A simple project with aluminum You can see for yourself how aluminum is different from steel by comparing an empty aluminum can (a soda can) to an empty steel can (most canned [...]
Girls playing jacks with knucklebones Playing jacks To get a better idea what it was like to be a kid in Central Asia, try playing some of the games that [...]
Talk to your grandparents about vaccinations Until the 1950s, most people never got any vaccinations at all. To see how much kids' lives have changed because of vaccination, find somebody [...]
Daffodil with petals and pistil in the middle. Take a long walk around your neighborhood and the park in the late spring and look at all the flowers you see. [...]
A beach in Tunisia, in North Africa To find out more about seaweed, take a trip to the coast and go wading in the water. There is seaweed on pretty [...]
Sphagnum moss with spores standing up Wander around your back yard or a park until you find a fern. Look at the underside of one of the leaves. There are [...]
Growing seedlings in a pot full of dirt Learn more about seeds by growing your own. Buy a packet of seeds at the store, or save the seed from an [...]
Moss garden in Virginia For a simple project, go to any place that is often wet, like a pathway on the north side of your house, or the banks of [...]
A boy making bread You can see what yeast does by making bread at home. It doesn't matter what recipe you use as long as the recipe calls for yeast, [...]
A child blows soap bubbles You can see how the lipid membranes around the cell and around the vacuoles seal themselves off using soap bubbles. Soap bubbles are a kind [...]
