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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Make a wonderful colour wheel
Make a wonderful colour wheel POLLY’S MISSION Did you know that the idea of a colour wheel was first proposed by Sir Isaac Newton (yes, the gravity guy) in the 17th century. He wrote about it in a book called Opticks, which was published in 1704. By shining a beam of light from a hole […]
Sensational Spring Festivals
Sensational Spring Festivals Christmas may be over for another year but don’t put away those party hats just yet! There is still plenty to celebrate. People all over the world are preparing to welcome spring in a whole variety of different ways. Hoppy New Year Chinese New Year (Yuan Tan) marks the transition between 2022 […]