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  • Jasmin from Scope with her kite.
    Let's go fly a kite! (activity)

    Make your own kite by following these instructions from TV's SCOPE. While you're flying it, learn about the Bernoulli principle and Newton's Laws.

  • Photo of a record made into a clock
    Make a black hole clock (activity)

    In this Double Helix Science Club activity you'll learn how to make your own black hole clock and about different ways to keep time.

  • illustration of a boy looking at a fish with a special under water viewer
    Make an underwater viewer (activity)

    In this Double Helix Science Club activity you'll learn how to make your own underwater viewer so you can study your aquatic friends without the surface of the water interfering with your view.

  • Photo for the Pinhole Camera experiment
    Make your own pinhole camera (activity)

    In this Double Helix Science Club activity you'll learn how to make your own pinhole camera and find out how light creates pictures.

  • A sundial sitting on the ground with the shadow falling between the one and two, indicating approximately 1.30 pm.
    Making a sundial (activity)

    Construct your own sundial and learn how to tell the time without a watch or clock.

  • photos for Solar Barbeque experiment
    Solar barbecue (activity)

    Make your own barbecue by harnessing the power of the sun! Follow the instructions in this activity from CSIRO's Double Helix Science Club.

  • The numbers 2007 written with sparklers.
    Sparkler pictures (activity)

    This activity from CSIRO's Double Helix Science Club provides instructions on how to make your own sparkler pictures. Learn a bit about how your camera and sparklers work while having fun.

  • photo of a man parachuting
    Touchdown! (activity)

    This activity from CSIRO's Double Helix Club provides instructions on how to make your toy it's very own parachute. But how does a parachute work? Find out for yourself in this activity.