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Greetings, Time Travellers! • If you could travel through time, where would you go? Would you meet the first inventors, watch ancient cities come to life or glimpse tomorrow’s amazing discoveries?
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TADEO JONES 4: THE MAGICAL LAMP
Time Travel: Science or Science Fiction? • COULD YOU REALLY VISIT THE PAST?
Inventing Tomorrow! Science Sleuths • Step into a world where ideas come to life and curiosity leads the way. Many of the inventions that shape our lives today begin in a laboratory, where scientists explore, test and discover new possibilities every day.
OWL about that? Birds of prey • SILENT HUNTERS OF THE NIGHT
Animals helping science • ANIMALS HELP US DISCOVER, LEAR AND PROTECT
GAME ON! • GAME FEEL: Why Controls Matter
Biomimicry: WHAT CAN WE LEARN FR OM NATURE? • Some of the world’s greatest inventions didn’t begin with complicated machines or expensive equipment – they began with a simple observation of nature. From the way birds fly to the way spiders spin silk, the natural world is filled with clever solutions to everyday challenges.
Little League, Big Dreams • STEPPING UP TO THE PLA STAGE
How humans first changed the world • FIRE: HUMANITY’S FIRST SUPERPOWER
Ancient civilisations and their amazing ideas • INVENTIONS THAT SHAPED CIVILISATION
Ancient thinkers unlocking secrets • DISCOVERIES THAT CHANGED HOW PEOPLE SAW THE WORLD
FUTURE COUNT… • MAPPING THE WORLD
AUGUST 2026 • Immunisation Aware ness Month
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