The Scientific Method
Magnestism
Gasping Garbage
How Ben Franklin Stole Lightning
How Fast do you Eat Ice Cream?
100
A type of guess
What is a hypothesis?
100
North and South poles
What are the names of the two poles on a magnet?
100
It takes place in Drake Doyle's homemade laboratory
Where does the beginning of the story take place?
100
homographs
What type of words are sewer, tear, lead, and does?
100
compound words
What kind of words are headache, stopwatch, and everyone?
200
Scientists repeat experiments to make sure the results are the same each time.
Why do scientists sometimes repeat an experiment?
200
Most of them are made of iron or steel
What are most magnets made of?
200
She is Drake's lab partner amd business partner
Who is Nell Fossey?
200
He starts the first lending library, he starts the first academy, and he publishes an almanac with weather forecasts.
How does Franklin help people?
200
29 students
How many of the 145 students who are tested get ice cream headaches?
300
Scientists share their findings so other scientists can learn from the experiments. However, farmers usually are competing with other farmers.
Why would a scientist share the results of an experiment, but a chicken farmer might not?
300
It has poles and lines of magnetic force run through it
Why can we say that Earth is like a giant magnet?
300
Frisco is a scientist who is Drake's and Nell's business competitor
Who is Frisco?
300
He started inventing when he was a boy
When did Ben Franklin start inventing?
300
He helps her because he is a medical researcher and writes that kind of paper often
According to the author, why does her dad help her edit her paper?
400
A control group is a group that everything stays the same and experimental group is where you change one variable to see if any changes are made.
What is a control group and what is an experimental group?
400
flow
An electric current can produce its own magnetic field. In this sentence, a current is a..
400
They are very interested in it and call it 'puzzling' and 'fascinating'
How do Drake and Nell feel about this mystery?
400
oranges, limes, and grapefruits
According to the selection, what types of foods contain vitamin C?
400
Maya loves ice cream and she eats it every day
Why does Maya choose ice cream headaches for her science fair topic?
500
1. Indentify the problem 2. Gather information 3. Form a hypothesis 4. Test the hypothesis 5. Draw Conclsions
What are the five steps to the scientific method?
500
push or pull or a magnet
What is a magnetic force?
500
He cannot allow his excitement to overwhelm his good scientific sense
What is Drake's first rule of science?
500
People start to do tricks with electricity, but they don't know why they work. Also, Ben does tricks such as having people kiss and making their lips spark and he lights a picture of a king's crown.
What gives Ben the idea to steal the lightning from the sky?
500
Brain freeze starts a couple of seconds after swallowing cold foods and usually lasts 10-20 seconds
When does 'brain freeze' start and how long does it last?
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