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100

What time does this class end?

12:00 pm

100

Where was Galileo Galilei born?

Italy

100

When did Alexander Graham Bell invent the telephone?

1876

100

What did Jane Goodall do?

  • Studied animal behavior

  • Wrote books

  • Protected wildlife

100

What 1970s movie made people afraid to go swimming in the ocean?

a. Jaws
b. Rocky
c. Grease

a. Jaws

200

What days of the week do we have class?

Tuesdays & Thursdays

200

Where did Ellen Ochoa grow up? (bonus fact)

La Mesa - & what high school did she go to?

200

When did Thomas Edison open his first power plant?

1882

200

What did George Washington Carver do?

  • Helped farmers

  • Created everyday products

  • Taught practical science

200

Which movie featured the line “May the Force be with you”?

a. Star Wars
b. E.T.
c. Back to the Future

a. Star Wars

300

What holiday is happening on Monday, May 25?

Memorial Day

300

Where did Jane Goodall work?

Gombe National Park, Tanzania, Africa

300

When was the first flight by the Wright Brothers?

1903

300

What did Madam C.J. Walker do? 

  • Built beauty company

  • Trained women workers

  • First self-made woman millionaire in U.S.

300

What dance craze became popular in the 1960s?

a. The Macarena
b. The Twist
c. The Floss

b. The Twist

400

When is our last class this semester?

Thursday May 28

400

Where did Steve Jobs work?

Silicon Valley

400

When did Rosalind Franklin pass away? 

1958

400

What did Isaac Newton do?

  • Studied gravity

  • Laws of motion

  • Studied light

400

Who starred as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz?

a. Judy Garland
b. Shirley Temple
c. Ariana Grande

a. Judy Garland

500

When do summer classes begin?

Monday June 8 for Gina's class

Monday June 15 for Melissa's class

500

Where was the Wright Brother's first flight?

North Carolina

500

When did Marie Curie win the Nobel Prize?

1903 & 1911

500
What did Louis Pasteur do?
  • Studied germs

  • Discovered bacteria

  • Developed pasteurization

500

Which video game character eats dots while avoiding ghosts?

a. Mario
b. Pac-Man
c. Sonic

b. Pac-Man

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