Science Projects & Experiments

Fun Science Projects & Experiments for Kids (Grades 1 to 3)

• Naked Egg, Volcano, Mentos & Cola, Cornstarch, Floating Needle, Tornado, Baking Soda
  Naked Egg Experiment
  Baking Soda Volcano
  Mentos and Cola Experiment
  
  Cornstarch and Water Experiment
  Floating Needle (Surface Tension)
  Cloud in a Bottle
  
  Tornado in a Bottle
  Baking Soda & Vinegar Experiment

Junior Certificate Science Experiments for Biology

• Tests for food, CO₂, Starch, Phototropism, Diffusion, Osmosis
  Test food for Starch
  Test a food for sugar
  Test a food for fat
  Test a food for protein
  Convert Chemical energy in food into heat energy
  The action of enzyme amylase
  CO₂ levels in inhaled and exhaled air
  
  To show that starch is produced in plants
  Conditions Necessary for germination
  Phototropism: To Show the Growth Response of a Plant to Light
  Diffusion
  Osmosis

Junior Certificate Science Experiments for Chemistry

• Separation Techniques, Test pH, Gases in Air, Tests for O₂, CO₂
  Experiments for Chemistry
  Filtration,
  Evaporation,
  Distillation,
  Chromatography,
  Investigate conditions for rusting,
  pH of a variety of materials,
  Prepare a sample of sodium chloride,
  React zinc and hydrochloric acid,
  Show that 20% of air is oxygen,
  Show there is carbon dioxide in air,
  Show there is water vapor in air,
  Prepare and test oxygen gas,
  Properties of Carbon Dioxide Gas,
  Carbon Dioxide does not support combustion and is more dense than air,
  Limewater test for Carbon Dioxide,
  Presence of dissolved solids in water sample

Junior Certificate Science Experiments for Physics

• Density, Spring, Energy Conversion, Expansion, Contraction, Heat Transfer
  Experiments for Physics
  How to Find the Density of a Solid or Liquid?
  Hooke's Law: What happens to a spring when we add in some force?
  Frequency vs. Tension of a Stretched String
  Energy Conversion: Electrical to Light to Heat
  Energy Conversion: Electrical to Magnetic to Kinetic
  
  Experiments for Physics
  Expansion and Contraction of Solids when heated and cooled,
  Expansion and contraction of Liquids when heated and cooled,
  Expansion and contraction of gases when heated and cooled,
  Heat transfer by conduction,
  Heat transfer by convection,
  Heat transfer by radiation,
  Heat transfer in water by conduction,
  Light travels in straight lines,
  Reflection of light by plane mirrors,
  Magnetic field of a bar magnet,
  Electrical conduction in a variety if substances

Science Topics, Projects & Experiments for Grades 3 & 4

• Life Cycle of Plants, Parts of a Flower, Water Transport
  Life Cycle of Plants and Seed Germination
  Parts of a Flower and Flower Dissection
  Water transport in plants (Celery and Coloring)

• Food Chains, Ecosystems, Honeybees
  Food Chains and Food Webs
  Ecosystems and Energy Pyramids
  Honeybees - Life Cycle and Waggle Dance

• Lever, Wheel, Inclined Plane, Pulley, Screw, Wedge
  Simple Machines (Lever, Wheel, Inclined Plane, Pulley, Screw, Wedge)

• Static Electricity, Lemon Battery
  Static Electricity
  Lemon Battery, Potato Battery, Vinegar Battery

• Magnetism, Compass, Electromagnet
  Magnetism, Make a Magnet, Make a Compass
  Make an Electromagnet
  Electromagnetic Induction

• Solutions, Suspensions, States of Matter
  Why does ice float?
  Solutions & Suspensions (Water, Salt, Sugar & Oil)
  Saturated Solution (Making Salt Crystals)
  States of Matter Solids, Liquids & Gases

• Space & Air Pressure
  Air takes up Space
  Air has Pressure

• Water Cycle, Hurricanes, Lightning, Weathering
  Water Cycle
  What is a Cloud?
  Hurricanes & Tornadoes
  What causes Lightning?
  Snow & Hail
  Weathering, Erosion & Deposition

• Climate, Barometers, Rainfall
  Climate, Weather & Weather Balloons
  Barometers
  Measuring Rainfall & Humidity

• Planets & Moon
  Planets in our Solar System
  The Phases of the Moon
• The Earth
  Layers of the Atmosphere
  Earth's Crust & Structure
  Volcanoes & Earthquakes
  Earth's Rotation, Revolution & Seasons

• Stars, Comets, Meteors
  Ursa Major (The Big Dipper), North Star & Ursa Minor
  Comets & Meteors
  Halley's Comet

Science Topics, Projects & Experiments for Grades 4 & 5

• Cells, DNA, Prepare Cell Slides, Genetics
  Cells Nucleus, Cytoplasm, Membrane
  Cells Genes, DNA, Chromosomes, Mitosis
  Preparing Animal & Plant Cell Slides
  Genetics 101What are genes? What are SNPs? Where do your genes come from? What is a Phenotype?
• Blood Cells
  Blood Cells Function & Composition
  Blood Cells under a Microscope
• Cell Reproduction
  Mitosis - Cell Reproduction

