Habitats Make Simple and Fun Science Projects
Every animal and plant has a habitat. A habitat is the environment that is natural to a particular plant or animal. You can call it their home. It is where they are comfortable, and where they will grow and live a good life. There are several simple and fun science projects you can create from studying habitats.
Every plant can feed itself in a process called photosynthesis. When photosynthesis occurs, carbon dioxide, which is released by animals is turned into food for the plant. Plants turn carbon dioxide into food using the light energy given by the sun. One of the bi-products of photosynthesis is oxygen. Plants release oxygen as waste, but animals need it to breathe and maintain their cells, as well as to maintain our environment.
Each plant goes through photosynthesis, but some plants do it differently. Photosynthesis is the reason why many plant leaves are green. For a simple and fun science project, look at the different leaves in your neighborhood, and classify them. Are some of them different in color? These could be flowers, but sometimes they are leaves! Why do these leaves have a different color?
A typical plant needs water, light, and carbon dioxide. Most plant habitats or biomes will have these things in the correct amounts, and that's why the plants can flourish. Do a quick and fun science project by answering these questions: What kind of habitat do you live in? Or are there different types of habitats nearby?
Let's look at the desert habitat. Deserts are very dry and with very little water. Usually they are mostly composed of sand. Plants that we are familiar with are hard to come by in the desert, but the desert does have cacti. Cacti (cactus for singular) are used to living in the desert, they are desert plants. They have adapted to the hot environment, and still carry on the process of photosynthesis. They have learned to store water in their bodies for very long periods of time. The most popular cacti usually have sharp thorns.
In the projects section, you will be asked to observe a plant and a cacti over the period of two months. This simple and fun science project shows us how plants can be very different depending on their habitat.
