Site header. Includes: search, main navigation and secondary navigation

Welcome to Scitech, introducing you to the new scitech.org.au

At Home

Science doesn’t stop when you leave Scitech. Keep young minds occupied for hours with science activities for kids at home.

View all Experiments

Forensic science

A petri dish of powder with purple liquid bubbling around it.

So much experimenting!

Test Mystery Powder

Tasty or toxic? Things can look similar but be completely different. Learn how to tell white powders apart with simple chemistry.

Forensic science

Shh, don't tell anyone otherwise your x-box will be gone. Text.

Kaboom!

Easy Ink Chromathography

Chromatography: it’s tough to say, but pretty easy to do. Split ink with this science experiment to do at home.

Forensic science

A test tube of suspended DNA in solution.

Analyse your own cheek cells

Human DNA Extraction

See the stuff that makes you, you! Extract your own DNA in this easy at-home science experiment.

View all Challenges

Force and motion

Think, make, try and refine

Pom Pom Catapult

Make this simple pom-pom catapult – then think, tweak, test and refine to improve the design.

Interactive

Think, make, try and refine

Make. Believe. At Home

If you love Scitech then you will love Make. Believe. At Home. With three fun activities that will inspire you to think, …

An older boy with a young girl on his shoulders, in the Discovery Shop.

Science at your fingertips

Feeling inspired? That’s the ‘Scitech effect’. The Discovery Shop has everything you need to explore your world – all from your place. With science experiments for kids, toys, DIY kits, books and beyond, we’ve got something to keep every mind ticking.

Explore The Discovery Shop

Mobile header. Includes: optional ticker, search, main navigation and secondary navigation

Find us

What's on today

Site header. Includes: search, main navigation and secondary navigation

Visit

Explore

Support