Some things can be bent, some things can be stretched, some things can be folded, some things can be cut... How a material can be changed depends on what it’s made of. Explore how everyday materials can be physically changed.

Heat things up with this experiment. You can do it right where you’re sitting, right now. Try it!

Chip & Chirpy are two fantails who begin to fly up to the sun. The sun says it’s too far and suggests they learn a song instead. Chip & Chirpy learn facts about the sun and then a tree comes to life and tells them about solar energy. Two children walk by with a little dog and they all sing the song together.

What effect does salt have on the temperature of ice? This lesson plan and activity will let students experiment for themselves. What outcomes and reasoning will they come up with?

Students Paige and Sabitra design an experiment to test whether their solar oven would work better if they paint it black on the inside. But they notice some problems with the data they collect. By changing their experiment, they are able to improve the quality and reliability of their data.

Balaclava School has a new greenhouse called the Living Room. The students find out how the environment inside the Living Room helps plants grow during the cold Dunedin winters and investigate which vegetables grow best inside and outside its unique climate.

In 2018, Daniel Turinsky, a student at Nelson Central School, entered a competition to design an eco-house using the computer game Minecraft. This article describes the thought processes Daniel went through as he weighed up different options to create his winning design.

With this experiment, you can study ocean currents in the safety of your own home-no submarine needed.

Bill’s heating up and chilling out in the “Deserts” episode.

Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CI0mNRKaRrs

Adding sugar to water might not make a great drink but it does help with this easy experiment.

Nanogirl and some friends find out what goosebumps are and whether all animals get them - especially animals that live in very, very, very cold places

Use dry ice and a soapy mixture to create a giant dry ice bubble. How big will your bubble get before it bursts?

Nanogirl wants to get the Superpowers of the Earth! Join her as she experiments and investigates how we can use the hidden power that's all around us, above us and buried right under our feet to give ourselves superpowers.

Do egg shells really contain thousands of tiny holes? Find out with this fun science experiment for kids.

Three fun activities involving eggs.

Bill Nye the Science Guy is all charged up for the “Energy” episode.

Watch Bill Nye go with the flow in the “Fluids” episode.

Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWtETy5eW1M

Get a grip – it’s the “Friction” episode.

Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu-5QRYjPQk

Things sure are heating up at Nye Labs.

If I hold something cold in my hands, why does it warm up? Where does the heat come from? And when I turn on the heater, where does the heat actually come from? Investigate how heat is produced, which objects make their own heat, and how heat is transferred.

Watch what happens to the air inside a balloon as you heat it up, does it act differently or stay the same? Let's find out!

Go behind the scenes of a Nanogirl Live! show to see how this amazing experiment works!

Find out about power generated by the wind, what a wind turbine is and how it works

Write secret messages with invisible ink you created from lemon juice, read them later if you can work out how to.