Discover how some of our foods and drinks are produced.
At home activities
There are plenty of fun DIY activities that can be done from home to encourage girls to become more interested in STEM.
Future Farmers: Australian Agriculture
Fireworks in a bottle
Grab a friend and make your own liquid fireworks with this simple and safe alternative.
Avalanche
What starts out as a cascade of well-mixed granular materials sorts itself into alternating layers of salt and sand.
Fog chamber
Make a portable cloud in a bottle: Now you see it, now you don’t!
Naked egg
Put de-shelled eggs in different fluids and watch them swell and shrink.
Mould terrarium
Watch tiny blue, green, and white moulds grow on leftover food.
Black magic
Discover the secret colours in a black marker!
Paper airplanes
Build, test and improve paper airplanes.
Leaning tower of pasta
Experiment with different structures to determine which ones can handle the biggest load.
Protect that pill
Develop a pill coating that can withstand the acidic environment found in the stomach.
How do things fall?
Find out what determines how quickly objects fall.
Household energy audit
Review the electrical appliances used at home.
Mobile forces
Create mobiles to explore the application of engineering principles.
Unplugged activities
Computer science activities without a computer.
Design a better vortex cannon
Build and test vortex cannons out of household materials.
Barbie bungee
Design a bungee ride for Barbie.
All spun up
Learn about properties of rotation.
Talu tales
Find out about a new way to tell and share stories.
Barefoot
Enjoyable activities, designed by teaching professionals for families to do at home with their children.