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Date
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Topic
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Science Connection
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| August 28 |
What looks like a star, falls off a tail, and burns in the air?
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Earth |
| August 31 |
What covers the Earth like a blanket, floats above the clouds and helps prevent cancer?
|
Earth |
| September 3 |
Why do people yawn?
|
Life |
| September 5 |
What is the hardest, most valuable, and most expensive natural substance in the world?
|
Earth |
| September 8 |
Where can you find Olympus Mons? (Hint: It is the largest volcano in our galaxy.)
|
Earth |
| September 10 |
How can the sun help you tell time?
|
Earth |
| September 18 |
How are a ruby and sandpaper alike?
|
Earth |
| September 20 |
How long was the longest drought in history?
|
Earth |
| September 22 |
What is so big it stretches into two countries and comes closer than anything on Earth to being a real "sky scraper"?
|
Earth |
| September 28 |
What is it called when slabs of Earth, called plates, slide against one another? (Hint: About 2,000 of these events occur every year.)
|
Earth |
| October 5 |
What constantly wears away the Earth and changes its landscape? (Hint: It helped make the Grand Canyon the beautiful place it is today.)
|
Earth |
| October 7 |
Some people lose 100 of these every day. What are they?
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Human Body |
| October 9 |
What are the three R's of keeping the Earth clean?
|
Earth |
| October 11 |
What substance can be used to make oil and build clay? (Hint: In Japan, it is also used to cure achy muscles.)
|
Earth |
| October 12 |
What never rusts, tarnishes, or loses its shine?
|
Earth |
| October 18 |
What makes up about 20% of the Earth's surface? (Hint: It's always very dry, but it may be either cold or hot.)
|
Earth |
| October 20 |
What is neither water nor land, and is always soaking wet?
|
Earth |
| October 24 |
Why did the fish cough?
|
Earth
Life |
| October 27 |
What part of your body has the most bones?
|
Human Body |
| November 13 |
What swirls, loops, and circles on your fingertips, yet never moves?
|
Human Body |
| November 14 |
What is the weakest of your five senses?
|
Human Body |
| November 17 |
Who has the most taste buds?
|
Human Body |
| November 21 |
Which measurement is equal to the total amount of time your eyes stay closed during the day just from blinking?
|
Human Body |
| November 25 |
Why is cold cereal and milk a great way to start your day?
|
Human Body |
| November 26 |
What's 10 meters long and grinds and absorbs at the same time?
|
Human Body |
| November 27 |
Where can an insect land on your body and not really "bug" you?
|
Human Body |
| November 29 |
What type of nerves are the most "touchy?"
|
Human Body |
| December 3 |
What is wind chill factor?
|
Earth |
| December 5 |
What starts with an "E," keeps you on a balance beam, and helps you answer the door?
|
Human Body |
| December 7 |
What comes in four flavors and rushes through your body 2,000 times a day?
|
Human Body |
| December 13 |
What controls the right side of your body?
|
Human Body |
| December 21 |
What makes a heart beat?
|
Human Body |
| December 22 |
What part of the body loses the most heat in cold weather?
|
Human Body |
| December 24 |
What is something that your parents give you that determines your hair color, foot size, and shape of your nose?
|
Human Body |
| January 4 |
What is something you can do to keep germs away from you?
|
Human Body |
| January 9 |
What gives you energy to play outside?
|
Human Body |
| January 12 |
What is an activity that you do about 5,000 times every day?
|
Human Body |
| January 19 |
What is your body's biggest organ?
|
Human Body |
| January 23 |
You can't see these, but there are 50 to 75 trillion of them in your body. What are they? (Hint: They make up all living things.)
|
Human Body
Life |
| January 26 |
What do you call a farmer who sticks plants in water instead of soil?
|
Life |
| January 27 |
What is a BTU?
|
Physical |
| January 30 |
Why would a dwindling bat population be bad for farmers?
|
Life |
| January 31 |
What grows on a cucumber tree?
|
Life |
| February 7 |
Why do gardeners and farmers like sunflowers so much?
|
Life |
| February 9 |
Which bug is the best bug to have around?
|
Life |
| February 14 |
Which of these animals would be most likely to hear you coming?
|
Life |
| February 17 |
What is the main difference between an alligator and a crocodile?
|
Life |
| February 21 |
What would happen to a rabbit's teeth if the rabbit didn't eat enough crunchy things?
|
Life |
| February 27 |
What is unusual about the Indian tailorbird's behavior?
|
Life |
| March 5 |
What is a satellite?
|
Earth |
| March 6 |
What egg is the toughest to crack?
|
Life |
| March 8 |
What does an archer fish do when it is hungry?
|
Life |
| March 12 |
You know an octopus has eight legs, but how many hearts does it have?
|
Life |
| March 20 |
What's half a meter long, sticky, and bad news for insects?
|
Life |
| March 27 |
Why is mesh used to make flyswatters?
|
Physical |
| March 30 |
What makes a candy hard, soft, or chewy?
