My Middle-School STEM Science Class
What is the project that failed the most?
Making a tower out of paper to demonstrate physics. It could barely stand up and just flopped to the side.
For each human, how many ants are on Earth?
About 2.5 million.
Name any one system that humans and frogs have.
Possible answers: skeletal, lymphatic, digestive, circulatory, respiratory, nervous.
What is the most commonly used programming language?
According to the most recent estemites, Python is the most popular programming language due to it being extremely easy to learn as well as practical in real-life scenarios.
Who was the teacher of my ninth grade science class?
Mr. Risk!
How long did I take this class for?
2–3 years
How often does the comet Lemmon appear?
About once every 1300 years.
How high can some frogs jump? 2x, 5x, 10x, or 20x their body height.
The best jumpers can jump up to 20 times their body height!
True or false: Java is an interpreted language.
False, it is compiled: the source code gets turned into machine code before it runs.
How many labs did we complete in semester 2?
9 different labs counting two-parters.
What color hair did my teacher have?
Light green. People told him his hair looked like a Minecraft grass block!
How many components make up the average eyeball?
About 10-11.
Do frogs have gills?
Yes, they do. This is mostly from when they were tadpoles and needed them to survive.
How do you compare two variables in programming with an if statement?
You use == to compare them. Using = will assign the variable rather than compare it.
True or false: We had science fairs at the end of each semester.
False
What are the chances that you specifically would be born?
There is about a 1 in 400 trillion chance that you would be born, and not someone else.
What is the primary diet of frogs?
Primarily insects, but they will also consume rodents if they find any.
True or false: In programming, you can often throw your own errors.
True, and this is a very useful feature; it allows you to detect when something is wrong and what happened, at the cost of a user having their program crash.
True or false? The last day to turn in assignments is May 4th.
False, it’s May 8th.
How many followers did my old science teacher have on TikTok?
Over 100,000. He was also an art teacher and had quite a buildup of followers.
What is the form of science that studies ducks and other birds?
Ornithology
What are some differences between frogs and toads?
Possible answers: Frogs have slimier skin, frogspawn is generally in clumps while toads make a line, toads have toxic glands behind their eyes.
Why are there so many programming languages?
They all serve different purposes. Some are good because of how optimized they are; others because they are easier.
True or false? The choices for classes next year are Chemistry and Astrology.
False, Astrology is in the context of horoscopes - not exactly science. The actual choices are Chemistry and Astronomy.