5th - 8th Grade Science Activities : Page 14

April showers may bring May flowers, but your child can preserve the beauty of spring's bounty all year long with this simple craft project!

Find out whether putting something on top of a plant will inhibit its growth.

Here is a quick experiment you can conduct at the playground to introduce or reinforce the concept of Newton's First Law, The Law of Inertia.

This fun experiment provides a concrete and visually striking illustration of photosynthesis.

Science fair project in which you will learn more about the natural world by preserving and identifying different animal tracks.

Show your child how to concoct a simple duo of household ingredients that changes color as acids and bases are added!

This science research project challenges students to think of more effective lobster farming methods.

Ant behavior is closely related to light intensity. This free science fair project idea examines how fast ants dig when they are exposed to to light and dark.

In this activity, your kid will watch coal turn into crystals right before her very eyes, and learn some science along the way!

Science fair project which measures the shadow cast by a meter stick at various times in order to predict the circumference of the earth.

Discover whether the â5-second ruleâ is effective at determining whether food is still safe to eat after being dropped on the ground.

This science fair project idea explores whether it is easier to balance on a narrow ledge or on a rope.

This science fair project idea explores plant growth from a bulb, root, and a stem and investigates asexual plant reproduction.

This science fair project idea investigates how the height at which a pendulum is released affects the length of time it continues.

Science fair project that uses muriatic acid to develop fingerprints that would otherwise be invisible.

What is biodiversity? Kids will study different areas of their backyards to see which is the most diverse to learn about biodiversity and random sampling.

This science fair project idea explores alcoholic fermentation at work by making your own soda.

Science fair project that helps you better understand density by comparing the relative densities of cans of Coke and Diet Coke.

This science fair project will help students learn about non-vascular plants, such as mosses.

This science fair project idea explores whether a sundial is as accurate as an atomic clock when telling time.

In this activity your child will make a coiling snake out of simple household materials, and also find out why they coil.

With a clear bottle and a few plastic straws, you can easily make a hummingbird feeder and demonstrate the effects of atmospheric pressure at the same time!

Science fair project which determines whether it is numerically possible to be connected to every person on the earth within six degrees of separation.

This experiment explores whether reading text on a computer screen or type on paper leads to better retention of the information read.

In this activity, children will work on their mathematics and engineering skills as they attempt to recreate the Eiffel Tower out of building blocks!

This science fair project idea explores whether people have an innate feel for the passing of time from a few seconds to 20 minutes.

This science fair project explores how osmotic pressure forces water through the root up into the plant.

In this science fair project, students examine under what conditions individual plants release seeds and how far the seeds are released.

In this science fair project, students will try to discover if test subjects can detect the presence of Monosodium Glutumate (MSG) in food.

This science fair project idea measures the growth of bread dough and finds out how long it takes for the dough to stop rising.