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Text: Physics activities. Image: A red laser bouncing of a circular reflector.

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  • Blue icebergs and water
    Backyard bergs (activity)

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

  • Red inflated balloon inside a margarine container floating on water.
    Balloon powered boat (activity)

    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.

  • Balloon surfing experiment.
    Balloon surfing (activity)

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

  • Blowing up balloons in bottles. (l to r Mr Justin McGuire and Mr Graham Walker.)
    Bottled balloons (activity)

    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.

  • Egg ins and outs experiment.
    Eggs ins and outs (activity)

    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.

  • Illustration of a pirate with a telescope
    Eye Eye, Captain (activity)

    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.

  • Drop of water melting off an icicle.
    Falling for science (activity)

    These activity from CSIRO's Double Helix Science Club provides instructions for two activities that explore gravity and its effect on falling objects.

  • Film canister and hand adding white powder to lid of film canister.
    Film canister rocket (activity)

    In this activity from CSIRO's Double Helix Science Club you'll make your own film canister rocket and learn about the chemical reaction that makes it blast off.

  • Close-up of a mercury thermometer on an orange background.
    Home made thermometers (activity)

    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.

  • Jelly Optics experiment
    Jelly optics (activity)

    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.

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