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Browse through our Middle School science activities & experiments. We have many Middle School science activities to keep your student learning on the fly, all year long. For more in depth science projects, take a look at the Science Fair Project Ideas section of the site.

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Does your child know that salt water conducts electricity? This simple experiment will show how saltwater acts as a conductor to electrical currents.
Experiment with Salt Water Conductivity
Middle School
Physical Science
Test your middle schooler's science knowledge with a science scavenger hunt! The purpose of this game is to test your child's understanding of science terms.
Scientific Concept Scavenger Hunt
Middle School
Science
Start thinking about how the internet works by assembling an Ethernet cable of your own!
How to Make an Ethernet Cable
Middle School
Physical Science
This scientific experiment will help your child find out about mold, while developing important hypothesis and experiment-building skills.
Making Mold: A Science Experiment
Middle School
Life Science
Experiment with magnetism in this 8th grade science activity in which your child will create a working compass using a steel needle, magnet, and jar.
Experiment with Magnetism: Make a Hanging Compass
Middle School
Physical Science
For this activity your child will use the ready made glycerin base to create elegant rose petal hand soaps.
Make Rose Soap Petals
Middle School
Chemistry
Show your middle schooler how to concoct a simple duo of household ingredients that changes color as acids and bases are added!
Watch Acids and Bases Produce Colors!
Middle School
Chemistry
Invite your middle schooler to bungee jump ... with eggs! This experiment will demonstrate Newton's laws of physics in an entertaining way.
Bungee Jump ... With Eggs!
Middle School
Physical Science
Here's a way to make history both interesting and relevant: design a garden using plants that were used by people in colonial times!
Grow Your Own Herbs
Middle School
Life Science
Can you think of a way of cleaning dirty water using the sun? In this activity, you will be making a 'solar still' that is able to do just that!
Clean Water Using the Sun!
Middle School
Environmental Science
Show your middle schooler how a quick whirl of spinach in the blender will reveal the cobwebby 'stuff'--or DNA--of life!
Extract DNA from Spinach!
Middle School
Life Science
In this experiment, your middle schooler will chart the effects of oil on a feather in order to grasp the tragic effects of oil spills on wildlife.
How Do Oil Spills Harm Wildlife?
Middle School
Environmental Science
Wondering how we know that air is there? Here's a quick and easy experiment that proves that air may be thin, but it's not too wimpy to block your shot!
An Air Science Experiment
Middle School
Physical Science
In this middle school activity, your child will learn how to press plants and create her very own herbarium, or plant library! Here's how:
Be a Botanist: Make Herbarium Sheets
Middle School
Life Science
Find out the gross facts behind what makes milk milky by separating out the curds and whey in this fun science activity.
Curds and Whey: A Milky Experiment
Middle School
Chemistry

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