Space Explorer
What planet do we live on?
Earth
What machine can be programmed to perform tasks?
A robot
What do plants give us that we need to breathe?
oxygen
What has hands but cannot clap?
A clock
What animal is known as "man's best friend"?
Dog
What star gives Earth light and heat?
The Sun
What kind of vehicle might people imagine traveling through the sky in the future?
Flying car
Name one way people can help protect Earth.
Many possible answers
What has four legs but cannot walk?
A table
What is a baby frog called?
Tadpole
What is the name of Earth's natural satellite?
The Moon
Name one way technology could help people in the future.
Many possible answers
Invent one future invention that could help the environment.
Many possible answer
What can travel around the world while staying in one corner?
A stamp
If you could invent a robot animal, what animal would you choose and why?
Student's choice
This red planet is the fourth planet from the Sun and is currently explored by robotic rovers like Curiosity.
What is Mars?
This type of future car won't need a steering wheel because it will use computers and sensors to drive itself completely on its own.
What is a self-driving (or autonomous) car?
Because of rising sea levels, architects are designing these floating communities that can rise up and down right on top of the ocean.
What are floating cities?
Not my sister nor my brother but still the child of my mother and father. Who am I?
myself
Scientists might use advanced DNA technology to bring back extinct animals, like this giant, furry cousin of the elephant from the Ice Age.
What is a woolly mammoth?
In 1969, this American astronaut became the first person to ever walk on the moon.
Who is Neil Armstrong?
This type of future medical machine will allow doctors to print out living tissues or even whole organs to help sick patients heal.
What is a 3D bioprinter (or 3D printer)?
In the future, most of Earth's electricity will come from clean, never-ending sources like the sun, the wind, and ocean waves.
What is renewable energy (or green energy)?
2 people in front of 2 people. 2 people behind 2 people, and 2 people beside 2 people. How many people are there?
4
In the future, your family pet might have an embedded microchip that can translate their barks or meows directly into human words using this computer technology.
What is Artificial Intelligence (or AI)?