

![]() | Project title | Natural pesticides and ants![]() ![]() |
| Difficulty Level | Middle school | |
| Project page |  Click here to view this science project | |
Description | ||
| This science fair project was conducted to find out the effectiveness of using natural pesticides to control ants around the house. The science fair project was done using lemon juice, apple juice, tomato juice and carrot juice. | ||
Instructions preview | ||
| 1. For this science fair project, the independent variable is the type of juice used – lemon, apple, tomato and carrot. The dependent variable is the movement of ants - in and out of the circle. This is determined by observing if the ants cross the line made from the juice. The constants (control variables) are the type of ants used, the size of the circle, the concentration of the juice and the width of the line. 2. A small ant hill is located. Wearing latex gloves, collect as many ants as possible in an empty bottle. Be extremely ..... | ||