Tracking the Animals Materials Required: An adult An outdoor area Earth is home to many living beings. Even though some animals are extinct today, we can conclude that they lived many years ago. Assuming you can prove that a few of them have been around your house, yard or neighbourhood, collect evidence of their presence and make a list. A few tips would be to look for animal hair on the...

Saving Energy at School Materials Required: Your school custodian A local builder Paper and pencil Try to find out, is your school using energy efficiently. If not they are wasting valuable resources thereby increasing the schools expenses which affects not only your family but the community too. Start a research into these energy leaks with the help of your school custodians. Enquire about the status of insulation in school buildings, how...

Saying Energy At Home Materials Required: The place where you live The people who live in your house or apartment Pencil and Paper Electrical energy is being used to run almost all appliances in our homes, these days. How can you make energy saving a way of life with people you live with. Energy needs to be conserved at all time and the first place you begin with is your home....

Polluted Air Materials Required: An adult with a kitchen knife Fresh onion A dinner plate Lemon juice Air pollution leads to unpleasant smell in the air. Some foods have an unpleasant smell. Have an adult cut a slice of fresh onion and place it on a dinner plate. Hold it upto your nose. Is the strong smell unpleasant? Does it make your eyes water? Pour a cap full of lemon juice...

Understanding Decomposition Materials Required: Two chicken bones with scraps on them Colander Brick Clothespin Plastic sandwich bag Refrigerator freezer Animals, big, small or tiny eat food and help break it down. After your family has eaten a chicken at dinner, take two similar leftover bones (such as drumsticks or thigh bones) that still have some chicken on them. Put one of the leftover bones in a plastic sandwich bag and store...

Retaining Solar Energy Materials Required: Scissors Four large glasses A sunny window Ruler 5. Masking tape Water 7. Sandy soil Small stones Four thermometers Two sticks A watch Paper and pencil The Sun’s rays create heat energy, which is absorbed in varying levels by everything present in the earth like air, water, stone, sand etc. To carry out an experiment to see which element contains more of the sun’s heat energy,...

SUN ENERGY Materials Required: 1. Art and Craft supplies If you list all the energy that you see around you, you can surely trace their original source back to the sun’s heat energy. For instance, wind energy is caused by the uneven heating of the earth’s surface by the sun. Sea waves are caused to a large extent by the wind. Even the wood that comes in such good use also...