• Classifying Living Things & Plants
  Five Kingdoms of Life
  Gymnosperms & Angiosperms
• Flowering Plants
  Parts of a Flower & Flower Dissection
  Reproduction in Plants & Pollination
  Dispersal of Seeds
  Vegetative Reproduction
• Cone-Bearing Plants
  Life Cycle of Cone Bearing Plants
• Spore-Bearing Plants & Fungi
  Ferns
  Fungi
  Mold Growth Cycle & Bread Mold Experiment
• One-Celled Living Things
  Algae
  Budding in Yeast
  
• Animals: Vertebrates & Invertebrates
  Vertebrates & Invertebrates
  More on Invertebrates
• Life Cycles of Invertebrates
  Complete Metamorphosis
  Life cycle of a Monarch Butterfly
  Life Cycle of a Housefly & a Mosquito
  Metamorphosis of a Mealworm
  Incomplete Metamorphosis
  Life Cycle of a Dragonfly
  Life Cycle of a Spider
• One-Celled Animal-Like Protists
  Budding in Hydra
  One-celled Protists - Protozoans
  Parameciums
  Amoeba
• Egg-Laying Vertebrates
  Life Cycle of a Salmon
  Life Cycle of a Frog
  Life Cycle of a Turtle

• Water Cycle, Carbon Cycle, Food Chains
  Water Cycle
  Carbon Cycle & Global Warming
  Food Chains
  Food Webs
  Energy transfer in chains & webs
  Energy from food used for respiration
  Energy Pyramids

• Energy & Work
  What is Energy?
  Kinetic & Potential Energy
  What is Work?
• Energy Sources
  Fossil Fuels Natural Gas & Crude Oil
  Solar Energy
  Geothermal Energy
  BioMass Energy
  Nuclear Energy Fission and Fusion

• Fossils
  Types of Fossils
• Geology: Changes in the Earth
  Earth's Crust & Structure
  The Rock Cycle
  Weathering, Erosion & Deposition
  Volcanoes & Earthquakes
  Volcano Vesuvius (Pompeii) & Undersea Volcanoes
  Mountains Folding & Faulting San Andreas Fault & Other Fault Lines in America

• Lessons on Measurement & Error
  Physical & Chemical Change
  Conservation of Matter or Mass
  Particles of Matter & Motion of Particles

Science Topics, Projects & Experiments for Grades 5 & 6

Plants

• Photosynthesis System
  Photosynthesis
  Photosynthesis Experiments
• Transport System in Plants
  Water transport in plants (Celery & Coloring)
  Transpiration in Plants & Transpiration Experiment
  Xylem & Phloem
• Plant Behavior
  Phototropism & Geotropism
  Plant Hormones auxin, gibberellins & ethylene
  Mimosa, Venus Flytrap, BladderWorts

• Human Digestive System
  Digestive System
  Teeth - Types & Anatomy
  Amylase Experiments Saliva & Cracker
  Rennin & Milk
  Diffusion through a Membrane Experiment
• The Circulatory System
  Blood Circulation
  Blood Cells Function & Composition
  Blood Cells under a Microscope
  Blood Types - ABO
• Heart Diseases
  Heart Attack & other Heart Diseases
  High Blood Pressure or Hypertension
• Blood Disorder
  Anemia & Sickle Cell
  Leukemia
• The Respiratory System
  Lungs, Breathing & the Respiratory System
  Limewater Test To check for carbon dioxide in your breath
• Lung Diseases
  Lung Cancer, Black Lung Disease, Pulmonary Fibrosis
  Tuberculosis, Emphysema (COPD)
• Skin & Kidneys
  Anatomy & Structure of the Human Skin
  Kidney & the Urinary System
• Skeletal & Muscular System
  Skeletal System
  Muscular System
• Nervous System
  Nervous System & the Brain
  Nerves & Neurons
  Reflex Arc
  Conditioned Response Pavlov's Dogs

• Ecosystems, Ecology, Population
  Ecosystems, Ecology, Water Cycle
  Communities, Ecology & Trophic Levels
  Competition, Predation & Symbiosis
  Populations Distribution & Human Pollution
• Examples of Relationships
  Commensalism - One organism is helped & the other is not affected.
  Examples of Symbiotic Relationships
  Mutualism Both organisms are helped by the relationship
  Parasitism One organism lives off another organism

Biomes

• Types of Biomes
  Terrestrial Biomes
  Taiga & Tundra Biomes
  Desert Biomes
  Forest Biomes Tropical Rainforest Biomes
  Deciduous Forests Biomes
  Coniferous Forest Biomes
  
  Savanna Biomes Grasslands & Prairies Chaparral Ecosystem & Biomes
  Aquatic Biomes Freshwater Biomes
  Wetlands
  Intertidal Biomes
  Coral Reef Biomes

