Article & Student Activity Please login to favourite this article. EXPLAINER: How do cells know when they’re fully grown? BiologySTEM Scientists unlock the key to cell size regulation – and it’s all in the DNA. How do cells regulate their... Years 8 & 10
Student Activity & Article Please login to favourite this article. When the Mattress King met the Queen of Waste ChemistryEarth SciencesSTEM You’re likely to have spotted an old mattress slumbering by the roadside, and they’re an environmental nightmare. Here are two... Years 7 & 10
Article Please login to favourite this article. How was the asteroid belt formed? ChemistryPhysicsSpace SciencesSTEM Travel back 4.6 billion years, to the beginning of the solar system, to learn how the asteroid belt was formed.... Years 7-8 & 10
Article Please login to favourite this article. How does 3D printing work? TechnologyChemistrySTEM Additive manufacturing has extended past manufacturing and into prototyping, fashion and even medicine. Learn about the different 3D printing devices... Years 8 & 10
Article Please login to favourite this article. Meet the new chief: Nicole Webster’s journey from the tropics to Antarctica Antarctic ScienceCareers in STEMEarth SciencesSTEM This marine scientist, Dr Nicole Webster, switched from coral to ice, thanks to a growing awareness of the role that... Years 7-10
Student Activity & Article Please login to favourite this article. Science of Sci-Fi PhysicsSTEM We all suspend a certain amount of disbelief when we immerse ourselves in a blockbuster movie. But for a geek... Years 7 & 10
Article & Student Activity Please login to favourite this article. Supernova Observations of Aboriginal Australians Aboriginal + Torres Strait Islander Histories & CulturesSpace SciencesSTEM Aboriginal observations of new stars appearing in the sky are leading to new approaches in astrophysics research, write Pete Swanton... Years 10
Article & Student Activity Please login to favourite this article. Toothpaste Truths: the chemistry of toothpaste ChemistrySTEM 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 Please login to favourite this article. EXPLAINER: Renewable Energy Earth SciencesPhysicsSTEMSustainabilityTechnology We don’t have to be tied to dirty coal-fired power stations for our energy needs. We have real options, explains... Years 6-8 & 10
Teacher Resource & Video Please login to favourite this article. In Class With... Professor Fiona Wood BiologyCareers in STEMScience Human EndeavoursSTEMTechnology Inventor of spray-on-skin and world-leading burns specialist, Professor Fiona Wood takes on questions from school students around Australia in this... Years 6-12
Article Please login to favourite this article. Exploring history through a 2000-year ice core Antarctic ScienceChemistryEarth SciencesSTEM Antarctic scientists have analysed a 2000-year ice core record to find the link between Australian drought and greenhouse gases. Learn... Years 8 & 10
Article Please login to favourite this article. Let’s talk about sex. Beetle sex. BiologySTEM The sex life of the British burying beetle is really pretty disgusting, and Dr Megan Head gets to study it... Years 10