Kids News - Articles for Grade 9

Though teaching techniques have come a long way, the mode of communicating them remains pretty much the same since the concept of school was invented - Students with varying calibers and interests are forced into a classroom, where they spend the day learning from a pre-determined curriculum. Now, a European country is trying to change that by building radical schools that have no classrooms, no preset subject lessons and best of all, no grades!...

It's Valentine's Day! The special day of the year when we show our appreciation for people we care about by exchanging cards, chocolates and even exorbitant gifts. So how did this love fest begin? Read on . . . ....

Construction can be a slow laborious process - The bigger the building, the more time it takes right? Apparently not, if you take a look at this time-lapse video of a 30-story, 183,00 square foot T30 hotel that recently went up in China's Hunan Province - It's total construction time? A mere 360 hours!...

The scene was eerily similar - A marine mammal in distress because its tail was caught in a human installed fish trap. Fortunately though, what happened thereafter was nothing close to the suffering that Winter, the famous star of the recent movie 'Dolphin Tale' had to endure....

In August 2012, Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner will attempt a feat that has never been done before - freefall off a specially made capsule from the edge of space - 120,000 feet (23 miles) above earth or about three times the altitude that normal airplanes fly at....

News about glacier melting is largely dire. However, a new scientific report released on Thursday February 9th, finally has a glimmer of something positive. It states that while the glaciers on the Himalayan mountains are melting, they are doing so, at a much slower pace than had been previously believed....

Let's face it - Though roller coasters have become faster and perhaps even longer over the years, they still have the same routine - A rapid escalation followed by a stomach churning descent, a few heart-stopping loops and if you are lucky, maybe an upside down turn. Now, a Southern California firm has designed a ride that is bound to get you off your chairs - literally! All they need to build it, is a theme park ready to take the challenge and $50 million USD!...

43,000 year old Tasmanian plant King Lomita, has just been usurped from its stature as the world's oldest living organism, by a bunch of nondescript looking seagrass that scientists believe have been around for at least 100,000 years, if not more....

Thought the rings on tree trunks are good for just figuring out the age of the tree? Think again! A German artist has come up with an ingenious turntable that 'reads' music off tree trunk slices....