What’s the matter? Everything is the matter, everything is made of matter, and Bill Nye will show you how.

Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sIUUg0s8GM

Do you feel like a warm, relaxing bath with soothing fragrances? Try this fun experiment and learn the science behind bath salts.

Bill is practically exploding with excitement about the “Chemical Reactions” show.

Nancy Bertler is a scientist who studies the ice. She’s been examining Antarctic ice cores to discover what Earth’s climate was like in the past – and how it might change in the future.

This article examines how different processes combine to affect the balance of carbon in the atmosphere. It explains that the increased level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is having a huge effect on climate – an effect that can be reduced, as carbon is finite. Carbon sinks, in the form of forests, the ocean, and soils, could help to balance the carbon levels in the atmosphere. However, each form has its own complications. The article concludes that human use of fossil fuels needs to be reduced to protect the carbon sinks around us.

Three fun activities involving eggs.

Grow your own collection of beautiful salt crystals and examine what they look like under the sharp focus of a microscope.

What is your class focusing on at the moment? Ms Spence's class is studying the human body, so here's the episode Lungs to help them with their investigations.

In this episode Dr Michelle Dickinson will cover the basics of the mixtures and solutions, carry out a hands-on experiment and talk about polymer mixtures with Professor Jadranka Travas-Sejdic from the University of Auckland.