Science classes can be a lot of fun. Students learn concepts that help them understand the world around them, and the material is perfect for students who perform better when they have hands-on material. For younger students, classroom experiments tend to be kept...
School has changed dramatically in the past few years. The pandemic meant that classrooms needed to make a quick shift to new technologies that could help keep kids in school. Of all the tools that have popped up, Zoom is probably the most popular. The video chat...
Over the last few years, we have learnt more and more about how you should be washing your hands. Making sure you have good hand hygiene is extremely important and a large part of preventing the spread of diseases. But how do we know to wash our hands and how does it...
If you have ever rubbed a balloon against your hair and seen it stand on end or if you have rubbed your feet on the carpet and then given your friend a shock, you have conducted electricity. Electricity is a huge part of life allowing everything from lights to...
Chemical reactions happen around us every day and most of the time they slip us by. But sometimes there is a reaction that has a significant impact and these are strong endothermic and exothermic reactions. These are reactions that create either heat or make things...
Handling a class full of young minds is far from the easiest task. The subjects you’re teaching are valuable and important, but even high school students may struggle to sit up and pay attention if they don’t find a topic interesting. Creating engaging lessons means...
Rocket ships are definitely cool, and there’s also some pretty serious science that goes on behind the scenes of making rockets fly - especially once they make it into space. Without rocket fuel, we never would have been able to put humans on the moon or explore the...
We might not see much of it in Australia but snow is literally one of the coolest things that fall from the sky. It’s great for snowball fights and skiing and catching on your tongue, and there’s also some interesting science that goes on behind the scenes of creating...
Christmas break is on its way and it’s time to line up the activities you’re going to use to keep the kids occupied this holiday season! Street Science has easy experiments you can try your hand at over the Christmas period to keep the kids engaged and maybe teach...