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Activities

100

Something you do every morning Monday through Saturday.

Go to school

200

Something you should do every evening at home after school.

Complete homework assignments

300

This happens rather frequently in school.  You sit down and select/write answers to questions about material.  Very stressful.

Take a test

400

When you finish an assignment, what do you do with it?

Turn it in/hand it in to the teacher

500

This involves a lot of writing.  Maybe by hand, maybe on the computer.

Write an essay

Subjects

100

This subject deals with numbers, letters, and formulas. No shapes are involved.

Algebra

200

You learn which chemicals mix well with other chemicals in this subject.

Chemistry

300

Lots of reading involved with this one.

Literature

400

This is when you learn about how other countries came to be the way they are.  You also learn about how their relationships with each other change.

World History (or European History)

500

Money is very important in this subject.  "Supply and demand" is a phrase discussed often.

Economics

Things

100

You write with it.  It has an eraser and can make its marks disappear.

Pencil

200

You can also write with this.  It has ink.  Teachers in the US only accept papers written in blue or black.

Pens

300

This is used to make something smaller.  You separate pieces from the whole using this thing.

Scissors

400

When you make a mistake in ink, you can use this to cover it.

Correction pen/fluid, white-out, liquid paper

500

This object is sticky.  You either use it to put things together or to stick things somewhere.

Tape

How Old?

100

In the US, how old is a student in 12th grade (also known as Senior Year)?

17 or 18 years old

200

How old is a student in Year 10 in the UK?

14 or 15 years old

300

A student in primary school in the UK is between what ages?

3 years old to 11 years old

400

How old is a child in kindergarten in the US?

5 or 6 years old.

500

How old is a student in Sixth Form in the UK?

Between 16 and 18 years old

Random

100

How many days a week do students go to school in the US and UK?

5 days, Monday through Friday

200

What is the thing called that makes the tip of your pencil sharp again?

A pencil sharpener

300

How long is lunch typically in US schools?

About 30 minutes

400

What is a GPA?

The Grade Point Average--a way to determine how well as student did in school

500

Name 2 different standardized tests from either the US or the UK.

SAT, ACT, GCSEs, A Levels