Even though we do not care for them, most of us have dealt with the common house fly. Flies can be extremely annoying, but at least they don't bite you! They can also be extremely useful in demonstrating the...

A 'biosphere', also called an 'ecospheres' is a mostly closed ecosystem, of a specific size, that contains a mix of plants and animals that is completely self-sufficient. The only input to a biosphere is energy or 'light'.

Water running down from a high area to a low area washes away the fine soil particles exposed on the surface and leaves the 'protected' coarser particles on higher 'plateaus'. This phenomenon is called 'sheet erosion' and in this...

We all know how important it is to get enough 'Vitamin C' in one's diet, but which fruit juices contains the most Vitamin C? Find out in the following science experiment.

Using energy from the sun, plants rearrange water and carbon dioxide to form sugar or 'energy' thus, the leaves of a plant or a tree and can be seen as miniature sunlight collectors or solar panels. Use the method...

Preservatives can be artificial chemicals developed by scientists, but many natural preservatives can also be found in your kitchen as can be seen in the following science experiment.

Green plants absorb the light and use it to break down 'chlorophyll' during 'photosynthesis' and this chemical reaction leads to the production of energy. Plants uses mainly their leaves for photosynthesis, and if a plant loses too many leaves,...

'Transpiration' is a process by which plants take back water to the atmosphere. After absorbing and retaining water from the ground through their roots, plants then release water through structures in their leaves, called 'stomata' to the atmosphere.

Pollution from various chemical sources such as laundry and other detergents, is released into the soil of the earth on a daily basis. Many of these detergents are phosphate-based and can be very damaging to freshwater, plant and animal...

'Germination' is the process in which a plant grows or 'sprouts from a plant 'embryo' contained in a seed into a seedling. Seeds require a number of things to grow successfully into a healthy seedling.