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Middle School Science Activities and Experiments

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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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
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
Experiment with the wonders of pressure and condensation by crushing a soda can with nothing but air and water!
Crunch a Can with Air, Water and Science!
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
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
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
This kids' activity is fun to perform and impressive to watch. Plus, it's a great example of Newton's First Law of Motion at work.
Perform a Law of Motion Magic Trick
Middle School
Physical Science
This activity is designed to serve as an introduction to polymer chemistry, using the material found inside of a baby's diaper!
Experiment with Diaper Science!
Middle School
Chemistry
Here's a fun activity to reinforce the physics concept of stored energy for your middle schooler.
Stored Energy
Middle School
Physical 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
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
In this 7th grade science experiment, your child will test the strength of hollow structures in order to understand how strong bird bones really are.
How Strong are a Bird's Bones?
Middle School
Physical 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
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

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