Bullet Trains
Bullet Trains Sometimes train travel is all about the journey. It’s a great opportunity to gaze out of a window and take in the scenery on the way. Not Japan’s Shinkansen though. With bullet trains, it is all about getting to your destination AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE! It was the world’s first high-speed railway system, […]
Heath Robinson facts for kids
Meet Heath Robinson, original AQUILAnaut! Imagine for a moment that your name became so famous around the world that it actually entered the dictionary as an adjective! What would be the definition, do you think? That’s easy. Ed would mean ‘blisteringly intelligent, erudite and hilarious’ Ed Of all the artists who have ever lived, only […]
Beaver facts for kids
Brilliant Beaver Facts In the Ingenious Engineering issue of AQUILA Magazine we made a crafty camshaft-driven beaver automaton. But why did we choose a beaver? Well, there are a couple of reasons. Firstly, beavers are really clever eco engineers, and secondly because beavers are just all round SUPER COOL. Check out these fabulous facts to […]
Ingenious Engineering activities for kids
Busy Beavers, Building with Biscuits and Blowing Bubbles Here comes six brand-new Engineering Awesome Activities for our ingenious AQUILAnauts! We’ve got brilliant beavers, we’re building bumbling biscuit buildings, we’ve got blowing bubbles…and a bit of a thing for the letter ‘b’, it seems. Let’s get Busy! Construct a Beavers’ Dam! You may have heard that […]
AQUILA Mystery Mail Competition
AQUILA Mystery Mail Competition Now Closed To celebrate the launch of the AQUILA Blog we are giving one lucky family the chance to win our Postal Escape Room – Indigo Bing & the Missing Mind Disc. Perfect for a fun-filled, home-based family adventure, get ready to join Aunty Aquila on a code-cracking journey through time and space! YOUR MISSION: […]
Engineering facts for kids
Ingenious Engineering facts for kids Engineers are driven by a need to make things work better. They use creativity, maths and science to invent, build and maintain a variety of machines, structures, and even entire systems. If you’ve been enjoying our Ingenious Engineering issue, you’ll know that, in many, many, MANY ways, we have engineering […]
Pancake Day and The Science of Pancakes
The Science of Pancakes Pancake day is here and we have the ultimate highly scientific AND delicious recipe for our hungry AQUILAnauts! Scroll down to discover our recipe for guaranteed light’n’fluffy pancakes! You will need: 2 cups of of all-purpose flour 2 tbsp of sugar 1/2 tsp of salt 1/2 tsp of baking powder 1/2 tsp of baking soda 2 […]
Fun Friendship activities for kids
Friendship Activities for Kids Our Friendship! issue is here and we’ve got a new bunch of Awesome Activities for you. These made everyone at AQUILA HQ feel warm and fuzzy inside, so come and join in the fun with us! Plan a Fantastical Friends Party Picture the scene: your parents have said you can throw […]
Stem activity for kids: sticking and joining
Investigate the science of sticking and joining HARVEY’S MISSION There are lots of ways to join things together; you can glue, nail, stitch, paperclip, tape, tie or fasten. But how do you know what method is BEST? In this activity, we’re going to test them all out, tabulate the results and see which proves to be the most […]
Wolf facts for kids
Wolf facts for kids Humans and dogs go so well together, don’t they? That is, unless you’re a cat person… we’ll save THAT discussion for another day. Domestic dogs have been part of our extended families for a very long time. We will happily buy them birthday presents, give them unconditional love and really do […]