Biology for Key Stage 3

• Lessons for Biology KS3
  Food Chains
  Food Webs
  Energy transfer in chains & webs
  Energy from food used for respiration
  Energy Pyramids
  
  Muscles
  Sensitivity
  Muscles & Movement
  Muscle Response
  
  Plants & Light
  Plants & Responses
  Growing Plants & Fair Test
  Growing Water Cress (fair test)
  Warming Up (fair test)
  Red Squirrel Population
  
  Microbes
  Microbes & washing hands
  Size of Microbes
  Growth rate of microbes
  Prevention of infection during operations
  Microbes sterilization - Control of infection in operating theatre
  Microbes & spots on your face
  
  Plant Growth
  Plant growth rates
  Plant growth & photosynthesis
  Plant growth results
  Conditions For Growth in Plants
  
  Plant nutrients & CO₂
  Effect of CO₂ concentration on plant biomass
  Oxygen production by photosynthesis
  Plant stress
  
  Human Nutrition
  
  Human Digestion
  Saliva & gastric juices
  Digestion after the stomach
  Digestion - breaking down complex molecules
  Feeding Habits
  Energy used by knotweed
  Energy in food
  
  Respiration
  Respiration Products
  Respiration equation
  Respiration & lack of oxygen
  Respiration in Cells
  Respiration - Efficiency of horses
  
  Onion cells & Cheek cells
  Cells - Model of animal cell
  Cells - Plant cell structure
  Function of the Cell membrane
  
  Cells & growth
  Cells & Reproduction
  Cell growth rate
  Cells - Yeast growth & the nucleus
  Growing skin cells
  
  Reproduction
  Reproduction - fertilization
  Reproduction in plants
  Self & cross pollination
  Reproduction - pollination of apple trees
  Reproduction - pollen tubes in plants
  
  Seeds Dispersal - Wind, Water, Animals, Self
  Asexual Reproduction

Physics for Key Stage 3

• Lessons for Physics KS3
  Static charge transfer
  Static electricity - Helicopter
  Static Clothes
  
  Static & Current
  Conservation of Current
  Increasing the Potential Difference
  Electrical Resistance
  Resistivity of ground
  
  Magnetism
  Magnetism - Lodestone
  Magnetism - shipbuilding
  Magnetism - laws
  Magnetism - fields
  
  Magnetism
  Magnetism - electromagnet
  Magnetism - compass correction
  Magnetism - magnetic strength
  Magnetism - induction
  
  Pressure
  Pressure equation
  Pressure over small area
  Pressure - spreading weight
  Pressure - ballerina vs tank
  
  Forces
  Forces - balanced, stationary
  Forces - addition & pressure
  Forces - upthrust
  Forces - salt water
  Forces - helium upthrust
  
  Forces
  Forces in a lift
  Forces in a falling lift
  Forces - Mass & weight
  Forces causing movement
  
  Forces
  Forces - Reducing Friction
  Forces - Friction on ice
  Forces - Friction in fluids
  Forces - Air resistance on a bike
  
  Forces
  Forces - Speed distance time
  Forces - Speeding cars
  Forces - Speed skating
  Forces - distance time graphs
  Forces - Acceleration
  
  Sound
  Sound - Resonance of glass
  Sound production
  Sound - Loudness
  Sound - Frequency of sound
  Sound - Resonance
  
  Sound
  Frequency Amplitude
  Sound - Transmission of sound
  Sound - String telephone
  Sound in water
  Sound - echo location

Concepts of Physics (suitable for 6- to 12-year olds)

• Unit 1: Force & Energy
  Inertia
  Mass
  Speed
  Acceleration I
  Acceleration II
  Gravity
  Weight vs Mass
  Work
  Kinetic Energy
  Potential Energy
• Unit 2: Simple Machines
  The Inclined Plane
  The Lever
  Mechanical Advantage & Friction
  The Screw & the Wheel
  The Pulley
• Unit 3: Heat & Temperature
  Molecules in Solids
  Molecules in Liquids
  Evaporation & Condensation
  Expansion & Contraction
  Measuring Temperature
  Temperature vs Heat
• Unit 4: The Conduction of Heat
  Atoms
  Electrons
  Conduction
• Unit 5: The Convection of Heat
  Volume & Density
  Buoyancy
  Convection
• Unit 6: The Radiation of Heat
  Heat as Energy
  Radiation Waves
  The Radiation Spectrum

High School Chemistry & Physics Experiments

This is a series of chemistry & physics experiments presented by Dr Matt Carlson, a high school science teacher.

• Lessons on High School Chemistry
  Mixing Light Photons of Light Air Pressure Temperature
  Freezing by Boiling Free Fall Packing Peanuts Newton's Third Law
  Concentration & Reaction Rates Density Fun with a Vacuum Circular Motion
  Bernoulli Effect Thermal Conduction Pendulums Motion in Two Dimensions Shoot the Monkey
  
  Eddy Currents Angular Momentum Waves The Doppler Effect
  Mirror & Images States of Matter Liquid Air Fluorescence
  Making Clouds Quantum Mechanics A Particle Experiment Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
  Entropy Rolling Uphill Straight Line

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