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 & Career Profile Please login to favourite this article. Odd Jobs - Fish DJ Biological SciencesCareers in STEMPhysical SciencesSTEM Speaker system helps scientists understand brain networks of baby fish. This resource is best suited to Year 9 and 10... Years 9-10
Article & Student Activity Please login to favourite this article. Explainer: Landing Rovers With Newton's Laws EngineeringPhysical SciencesSpace SciencesSTEM How to land a Mars rover when you’re many, many millions of kilometres away. This resource explains each of Newton’s... Years 7 & 10
Article Please login to favourite this article. Hold on, that’s why we have fingerprints Biological SciencesPhysical SciencesSTEM Researchers explore the ridges of our fingerprints, wet and dry. This resource is best suited to Year 4 Physics students... Years 4-5
Article Please login to favourite this article. What happens when the Earth's magnetic field breaks down? Earth SciencesPhysical SciencesSTEM Earth’s magnetic field broke down 42,000 years ago and caused massive sudden climate change. This resource explains how the Earth’s... Years 4-5 & 7-10
Article Please login to favourite this article. Power Hiking Backpack EngineeringPhysical SciencesSTEMTechnology Researchers have developed a backpack that will share the load. This short article describes an innovative new technology that could... Years 8 & 10
Article Please login to favourite this article. Studying the red planet Biological SciencesChemical SciencesPhysical SciencesSpace SciencesSTEMTechnology As new probes reach Mars, here’s what we know so far from trips to the red planet. This resource covers... Years 5-10
Article Please login to favourite this article. Snakey sine waves Biological SciencesPhysical SciencesSTEM The physics of sidewinder snake movement. This article is best suited to Year 9 Physics students to combine an understanding... Years 9
Article Please login to favourite this article. Quantum philosophy: 4 ways physics will challenge your reality Mathematical SciencesPhysical SciencesSTEMTechnology Quantum mechanics has been confusing people and creating questions of philosophy for decades. Learn about some theories in this article.... Years 9-12
Article & Explainer Please login to favourite this article. EXPLAINER: How does the Sun make such pretty colours at sunsets and sunrises? Earth SciencesPhysical SciencesSTEM How does the Sun make such pretty colours at sunsets and sunrises? — Aisling, age 7. Learn about what makes... Years 1, 3, 5 & 9
Article Please login to favourite this article. Knowing Volcanoes Chemical SciencesEarth SciencesSTEMTechnology The 2019 White Island disaster was a horrific — but growingly rare — tragedy. Professor Jocelyn McPhie explains the volcano... Years 4-6 & 8
