Article & Student Activity Please login to favourite this article. COSMOS MAGAZINE - Model or Monster? Biological SciencesEngineeringSTEMTechnology 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. COSMOS Magazine: School of Rocks Earth & Space SciencesEarth SciencesEngineeringPhysical Sciences 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. 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
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 & 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, 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 & 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: 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 & 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
Article, Student Activity & Teacher Resource Please login to favourite this article. COSMOS MAGAZINE: A Short History of Atoms Chemical SciencesHistory of STEMPhysical SciencesSTEM in Action In the centuries since the discovery of the famously uncuttable atom, scientists and philosophers alike have delved deeply into its... Years 8-10
