One Stop Science Shop

Explore genetics by extracting some of your DNA, and get to know Joe Hin Tjio, the first person to find the exact number of chromosomes.

Explore robotics by creating your own robot, and get to know Hiroshi Ishiguro, a pioneer of robotics, known as the man who copied himself.

Explore botany by making a rainbow-coloured flower, and get to know J.C. Bose, a polymath who pioneered studies into the nature of plants.

Explore the nature of light by mixing oil and water, and get to know Zhang Heng, who figured out the Moon reflects light like a mirror.

Explore the nature of sound by making a basic phone, and get to know Guglielmo Marconi, a physicist and inventor – ‘the father of radio’.

Explore geography by making a carpenter’s level, and get to know Kim Jeong-ho, a cartographer who created the first detailed map of Korea.

Explore medicine by making a handy first aid kit, and get to know Al-Zahrawi, ‘the father of surgery’ & inventor of surgical instruments.

Explore magnetism by constructing your own compass, and get to know An Wang, a computer engineer who revolutionised magnetic core memory.

Explore microbiology by extracting DNA from a strawberry, and get to know V. Narry Kim, known for her work in regulating gene expression.

Explore the nature of pressure by experimenting with leakages, and get to know Blaise Pascal, who pioneered the hydrostatic principle.

Explore fibre optics by creating fibre optic strands, and get to know Charles Kuen Kao, the godfather of broadband transmission.

Explore materials science by experimenting with liquid detergent, and get to know Yuan T. Lee, known for kinetics of chemical reactions.

Explore the nature of microbes by experimenting with yeast, and get to know Satoshi Omura, who discovered medicine inside microbes.

Explore environmental science by creating a blubber glove, and get to know Rachel Carson, a chief advocate of global environmentalism.

Explore palaeontology by creating a dinosaur egg, and get to know Teuku Jacob, who studied the predecessors of present human species.

Explore the nature of light in space by creating a kaleidoscope, and get to know Wang Zhenyi, who originated a model of the solar system.

Explore chemistry by decoding a secret message on a blank piece of paper, and get to know Dmitri Mendeleev, father of the Periodic Table.

Explore organic chemistry by making ice cream, and get to know Gloria Lim, who studied fungi, their use, and their role in decomposition.

Explore electricity by making a battery using lemons, and get to know Nikola Tesla, who conceived the alternating current supply system.

Explore renewable energy by making your lettuce sustainable, and get to know Ryoji Noyori, chemist and great advocate of green chemistry.

Explore computing by making your own abacus, and get to know Ada Lovelace, first computer programmer before the invention of computers.

Explore chemical engineering by producing cheese, and get to know Ryong Ryoo, who discovered a rock trapping water can serve as catalyst.

Explore construction by building your own tower, and get to know Fazlur Rahman Khan, who came up with the ‘tube’ structure in skyscrapers.

Explore astronomy by launching your own rocket, and get to know Edwin Hubble, who proved universe consists of galaxies and is expanding.

Explore radiation by creating a weather system, and get to know C.V. Raman, who discovered that scattered light can change wavelength.