|
Physical |
| April 4 |
What is the heaviest part of an atom?
|
Physical |
| April 6 |
What scientist made a great discovery while taking a bath?
|
Physical |
| April 10 |
What soccer-ball-shaped molecule became famous in 1996?
|
Physical |
| April 12 |
What lovely, glowing thing is found near the Earth's poles?
|
Physical |
| April 13 |
How does a magician yank a tablecloth out from underneath china and silverware without moving them?
|
Physical |
| April 15 |
How can a snake eat animals bigger than its head?
|
Life |
| April 18 |
What simple machine was used to build the ancient pyramids?
|
Physical |
| April 21 |
What washes its ears with its tongue and uses its head to discipline its kids?
|
Life |
| April 23 |
What kind of wave can you make with a rubber band?
|
Physical |
| April 25 |
What turns information into electrical pulses? (Hint: It can add 120,000 numbers in the time it takes a hummingbird to flap its wings.)
|
Physical |
| May 2 |
Why is the sky blue?
|
Physical
Earth |
| May 4 |
Why should you NOT keep medicine in a bathroom medicine cabinet?
|
Physical
Human Body |
| May 8 |
What makes wood pop in a fire?
|
Physical
Life |
| May 10 |
How do birds travel long distances without getting lost?
|
Physical
Life
Earth |
| May 11 |
When do most thunderstorms happen in the United States?
|
Earth |
| May 15 |
What comes in four flavors and rushes through your body 2,000 times a day?
|
Human Body |
| May 21 |
What controls the right side of your body?
|
Human Body |
| May 24 |
What looks like a star, falls off a tail, and burns in the air?
|
Earth |
| May 29 |
What covers the Earth like a blanket, floats above the clouds and helps prevent cancer?
|
Earth |
| May 30 |
What is the hardest, most valuable, and most expensive natural substance in the world?
|
Earth |
| June 1 |
Where can you find Olympus Mons? (Hint: It is the largest volcano in our galaxy.)
|
Earth |
| June 3 |
Which body part are sharks missing?
|
Life |
| June 6 |
How can the sun help you tell time?
|
Earth |
| June 8 |
How are a ruby and sandpaper alike?
|
Earth |
| June 13 |
How long was the longest drought in history?
|
Earth |
| June 14 |
What element is most abundant in your body?
|
Life
Physical |
| June 15 |
What is so big it stretches into two countries and comes closer than anything on Earth to being a real "sky scraper"?
|
Earth |
| June 18 |
What is it called when slabs of Earth, called plates, slide against one another? (Hint: About 2,000 of these events occur every year.)
|
Earth |
| June 19 |
What is chitin?
|
Life |
| June 20 |
What constantly wears away the Earth and changes its landscape? (Hint: It helped make the Grand Canyon the beautiful place it is today.)
|
Earth |
| June 21 |
What can you learn from a cricket chirping?
|
Life
Physical |
| June 22 |
What always happens during a thunderstorm?
|
Earth |
| June 27 |
What substance can be used to make oil and build clay? (Hint: In Japan, it is also used to cure achy muscles.)
|
Earth |
| June 28 |
What never rusts, tarnishes, or loses its shine?
|
Earth |
| July 2 |
What makes up about 20% of the Earth's surface? (Hint: It's always very dry, but it may be either cold or hot.)
|
Earth |
| July 5 |
Which insects make other insects do their work?
|
Life |
| July 6 |
What is neither water nor land, and is always soaking wet?
|
Earth |
| July 9 |
What should you do if you come to flood waters?
|
Earth |
| July 10 |
Why did the fish cough?
|
Earth
Life |
| July 11 |
Why does popcorn pop?
|
Physical |
| July 12 |
What part of your body has the most bones?
|
Human Body |
| July 17 |
Some people lose 100 of these every day. What are they?
|
Human Body |
| July 19 |
What swirls, loops, and circles on your fingertips, yet never moves?
|
Human Body |
| July 22 |
When are hurricanes most likely to happen in the United States?
|
Earth |
| July 24 |
Why is cold cereal and milk a great way to start your day?
|
Human Body |
| July 31 |
What is the weakest of your five senses?
|
Human Body |
| August 3 |
Who has the most taste buds?
|
Human Body |
| August 6 |
What is a mud puppy?
|
Life |
| August 7 |
Which measurement is equal to the total amount of time your eyes stay closed during the day just from blinking?
|
Human Body |
| August 9 |
Where can an insect land on your body and not really "bug" you?
|
Human Body |
| August 14 |
Which fish are the oldest kind of fish?
|
Life |
| August 16 |
What starts with an "E," keeps you on a balance beam, and helps you answer the door?
|
Human Body |
| August 19 |
What kind of animal lives longest in zoos?
|
Life |
| August 21 |
What planet has the shortest year?
|
Earth |
| August 27 |
What is taxonomy?
|
Life |
| August 31 |
What is the difference between a meteor and a meteorite?
|
Earth |
