School Supplies 101
This writing tool’s name comes from the Latin word for “feather.”
What is a pen?
his U.S. holiday marks the unofficial end of summer and always falls on the first Monday in September.
What is Labor Day?
This yellow vehicle became standard for U.S. student transportation in the 1930s.
What is a school bus?
This star is responsible for summer’s heat.
What is the Sun?
In “Mean Girls,” the Plastics wear this color on Wednesdays.
What is pink?
These colorful wax sticks were first sold by Binney & Smith in 1903.
What are Crayola crayons?
These are the longest type of daylight hours we get in a year, ending after summer solstice.
What are summer days?
This ancient civilization is credited with creating the first known formal school system.
What is ancient Sumer?
What vitamin does your skin produce when exposed to sunlight?
What is Vitamin D?
This long-running cartoon features a boy named Bart who writes lines on a chalkboard in the opening credits.
What is The Simpsons?
This spiral-bound essential was invented in the 1920s to keep notes organized.
What is a notebook?
This popular backyard game involves tossing beanbags toward a raised board with a hole in it.
What is cornhole?
The tradition of the “first day of school” photos became common after the rise of this personal camera in the late 20th century.
What is the Polaroid camera?
Sweat helps cool you down through this process.
What is evaporation?
In “Harry Potter,” this is the name of the magical school Harry attends.
What is Hogwarts?
This measuring tool is often triangular for architects, but 12 inches for students.
What is a ruler?
In the Northern Hemisphere, this month marks the official last day of summer.
What is September?
This U.S. law passed in 1918 required all children to attend school.
What are compulsory education laws?
This natural force causes ocean waves to crash onto the shore?
What is the wind?
This 1980s teen movie is set entirely during Saturday detention.
What is The Breakfast Club?
This sticky note brand was invented by accident in the 1970s when 3M scientists created a weak adhesive.
What are Post-it Notes?
This warm wind phenomenon often occurs in late summer and early fall, making temperatures spike unexpectedly.
What is an Indian summer?
This Ivy League university is the oldest institution of higher education in the United States, founded in 1636.
What is Harvard University?
This invisible band of radiation from the Sun causes sunburn.
What are ultraviolet rays?
In “Back to the Future,” Marty McFly’s mom was played by this actress.
Who is Lea Thompson?