Backgrounders

What is herd immunity and how does it protect some of the most vulnerable people in our communities?

Triangles are very strong shapes which makes them important when building strong and stable structures

Stress is more than a feeling. Understanding the importance of stress can help you to manage it. It can even lead to an improvement in your mood and how you think!

Descriptions and properties of common materials such as wood, metal, glass, plastics, ceramics and paper.

Learn about DNA sequencing and the Sanger Sequencing method.

Learn what’s inside a tomato seed, how it travels, and all the things it needs to germinate and grow.

Learn about the pollination, fertilization, germination and growth of tomato plants.

This backgrounder looks in depth at Computational Thinking (CT) and why it is important for today's students.

Learn about the history of vaccines and how vaccines trigger an immune response that keep us from getting some dangerous diseases.

Visible light is only part of what astronomers study. They use different types of telescopes to study the entire electromagnetic spectrum.

Learn about organ transplantation - what it is, how it can save lives, how your immune system responds, and how the matching process works.

Inquiry is an approach to learning that engages our natural curiosity and desire to make sense of the world.

Learn how clouds form and how they can be grouped into different categories

How does your brain allow you to do and experience so much? It’s all because of the building blocks of your brain - neurons!

What exactly are bacteria? What types of bacteria are there? And are they really as bad as people think they are?