Nature & Outdoors projects
8 projects for age 9 · page 1 of 1
Projects
Pinecone Bird Feeder
Birds need high-energy food, especially in cold weather — you can help feed your local birds.
Mummified Apple Experiment
Children test how the ancient Egyptians preserved mummies by burying apple slices in salt and bicarbonate of soda for a week. The salts draw water out of the apple, and without water the things that cause rot cannot grow. It is a real fair test with measuring and recording.
Pumpkin Seed Scientists
Scooping out a pumpkin becomes a science lesson: guess how many seeds are inside, count them in tens, test which ones sink or float, and save some to grow next spring. It covers estimating, counting and how plants make seeds.
Simple Sundial
The sun moves across the sky, so shadows move too — you can tell the time by them.
Leaf & Bark Rubbings
Rubbing reveals the hidden textures — veins on leaves, ridges on bark.
🔒 PremiumSeed Bombs
Wildflower seeds wrapped in soil can be planted with a throw — and help bees and butterflies.
Bean in a Jar
Seeds sprout roots and shoots — you can watch a plant begin, up close.
🔒 PremiumWormery in a Jar
Worms mix and tunnel through soil — you can watch them build layers and help the garden.