Stand out with your junior high school independent research! A collection of fun experiment and craft ideas
To all middle schoolers who want to wow teachers and friends with a “That’s awesome!” in your independent research project! There are tons of experiments in science and crafts that lead to surprising discoveries—even with simple materials.
Make a train run with copper wire and a battery, pop a balloon with an orange peel…
The real charm is getting to witness strange phenomena you’d never notice in everyday life with your own eyes.
Here, we’ll introduce fun experiments and crafts that can spark ideas for your project.
Whether you love science or not, you’re sure to find discoveries that make you go, “Aha!”
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Stand Out with Your Junior High School Independent Research! A Collection of Fun Experiment and Craft Ideas (41–50)
Unbreakable soap bubble
Let’s add a scientific twist to soap bubbles—often seen as something kids enjoy—and aim for higher-quality bubbles.
Soap bubbles are usually thought to pop quickly, so we’ll consider how to solve that problem.
By making adjustments like mixing in liquid laundry starch/glue, the bubble solution becomes more durable.
It could be fun to try other ingredients too and aim for even stronger bubbles.
By experimenting with different formulas, you might discover your own ultimate, strongest soap bubbles.
Stand Out with Your Junior High School Independent Project! A Collection of Fun Experiment and Craft Ideas (51–60)
Boil water in a paper cup
Is it possible to boil water in a paper cup? Wouldn’t the paper cup catch fire? This experiment involves the boiling point, but you need to be careful to avoid burns.
It would be good to summarize in detail why the paper cup didn’t burn and how the water was brought to a boil.
Make a super ball with laundry starch
Let’s make a super ball using laundry starch that you can find in any household.
This is an experiment about salting-out.
Prepare 15 ml of PVA laundry starch, 5 g of table salt, paint, a plastic cup, a wooden chopstick, and paper towels.
It’s an experiment that helps you understand the coagulation of PVA.
The elevator hidden command’s super express mode and cancel function are real!
Did you know that the elevators you casually use every day have hidden features? This video shows just one location, but it might be interesting as a verification—though not exactly an experiment—to see whether hidden commands really work on elevators in many different places!
Trick art in Minecraft
Do you know “trick art”? It refers to works that use optical illusions, where a flat drawing looks three-dimensional or appears differently depending on the viewing angle.
You might have seen pieces like a hole seemingly opening in the ground made with trick art, or a ramp on drawing paper that a ball looks like it can climb.
It may seem difficult, but recently there are videos that teach you how to draw and create trick art, so try using those as references.
You can even make it in the popular game Minecraft! If you like games, give it a try!
Geocentrism and heliocentrism
Even though terms like the geocentric and heliocentric models are commonly known, there may actually be fewer people than you’d expect who understand why the heliocentric model is considered correct today.
This topic is recommended as a way to revisit what we take for granted.
Why not research the reasons society shifted from the geocentric to the heliocentric view, to re-verify the facts for yourself? By summarizing the scholars who proposed various theories, you may also deepen your understanding of history and religious contexts.
Making air fresheners
Here’s how to make an air freshener using gel ice packs.
You know those ice packs that come with cakes or ice cream to keep them cold? Many people probably have a bunch sitting in their freezer.
Take this opportunity to put them to use! Line a glass with decorative stones, add the contents of a gel ice pack, and then drip in a few drops of essential oil—that’s it.
In fact, the material in gel ice packs is the same as the superabsorbent polymer used in diapers.
That’s why it absorbs odors so well.