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Study what happens to a house fly in cold weather
Read moreEven 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...
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Build your own biosphere
Read moreA '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'.
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Make a sheet erosion landscape to study soil erosion
Read moreWater 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...
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Test how much Vitamin C is in fruit juice
Read moreWe 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.
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Trees act as large solar panels – Calculate the area of the leaves
Read moreUsing 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...
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Test if ordinary household items can be used as food preservatives
Read morePreservatives 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.
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Study how the amount of leaves affects the growth of a plant
Read moreGreen 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,...
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Study how plants are affected by temperature and environment
Read more'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.
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Test the damaging effects of phosphate on freshwater plant life
Read morePollution 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...
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Study how temperature can affect how fast seeds germinate
Read more'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.