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

THE ADVENTURES OF Tallulah

THE REASONS FOR SEASONS • HAVE YOU HEARD PEOPLE SAY “HAPPY WINTER SOLSTICE” OR “HAPPY SPRING EQUINOX”? FROM ANCIENT TIMES, MANY PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD HAVE CELEBRATED THESE SPECIAL DAYS THAT MARK THE STAGES IN EARTH’S JOURNEY AROUND THE SUN. BUT WHAT DO THESE WORDS MEAN? BRAINSPACE WRITER HOLLY BENNETT LOOKS AT THE SCIENCE.

CELEBRATING WINTER SOLSTICE

THE SCIENCE OF CELEBRATION

LICHEN • Tough enough to survive within the harshest climates this planet has to offer

MAKER MUSHROOMS • COULD THIS BE MATERIAL FOR YOUR NEXT PAIR OF SHOES?

ANIMAL MIMICRY FOR SURVIVAL • CHARLES DARWIN WAS EXCITED WHEN HENRY BATES, A NATURALIST, STUDIED THE INSECTS OF THE AMAZON RAINFOREST. HE CONFIRMED DARWIN'S THEORIES.

BENNU'S SAMPLE • Can 1 cup of 4.5 billion-year-old surface material taken from an asteroid provide the recipe for our solar system and planets? Scientists are sorting it out.

SPACE JOBS • On July 1, 2017, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau introduced Canada’s newest astronauts: Dr. Jennifer Sidey and Lt. Col. Joshua Kutryk. They are the 13th and 14th astronauts to be selected since the first group of six were picked in 1983.

SNOW, ICE & SPEED

SLED OR SLEIGH?

PERIODIC TABLE of AmUSeMENTS

THE WORLD'S COOLEST CASTLES • ICICLE FRAMING IS BEHIND THE CREATION OF STUNNING WINTERY STRUCTURES

What happens when your body gets Cold?

FORCES UNDER THE EARTH

THE MYSTERY OF THE EAST AFRICAN RIFT

ENTER THE SUPERPLUME

SIMPLE ANIMATION CODING

PAINT SHAPE MAKE BAKE • CREATE • CALCULATE • ENGINEER • COMMUNICATE

GROW YOUR OWN Crystals

Box it!

MOSAIC PHOTO FRAME

ÉCORCE DE NOËL CHRISTMAS BARK

CANDLE CAROUSEL

Cacao • The cooler weather is back, so wrap your hands around a mug of rich, creamy hot cocoa and ask yourself, “Who do I thank for discovering this delicious treat?”