Science Projects for All Ages
Have you ever tried balancing a spoon or a pen on your finger? Do you think you can balance an upright flat stick on a chopstick? Without glue? With the help of the center of gravity, you can. What you need: • 2 clothes pins • A flat stick • A pipe cleaner • A …
Whenever you read the nutritional information on a cereal box, you always see “iron”. Iron is a metal and it’s in cereal. Have you ever thought it possible for a magnet to attract cereal? What you need: • Water • Preferred cereal with iron listed in its label • A neodymium magnet • A clear …
Symbiosis is a type of relationship between at least two organisms that co-exist in a particular environment. There is a symbiotic relationship between bacteria and plants. Nitrogen-fixing bacteria help plant growth and this project will help students know how it happens. What you need: • Camera • 6 clay pots that look alike • Marker …
How Can You Measure Heat Transfer? This project helps students become acquainted with basic knowledge about heat transfer and every condition that helps it happen. Heat transfer refers to the flow of thermal energy brought about by consequential temperature changes and dissemination and temperature variations. Heat usually moves from the warm end to the cool …
At first glance, it’s hard to imagine how the proliferation of human activity upon the environment has been a major factor in climate change given that climate change alone is nothing new. Over two million years the earth’s history has seen enormous changes. Indeed, in the last ten thousand years, the warming and cooling of …
Simply put, viscosity is the measure of a fluid’s thickness or its resistance to deformation or change. Fluids can either be liquid or gas. A type of force called stress can cause viscosity, which is the outcome of friction among fluid molecules moving around at various speeds. What you need: • Water • A tall …
Hot tubs are always relaxing, but why is it that being in one makes you dizzy after mere minutes? This study can help you discover how hot water affects your blood pressure. What you need: • Towel • Bathtub • Hot tub • Stopwatch • Blood pressure (BP) monitor • Pencil • Notebook What to …
Thanksgiving is a time of appreciation and savouring glorious portions of food! In this experiment, we will demonstrate a spectacular effect with the leftovers from your scrumptious thanksgiving dinner. You will never look at the bones of a turkey the same ever again! Here is what you need for this fascinating experiment: 1) Turkey bones …
The term hydroponics stands for the technique of cultivating plants in a nutrient solution rather than in soil. It’s a novel technique of growing plants in water which contains dissolved nutrients. This technique is also known as indoor gardening, aquiculture and tank farming. Studies have proved the fact that plant roots are able to absorb …
THE POPCORN EXPERIMENT Popcorn is one of the oldest, most common food items in the US. When the people realized that if the maize or corn was left too close to the fire, it popped into many tasty shapes. Popcorn became a fixture in many households and establishments, especially in movie theaters. Huge bags, bowls, …