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Hummingbirds can consume up to twice their body weight in nectar every day. You can observe these fascinating birds in action by making a hummingbird feeder for your garden in the following science experiment.

'Cells' are the basic building blocks of an animal's body. These cellular building blocks are so tiny you would need about 10 000 just to cover a pinhead. There are a huge amount of different kinds of cells in...

You might know that 'calcium' is very important for healthy bone growth in humans and in animals. What is lesser known is that bones are also full of 'protein' fibres, which are equally important than calcium for healthy bone...

Did you know that your skin is your largest organ? Your skin protects your inside organs while keeping infections out and prevents you from getting sick. A medium sized adult's skin weighs about 3,5kg! A human being's skin is...

In this science project, experiment with high and low pitched sounds to see if it has any effect on nocturnal insects.

Night insects like mosquitoes, moths and the like, buzzes your ears constantly, they bite you, or even takes up residence in your home. Use a box-trap to catch some of these 'nocturnal' insects in the following science experiment.

Farmers hate soil-burrowing insects because the can destroy a field of crops or a garden overnight. During the day they hide under rotten, rubble or a thin layer of soil, just to emerge in the dark to consume an...

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...