Kids News - Articles for Grade 9

Andrew O'Doriso pondered in the Redwood High locker room. But unlike the rest of his teammates, this kicker's mind wasn't on booting a ball or on the upcoming playoff game with Heritage High....

As the holiday season starts, a lot of us are getting ready to board airplanes to go visit family and friends across the country. While we take airplanes for granted today, imagine what life would be like if the Wright brothers hadn't dreamed of building the first passenger plane....

Residents of Western Canada were in for a treat yesterday evening, when a beautiful, blindingly bright meteor streaked across the skies at 5.30pm. Though it lasted only a few seconds, lots of people managed to capture the amazing scene on camera....

If you thought the fireworks at the opening of the Summer Olympics in Beijing were spectacular, you will be even more amazed by the ones staged for the party held in Dubai last night, to celebrate the opening of the $1.5 billion Atlantis Resort....

Most Space missions start with spectacular launches and end with successful albeit dangerous spacewalks. While Shuttle Endeavor's mission started off exactly as expected, it has already encountered a couple of unusual twists and the mission is nowhere close to the end....

Max, a Springer Spaniel has led a life most dogs can only dream about. He joined the Avon and Somerset Police Force in England, at the age of one and spent the next seven years as a sniffer for the drug enforcement agency....

On Tuesday November 18, 2008, the eternally youthful-looking Mickey Mouse turned 80! The ever-smiling rodent celebrated his birthday quietly surrounded by his friends, family and of course thousands of fans, both young and old....

The staff at Heythrip Zoological Gardens in Oxfordshire had a slight problem. Chico, their resident pygmy hippo was refusing to eat, and his nicely rounded figure was starting to look - well a little less rounded and that was not good!...

Thursday, November 15th, was Domino Day. Every year on this day, Domino fans across the world build elaborate creations and then try set the record by toppling as many as they can in a smooth chain reaction....