9th grade science fair projects ideas
Is it Christmas time already? Let’s create some homemade crystal ornaments with the kids. Kids will learn some science while decorating the Christmas tree with ornaments they create. In this experiment, we will use a saturated solution made out of Borax powder. This is a perfectly safe experiment for kids under adult supervision. You can…
Tornados can be devastating. It can destroy large buildings, rip roofs off of houses, uproot trees, drive sticks into trees and hurl cars hundreds of yards away. They can even pick you up and literally drop you somewhere else. A tornado, also called twister or cyclone, is a violent rotating column of air extending between the Earth’s surface and…
Table of Contents What Is The Scientific Method? Scientific Method Steps Scientific Method Examples – Zoey and Sassafras Download Scientific Method Worksheet What Is The Scientific Method? The scientific method is a systematic way of studying the world in a scientific manner. It allows scientists to minimize errors and increase confidence in the results of…
Friction Experiment This experiment is about friction. Friction allows us to walk on the road instead of sliding on it. It also lets us pick up a piece of paper or a glass of milk. You can also pick up rice grains using a pair of chopsticks all because of friction. In this experiment, you…
What Is Plastic Made Out Of? What happens when you mix milk with vinegar? What is plastic made out of? What do stone, buttermilk, yogurt and cheese have in common? So many questions I had in mind after researching for this milk curdling experiment. There are various experiments and articles online that indicate mixing milk with…
Water molecules (and also liquid soap and glycerin molecules) tend to stick to themselves. This cohesive force creates surface tension. (Note: Water by itself doesn’t form long lasting bubbles because a thin layer of water molecules evaporates too fast. By adding soap and glycerin, the “skin” of the bubble is more stretchy and water is…
One day, my 4-year-old daughter asked, “What is science?” “Well, remember you always ask me Why — ? Why is the sky blue? Why is sunset orange? Why are bubbles round?” I answered. “Science helps us find out answers to these whys!” My daughter’s question came at the perfect time when I received the new…
Did you know that oil and water are not the same density? That is why oil and water don’t mix. However, they will add up to something that’s even more fun. It’s a lava lamp! All you need are a few simple household items and a tall clear glass. Density is the amount of matter…
Water science experiment is always a hit for the kids. One of the coolest summer activities for kids is building a paddle boat. Building a paddle boat is so easy and so much fun. The boat makes a great toy. You can use it on a pond, in a pool or even in a bathtub….
Newton’s first law of motion states that objects have the tendency to retain its motion or the lack of. If a body is at rest, it has the tendency to remain at rest; If a body is moving, it tends to keep moving in a straight line at a constant speed. This is also called…
How Are Ocean Currents Formed Ocean currents are formed in several ways. They can be created by wind, by gravity, by events such as earthquakes. They can also be made by density differences in the water. Density in the water changes when temperature or salinity varies. In this experiment, we will investigate how temperature can affect…
Science is all around us. Oftentimes, we apply the principles of physics, chemistry or biology without even knowing. We can all be scientists and we are by observing and studying carefully what happens around us. Baking is a good example. Kids love baking and playing with the dough. Making bread with kids is full of teaching…
Air can exert pressure on other objects. That force is called the air pressure. After shaking a soda can and open it, the soda explodes. That’s air pressure at work. But you don’t have to use a can of soda to see how air pressure works. There are other, less messy ways. In this air…
Even though there is a severe drought in the area where we live, thunderstorms are still a common spring occurrence. I have shown my kid how rain was created before. Now she’s curious how thunderstorms form and what causes them. So what is a thunderstorm? A thunderstorms is a storm with lightnings and thunders. What causes…
Have you noticed that things look a little funny when you see them through a glass of water? Some of the aberrations are caused by the imperfection in the glass production. But there is more to it. Refraction is the bending of light as it passes from one transparent medium into another1. This bending by…
Have you ever wondered why the string of roller coaster cars is pulled up to the crest of the tallest point on the roller coaster before rolling downhill to the loop? Why do the cars not fall off even when they are upside down inside the loop? The roller coaster is a great demonstration of the law…
Do you know that flowers can drink up water and change their own colors into the color of the water they drink? Flowers and plants drink water through their roots. In cut flowers, since there are no roots, water travels from the cut directly into the stems and travels to the petals and other parts…
How Are Rainbows Formed? Sunlight or white light is a mixture of all the rainbow colors. The different rainbow colors are essentially mixed together to result in a white color. You may wonder why when you mix all the different colors of paint together result in black instead of light. That is because light mixing…
The Blue Sky On a clear day, the sky is nothing more than the air in the atmosphere. The air itself or the sunlight doesn’t seem to contain any color. So why is the sky blue if sunlight is colorless? The sky is blue due to the scattering of light by tiny particles in the…