states of matter

Anything that has mass is made up of matter – an all-encompassing word for atoms and molecules that make up...

This Connected article is about a class project that 7–8-year-old students conducted after their teacher challenged them to find out how the smell gets into a...

In 2017, Sue Fergus and her students at Toko School in Taranaki began a Curious Minds Participatory Science Platform (PSP) project to distil oils and hydrosols...

Where can a question take you? For Sue Fergus and her students at Taranaki’s Toko School, questions about candle scents and what to do with lavender...

In 2018, NASA launched a thrilling mission unlike any other to date. From Cape Canaveral, the Parker Solar Probe was scheduled to launch within a small...

For a few years now, the Hubs writing team has used the informal tagline – “We can make your job easier” – when presenting at conferences...

Students do not arrive in the classroom as "blank slates". They have diverse experiences of the world around them and often have created their own explanations...

The next time you use a straw to blow bubbles into your juice or use a bubble wand to make soap bubbles, take a moment to...

Water can exist as a solid (ice), liquid (water) or gas (vapour or gas). Adding heat can cause ice (a solid) to melt to form water...

Water is the only common substance that is naturally found as a solid, liquid or gas. Solids, liquids and gases are known as states of matter....

Water seems to be everywhere in New Zealand. Oceans surround us. There are hundreds of lakes and rivers. Some South Island regions get more than 10...

Observing is something we often do instinctively. It helps us decide, for instance, whether it is safe to cross the road. But observation is simply more...

Observing and asking questions are essential parts of what a scientist does. Through their observations, scientists try to build more accurate explanations of how the world...

Use these Material World resources for NZ Curriculum levels 1 and 2 to explore the characteristics of solids, liquids, gases and bubbles by observing water and...

A team of US astronomers, after years of working in the Antarctic, say they have found long-awaited evidence for the theory that the Universe underwent a...

Stars like our Sun are made of ionised gas known as plasma. In fact, space is dominated by plasma – space scientists (astrophysicists) believe that about...

We happily live in the Earth’s gaseous lower atmosphere composed of a mixture of gases – primarily nitrogen and oxygen. However, if we move upwards from...

Converting states of matter from one form into another requires the involvement of heat energy. For example, converting water at 100°C into steam at 100°C requires...

Matter is anything that occupies space and has mass. All physical objects are composed of matter, and an easily observed property of matter is its state...

On November 2010, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), operated by CERN under the French-Swiss border near Geneva, successfully created an initial of mini big bangs by...

The atomic theory of matter is one of the fundamental theories of all science. The importance of this theory cannot be overstated. It has been said,...

Scientists have learned to harness the Sun, transforming its energy to meet our energy needs. Long, long ago in the mystical land of Aotearoa, Māui gave...

Our use of language in everyday life is often quite different to the language of scientists. This can sometimes be confusing because what scientists mean and...

Position: Lecturer and researcher, University of Auckland. Field: Nanomaterials. Associate Professor Ashton Partridge was a researcher and lecturer at Massey University where he headed a team...

Solar cars are powered by electricity through the use of solar energy. Solar panels are attached to the surface (generally, the top) of the vehicle. Photovoltaic...