Science 9 Project Ideas

Astronomy

    • Red shift and blue shift
    • The Apollo program
      • Apollo 13: problems with cold, power, and carbon dioxide

Chemistry

    • PC (printed circuit) board fabrication
    • Preventing oxidation with cathodic protection
    • Making a battery
      • Volta and the invention of the battery

Geology

    • The mining industry in BC (Britannia Beach, Mount Polley, etc.)
    • Alberta’s oil sands
    • The nitrogen cycle and the Haber-Bosch process

Physics

    • How turbines and electric motors work
    • How greenhouse gases trap heat in the atmosphere
    • Piezoelectric crystals
    • Photography and light

Biology

    • Trophic cascades

Other

    • Causes of accidents (fault tree analysis)