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BENEATH
THE WAVES
By surfing the waves and sailing the currents, we only ever scratch the ocean’s surface. To truly explore its mysteries, we must dive right down to its depths. And to do this, we must harness density. After visualising this property by measuring out a fixed mass of various common objects and seeing how much space they occupy, it's time to master it and create a Density Column. Once we have arranged a bunch of household liquids by their densities, we will float them atop one another and then find objects that will float at each of their interfaces.
ACROSS
THE GALAXY
We’re still on Mars, but would it be wise to step outside for some frigid, fresh air? The lack of O2 & the abundance of CO2 are concerning, but the real problem is there’s just not enough of it. Using cups and cards, candles and flasks, water balloons and fire, we will discover how bodies accustomed to the pressure of Earth’s atmosphere would react when it’s taken away. If, after all that, anyone had any doubts about how inhospitable the Martian atmosphere is, witnessing what happens to our marshmallow explorer in a vacuum chamber will surely convince them to stay indoors!
PERIODIC
PIONEERS
Categories help us make sense of the world, but the world doesn’t often like to fit into categories. Solids, liquids, and gases may seem like useful ways to describe materials until you meet materials that don’t fit neatly into either group. Elements can be just as rebellious - they should be either metals or non-metals. But then came the metalloids. They, like Boron, are a bit of both. That’s what makes it perfect for stringing along glue molecules into the long-chain polymers we call slime - another material that isn’t content with being a solid or a liquid.
