Material World

This backgrounder explains what greenhouse gases are and how they contribute to climate change.

Have fun discovering what magnets can pick up in this hands on activity.

Can your body be a source of electricity generation? Maybe, if you understand heat transfer. Explore this concept through a 2013 invention by a Canadian teen.

The telegraph works by transmitting signals through an electrical circuit. Learn more and print your own telegraph key using this 3d model of a real artefact.

Students develop and apply observing, comparing & contrasting and predicting skills as they explore the properties of common liquids and solids.

Students develop and apply Observing, Comparing & Contrasting and Sorting & Classifying skills as they explore the forces of push and pull acting on everyday objects.

7 images of some objects that can reflect light such as mirrors, Mylar balloons and water

Students investigate the properties of a variety of everyday solids (powders) and liquids to determine the identity of an unknown solid (mystery powder).

Students develop and apply comparing & contrasting, observing, and predicting as they investigate the properties of familiar objects and materials.

10 images of some spherical objects such as golf balls and tennis balls that are made of different materials and used for specific purposes

What does light have to do with colour? Observe some colourful fruit under different conditions to learn why we see the colours we see!

Students develop and apply the skills of sorting & classifying, comparing & contrasting and predicting as they explore magnetism as a non-contact force that causes movement.

Explore surface tension in this hands on challenge activity.

In this hands on activity find out just how much of an iceberg is below the surface. It might surprise you!

Will it slide or stick? Students conduct a fair test to investigate how different solid surfaces affect the movement of an object on a ramp.