphere of the super-hot giant exoplanet, KELT-9b. Learn how scientists use chemistry... Years 8 & 10
Article Please login to favourite this article. A new world of plasma screens? Chemical SciencesEarth SciencesPhysical SciencesSTEMSTEM in ActionSustainability The fourth state of matter can make cheap, smart, waste-free screen components. Learn about touchscreen technology, states of matter, compounds... Years 7-8 & 10
Article Please login to favourite this article. Catalysts can change the world Chemical SciencesPhysical SciencesSTEM It is possible to step towards a sustainable world – you just have to be clever with the chemistry, says... Years 10-12
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 Please login to favourite this article. Glowing, colour-changing polymer Chemical SciencesPhysical SciencesSTEM Scientists design a polymer that changes colour depending on its length. Explore applications of manufacturing molecules with senior Chemistry students... Years 9-12
Article Please login to favourite this article. Blood droplets travel in all directions in crime scenes Chemical SciencesPhysical SciencesSTEM New analysis examines the physics of blood from close-range gunshot wounds. This resource is best suited to students in Years... Years 7-9
Article Please login to favourite this article. EXPLAINER: What is radiometric dating? Chemical SciencesSTEM in Action Dive headfirst into the weird world of dating by radioactive decay. Years 9-10
Article Please login to favourite this article. Exoplanet atmosphere hints it formed far from star Chemical SciencesPhysical SciencesSpace SciencesSTEM Chemical fingerprint of the exoplanet Osiris shows unexpectedly high carbon. Find out how astronomers have used spectroscopy to analyse the... Years 8-12
