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Physics experiments

Balloons, rockets and rainbows make hands-on physics phantastic.

This activity from CSIRO's Double Helix Science Club provides instructions on how to explore the buoyancy of your own icebergs.

This activity from CSIRO's Double Helix Science Club provides instructions on how to make your own balloon powered boat and in the process learn about Newton's third law of motion.

This activity from CSIRO's Double Helix Science Club provides instructions for balloon surfing, which will also teach you about force and pressure.

Bones, flowers, tastebuds and more: learn about human, animal and plant life with these fun activities.

This activity from CSIRO's Double Helix Science Club provides instructions on how to make your own garden hose trumpet and will teach you about how wind instruments work.

This activity from CSIRO's Double Helix Science Club provides instructions on how to make your own bottled balloons and learn about how air takes up space.

This activity from CSIRO's Double Helix Science Club provides instructions for the famous 'egg in a bottle' activity which will help you learn about air pressure.

This activity from CSIRO's Double Helix Science Club provides instructions on how you can harness the Sun's power by bending its rays to your will with a magnifying glass.

This activity from CSIRO's Double Helix Science Club provides instructions to make your own thermometer and in the process learn about how temperature causes expansion and contraction.

This activity from CSIRO's Double Helix Science Club provides instructions to on how to make your own jelly lenses. Explore different shaped lenses and observe how they bend light in different ways.

This physics activity from CSIRO's Double Helix Science Club provides instructions to make your own jet balloon and learn how aeroplane jets work.

This activity from CSIRO's Double Helix Science Club provides instructions to make your own kaleidoscope and have fun with reflections.

This activity from CSIRO's Double Helix Science Club provides instructions for an experiment that illustrates the principles behind fibre optics.

This activity from CSIRO's Double Helix Science Club provides instructions to make your own thaumatrope. Use the thaumatrope to explore persistence of vision and learn how movies work.

This activity from CSIRO's Double Helix Science Club experiment provides instructions for a great party trick involving capillary action, turgor pressure and a nifty matchstick star.

This activity from CSIRO's Double Helix Science Club will help you to understand how melting ice and snow affect sea levels.

Make a move on these activities to take a closer look at how objects in the universe spin, bounce, shine and accelerate.

This physics activity from CSIRO's Double Helix Club provides instructions for a shot put water-balloon competition. What does sport have to do with physics? Find out in this activity.

This activity from CSIRO's Double Helix Science Club provides instructions on how to make your own screaming balloon and in the process learn about inertia.

This activity from CSIRO's Double Helix Science Club provides instructions for a static electricity activity that demonstrates positive and negative charges and how they are useful in everyday life.

This physics activity from CSIRO's Double Helix Science Club shows you how to make a balloon hover in mid air and teaches you about forces and air pressure.

In this activity from CSIRO's Double Helix Science Club, use an egg and the science of density to identify the glass of sugary water.

This activity from CSIRO's Double Helix Science Club provides instructions for the construction of a swinging pendulum and will teach the principle of inertia.

This activity from CSIRO's Double Helix Science Club provides instructions on how to make a glass appear invisible by matching refractive indices.

In this activity from CSIRO's Double Helix Science Club you'll make a boat that uses detergent to move through water and learn about surface tension.

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Email: education.sa@csiro.au

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Community

CSIRO aims to establish and build relationships with members of the community. We welcome people of all ages to come and explore our facilities, holiday programs and public events.

Contact

Phone:

1300 363 400

Email:

enquiries@csiro.au

More contact options

About CSIRO

CSIRO, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, is Australia's national science agency and one of the largest and most diverse research agencies in the world.

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