The Helix magazine for ages 10+ brings you fascinating science news, feature stories, hands-on activities and competitions every two months.
The Helix: a science magazine for ages 10+
The Helix magazine for ages 10+ is one of two magazines produced by CSIRO’s Double Helix Science Club. It is published every two months and is packed with science news, feature articles, hands-on experiments, comics, competitions and brain-bending puzzles.
The Helix is available by joining CSIRO’s Double Helix Science Club, or at selected newsagents Australia-wide.
The Helix is extremely popular with primary and high school students (ten years old and above), and is an excellent way to introduce kids to science. Younger kids may wish to read Scientriffic: a science magazine for ages 7+.
The Helix 133 - August 2010
The Helix magazine is packed with feature-length articles, competitions and hands-on experiments to excite and inspire.
The latest issue of The Helix is a celebration of the International Year of Biodiversity and inside you’ll discover ecosystems teeming with life from small to big. You’ll meet the residents of a red river gum treehouse, find out where the world’s biggest lobster lurks and hunt down some of the oldest groups of plants hidden in your own backyard.
Cook up a storm with your own do-it-yourself solar oven and encrypt all your secrets with a Caesar cipher!
There are also prizes to win – a solar monkey or a Tin Can Robot kit – enter online now!
Get your copy of The Helix from selected newsagents or by puchasing a Double Helix membership.