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Fun Science Projects For Kids

admin — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:04:33 +0000

Some of the most fun science projects for kids relate to botany. When science projects relate to things growing and changing regularly they tend to hold the interest of the students that are involved. Fun science experiments like this also get the children involved because they have room for personalization. The kids that taking part in this experiment can all choose their own seeds and they can compare their results with one another.

Experiment: Is Water or Soil Yield Better Plant Growth?

Category: Biology/Botany

Materials:
1 Packet Vegetable Seed
1 Packet Flower Seed
1 Packet Grass Seed
6 Plastic Cups
Soil
Sand
Water

To get this project started you will need to fill three of the plastic cups with 5cm of soil and three of them with 1cm of sand. After you have filled each of the six cups with soil or sand you will need to plant your seeds. Place five vegetable seeds in one of the soil filled cups and five in one of the sand filled cups. Follow the same process with your flower seeds and your grass seeds. Make sure you label your cups with the item your are growing.

The next thing that you need to do is carefully add water to the plastic cups that are filled with sand. This must be done very carefully so that you do not disturb the sand and seeds. You will fill each plastic cup that has sand in it with 200ml of water. During the course of your experiment it is important to maintain that water level.

Fun science projects like this don’t happen over night, they take time. The entire course of this project will take exactly five weeks. During this time you will water your plants in soil daily and record your plant growth. When the five weeks is over you will remove each plant from its container and carefully measure it. You can chart your findings on a graph.

By: Dee Schrock

Easy Science Projects for Kids

admin — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:52:48 +0000

It’s important for kids to get involved in science from an early age, as exposure to scientific ideas and the world of exploration as soon as possible is the best way to foster a love for learning in your children that will last a lifetime. At the same time, scientific knowledge is cumulative, so kids have to start with a solid foundation if they are to develop the necessary scientific skills to succeed in school, and perhaps in a future career. Of course, when doing science projects with kids the most important thing to remember is to have fun! Youth science fair projects aren’t meant to transform your child into a scientist – they are meant to get the creative juices flowing within your child and help him or her continue to explore the natural world and make use of the imagination.

So where do you find ideas for science projects, if you want to get your child started on something at home? Luckily, these days you don’t have to look far to find science projects for your children – simply do an online search and you should be able to find tons of websites containing information and ideas pertaining to science fair projects and science for children in general. These websites list science projects and tell you exactly how to do them and what to do, so the process of helping your child discover science or prepare science fair projects for school is made easy.

In the past, it was easy for parents to become frustrated when helping kids with homework and coming up with ideas for science fair projects – now it’s easy to help them out and you don’t have to be a science whiz yourself! And if your child demonstrates a natural interest in science, it’s even more important that you encourage it from an early age. Whether or not you have to do a project for school, or complete a homework assignment, kids getting involved in science at home is a great idea!

In fact, doing their own science experiments at home is a great way to supplement the regular educational exposure your kids get during the day in the classroom. And if you home school your children coming up with fun and educational science experiments that are easy to recreate at home is the perfect way to help your kids exercise their minds and learn about science while having a lot of fun at the same time.

When you set up science projects for your kids to do at home, it makes learning fun – this will carry over to the child’s classroom experience and may even improve their grades overall. Of course, that is not the main goal of doing science experiments at home. Again, do these projects with your children as a fun activity and the learning will spring from that organically. Specifically, when searching for science projects for your kids to do at home it’s a good idea to find something your children, and maybe even their friends, will enjoy. Figure out what interests your child and go from there. Involving them in the process will help them naturally discover where their interests are and what type of experiments they’ll gain the most from.

You can find the instructions for these experiments for free, although you will have to purchase some basic supplies in most cases. At the same time, materials used in most of these projects are relatively inexpensive and not difficult to find.

By: Garry L. Neale

Easy Science Projects For Kids – Science Made Simple and Fun

admin — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:24:44 +0000

Easy science projects for kids can be found anywhere, even in your own house or backyard! There are many fun and easy projects kids can do, such as testing to see what flavor of water ants will prefer, like plain water, lemon water or sugar water. Other projects can focus on racing snails, or seeing if cockroaches have a sense of direction.

Another easy project involves learning how plants grow. All you need is paper cups, dirt, water and some seeds. Fill a few cups with soil and plant some seeds in each one. Place one in a sunny spot such as a windowsill, place another in a shady spot such as in your living room, perhaps on a shelf, and place one in a closet. Water them all regularly and let your child see which one grows best. A similar project is to show your child how plants absorb water. Simply get a few paper cups and fill them with water, add a different food coloring to each cup and place a white carnation in each one. The next day, let you child observe the flowers. By then, they should have changed color to match the food coloring you put in.

You could also show your child how sound is caused by vibration. To do this you need a few small drinking glasses, a spoon and some water. Fill each glass with a different amount of water and have your child tap each glass with the spoon and observe how each glass makes a different sound, depending on how much water is in the cup.

By: Dee Schrock