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Activity

Build a solar viewer (activity)
Discover how you can build a solar viewer that will allow you to safely view an image of the Sun.
Creating craters (activity)
This activity from CSIRO's Double Helix Club provides instructions instructions on how to create your own investigation into meteorite craters.
Making a sundial (activity)
Construct your own sundial and learn how to tell the time without a watch or clock.
Splitting light (activity)
Discover how to split white light into a rainbow of colours.
Tracing the path of the Sun (activity)
Over the course of a year you can trace at the path of the midday Sun across the sky.
Tracking spots on the Sun (activity)
Follow sunspots travelling across the face of the Sun, using a solar viewer, pencil and paper.

Media Release

Build your own space station (Media release 2 Mar 09)

CSIRO’s Double Helix Science Club has produced a paper model of the International Space Station (ISS) – the first designed just for children.