Brainspace

Academic print magazine with augmented reality features. Brainspace challenges young minds to think beyond the bricks and mortar of the classroom. Interactive with tablets and phones, digital content is triggered from the images on the print pages of each issue. 36+ pages of content.

Brainspace

MATH TRICKS, LAWS AND PUZZLES • PLAYING WITH NUMBERS IS FUN AND EASY

A BIRD'S BIG Dreams

WHY DO WE Dream? • YOU'RE SOARING ON A DRAGON'S BACK, about to pass through a wall of fire, and suddenly you fall off, dropping towards the ground with a… your eyes open as you land on your mattress with a thud. Phew! It was just a dream.

FEAR • YOU SEE A GIANT, HAIRY SPIDER. INSTANTLY, YOUR HEART RACES, YOUR EYES GROW BIG AND YOU START TO SWEAT. WHY?

Easter Island and THE MOAI

DISASTER ON EASTER ISLAND

Galápagos • HOW PEOPLE HAVE AFFECTED THE ISLANDS

A PIRATE'S LIFE • A PIRATE IS A DARK AND SCARY CHARACTER, WHICH MAY BE WHY THE COSTUME IS A POPULAR CHOICE FOR HALLOWEEN. PIRATES ARE ROMANTICIZED IN FICTION AND MOVIES BUT, IN REALITY, PIRATES ARE HORRIBLE. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT WHY A PIRATE'S LIFE IS NOT WORTH GLORIFYING.

ZOMBIES? NO, JUST PARASITIC MIND-CONTROL • There are no instances of reanimated corpses that come back to life and act like the fictional zombies portrayed in movies and books. However, there are creepy and bizarre occurences in the animal kingdom that can look like zombie behaviour. Parasitic plants, fungi and insects use chemicals to control the brains of non-human (phew!) creatures to a gruesome and deadly end. Warning, this stuff is creepy.

CARNIVOROUS PLANTS

Earth's Infancy • Though Earth was neatly orbiting the Sun as a rocky mass four and a half billion years ago, no organism could survive there. Radiation from the recent supernova kept the planet extremely hot, its surface molten, and oxygen was non-existent. Plus, incredibly massive meteorites and asteroids frequently slammed onto the surface — creating even more heat. The Earth got so hot, it began melting. Heavier material sank to the bottom, lighter stuff rose to the top. Some elements evaporated. This transformation created the Earth's layered core and mantle, crust and atmosphere. Even today the Earth undergoes constant change. Shifting, sliding, and colliding tectonic plates “surf” atop its semi-molten mantle. This relentless drifting speeds along at the rate of fingernail growth, yet causes mountains to rise, volcanoes to erupt, and earthquakes to strike.

THE ADVENTURES OF Tallulah

Au clair de la lune • LISTEN AND LEARN: use Zappar to scan this page and hear how to sing the French song Au clair de la lune. Read along with the words on the right side of the picture.

MOON TIDES

TIDAL CURIOSITIES • A TIDE PHENOMENON THAT HAPPENS DUE TO THE MIX OF GRAVITATIONAL FORCES, THE ROTATION OF THE EARTH, AND THE CHARACTERISTICS OF DIFFERENT COASTAL REGIONS IS KNOWN AS A TIDAL CURIOSITY. HERE ARE A FEW EXAMPLES OF TIDAL CURIOSITIES:

SUGAR

A SHORT (NOT SO SWEET) HISTORY OF SUGAR • Sugar actually has a very long history. But its story hasn't always been sweet. From the 16th to 19th century, many people were forced to work on sugar plantations as slaves.

BAKE CREATE & GIFT