INSPIRE

Inspire

Science on a shoestring: inspiring experiments with everyday items

June 10, 2025 | Issue 73

Low cost, high impact: try these creative and engaging experiments that use inexpensive everyday materials to bring curriculum science to life.

Ages: not applicable
Keywords: Electricity, Energy, Enzymes, Forces, Light, Low-cost experiments, Materials, Real-world examples

Inspire

Girls Go Circular: your key to engaging STEM Education

June 10, 2025 | Issue 73

Ready to bring circular economy concepts to your classroom and teach your students hands-on STEM and digital skills? Explore Girls Go Circular!

Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19
Keywords: Careers, Circular economy, Digital skills, Sustainability, Technology, Engineering



UNDERSTAND

Understand

Quantum computing: is quantum mechanics the next computing superpower?

June 10, 2025 | Issue 73

Stranger things: discover quantum computers, which are based on a new approach to computing powered by the strange behaviour of subatomic particles.

Ages: 16-19
Keywords: Electricity, Magnetism, Materials, Minerals, Neutrons, Particle physics, Quantum computing



TEACH

Teach

Adventures in cyanoprinting: where art and chemistry meet

June 10, 2025 | Issue 73

Try a project blends chemistry, art, and peer learning, as secondary school students teach younger students how to create nature-inspired cyanotype prints.

Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16, 16-19
Keywords: Iron, Peer learning, Pigments, Photography, Redox reactions, Transition metals

Teach

Explore the properties of sound waves by using robotics

June 10, 2025 | Issue 73

Sounds good: try some simple activities that use robots to explore the basic properties of sound waves – reflection, absorption, and propagation.

Ages: <11, 11-14
Keywords: Coding, Materials, Propagation, Reflection, Robots, Waves

Teach

Colourful electrolysis vortex in a magnetic field

June 10, 2025 | Issue 73

Chasing rainbows: the interaction of an electric current and magnetic field in a solution with pH indicator gives amazing colour patterns as electrolysis occurs.  

Ages: 14-16, 16-19
Keywords: Electrolysis, Electromagnetism, Ions, Magnetism, Redox reactions