Have you ever looked through a microscope and used it to see tiny objects up close? So have millions of other people all over the world. For hundreds of years, people have been using microscopes to research the world around us. They’re one of history’s most important...
The Easter long weekend is on its way again! That means chocolate, family gatherings and a bit of time off to play with the kids. But there’s no way you can spend the whole weekend just eating chocolate. So gather up your lab coat and materials, because we’ve got some...
Absolutely everything in the world (including your body) is made up of different combinations of chemicals. The periodic table shows all of the 118 chemical elements that are the building blocks of life as we know it. The periodic table is actually one of the most...
The Earth is in the middle of a crisis right now. Greenhouse gases and global warming are all over the news, and it’s the way we make electricity that’s causing all the problems. Scientists are meeting the challenge head-on, with researchers all over the world...
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...