Sarah Jane Elliott

THE SECRET LANGUAGE OF BEES

If you listen to a hive of bees, what you'll hear is a droning, humming buzz.  Sometimes it gets so loud that you might wonder how the bees hear each other at all.  Well, the truth is: they don't. Bees don't need to hear each other, because they... Read >

THE AMAZING LIFE OF BEES

Hey kids, do you have any brothers and sisters?  Imagine living in a house crammed wall-to-wall with thousands of your sisters, and you have a bit of an idea of what it's like to be a honey bee. A working bee hive in the summer can be filled with tho... Read >

A Tale of Two Mummies

Some people think of mummies as scary monsters, but kids science knows better. A mummy is actually any body that has been dried out; this can happen in ice, in acid bogs, and in the desert. By using science to study these ancient bodies, we can learn the ... Read >

Astounding Ants

Imagine you're standing in a room full of 50 kids just your size. Now imagine that you can pick all 50 of them up at the same time, and carry them around the room with you! If you could do that, you'd be as strong as an ant! Ants are incredible insec... Read >

Watching the Night Sky

Hey kids, when you look up at the sky at night, what do you see? If you live in a city, you can probably see the moon and a few stars. But if you live out in the country, away from all the city lights, you can see a sky full of stars! But stars aren't the... Read >

Mysteries of the Deep

Hey kids, what do you think is the most unexplored part of our planet?  It’s not the depths of the rainforest. It’s not the burning deserts. It’s not even the frozen Arctic waste. The most unexplored parts of our planet are our ocea... Read >

Scaly Surprises: The Secrets of Snakes

Hey kids, close your eyes for a moment and imagine that your arms are stuck to your sides and your legs are stuck together. Imagine that you have no ears, and that you smell with your tongue. And imagine that your entire body is covered with fingernails.&... Read >

Playing with Electricity: Fun Experiments to do at Home

Everyone knows it's dangerous to play with electricity. If a strong enough electrical current runs through your body, it can overpower the electrical messages your body sends to your brain, or even stop your heart!  Fortunately, kids science has some... Read >

Two of a Kind: the secrets of moths and butterflies

Everyone knows that the prettiest insects are bright colourful butterflies, and that their cousins the moths are dull and boring, right?  Wrong!  There are some butterflies with plain brown wings, and some moths whose wings sparkle with every co... Read >

Cooking up Chemistry in the Kitchen!

Hey kids, when most people hear the word "chemistry", they think of creepy laboratories with bubbling beakers of toxic goo. But chemistry can happen any time two different things react together to make something new, and there are fun science ex... Read >

Spectacular Spinners

Hey kids, can you think of something an animal makse that can stretch 1½  times its original size, is incredibly lightweight, and is stronger that steel?  The answer is spider silk!  Spiders are amazing animals. Although there is one... Read >

The World's Strongest Animal!

Hey kids, if you held a contest to find the strongest animal in the world, who do you think the winner would be?  Would it be an elephant? Or maybe a giant squid?  If we made all the animals the same size to make it a fair contest, the winner is... Read >

A Romp Through a Rainforest

Hey kids, do you know where you can find more living things in one place than anywhere else in the world?  In a tropical rainforest! Rainforests are exactly what their name suggests: warm, dense forests that are very wet.Tropical rainforests are... Read >

Masters of Disguise

Hey kids, have you ever played hide-and-seek? Imagine if you could stand in plain sight, but nobody could ever find you! That’s the way some animals live every day. When an animal has colours and markings to help it blend in with something or l... Read >

Dinosaurs in My Backyard

Everyone knows that all the dinosaurs died out 65 million years ago, right? Wrong! The truth is, dinosaurs are alive and well today, and living in disguise – right in your own backyard.How is this possible? It's possible because living things change... Read >