Play School Science Time

Why do our bodies make snot when we're sick? Poor Big Ted has the flu and is all sneezy and snotty. Dr Karl shows Matt how you can make your own snot without being sick!.

What is a cyclone? Weather reporter Nate Byrne and Miah learn all about wonderful weather and see if they can create a swirling and whirling cyclone in a bottle.

Can you make a picture drawn with ink move and float? Matt learns how he can get drawings of his fish, Wriggle and Swish, to move and swim about as if real!

What makes stars twinkle? Miah learns all about stars and constellations from Karlie Noon the astronomer and together, they make their own twinkling stars!

Can we create our own geodes? Dr Tara Djokic teaches Matt all about magnificent geodes and together they create their own geodes using empty eggshells.

Why don't some liquids mix together? Miah is joined by Niraj Lal to layer lots of different liquids and explore why some liquids don't mix together.

What types of food can we mix together to make them change? Join Matt to whip up some colourful fluffy foam using two unexpected ingredients.

How does covering up and wearing sunscreen stop my skin from getting burnt? Professor Georgina Long joins Miah to make sun smart paper dolls to demonstrate how we can be sun safe too!

How does my hand move, making it wriggle and wiggle? After investigating an X-ray of a hand with a broken bone, Matt makes his own cardboard hand that can bend and move.

Can we use the air to make something fly? Miah experiments to see if she can use a bottle to launch a rocket high into the air!