Scientifically Speaking
A Helping of History
Memories of Math
Do you Know your Teachers?
Bountiful Books/Wonderful Words
100
The eight planets in order from the sun.
What are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune?
100
List one of the three largest ancient civilizations of the Pre-Columbian era in the New World.
What were the Aztec, Inca, and Maya?
100
A volunteer at a food bank buys 3 3/4 pounds of cheese to make sandwiches. She uses 2 7/8 pounds. The amount of cheese leftover would be.
What is 7/8 pounds of cheese?
100
This is Mrs. Spotts' very favorite sport.
What is football?
100
The moon is as bright as a flashlight is an example of this type of figurative language:
What is a simile?
200
The three common states of matter.
What are solid, liquid, and gas?
200
One topic that we studied or reviewed while at home doing distance learning.
Vikings, 13 colonies, American Revolution, Slavery, Civil War, Important People
200
I have boxes of paper clips that each weigh 1.6 lbs. I have 87 boxes. The total weight I have in paper clips would be.
What is 139.2 lbs?
200
This teacher taught Spanish in Springfield a LONG TIME ago.
Who is Mrs. Cirone?
200
The book title about a student from India who struggles to find his place at a new school
What is Save Me a Seat?
300
Name three physical adaptations that allow polar bears to survive in the Arctic.
What are blubber, clear fur, padded paws, webbing in toes, claws, etc?
300
The "Conductor" who assisted over 100 slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad?
Who is Harriet Tubman?
300
Solve:
8 + (19 - 3 x 5 + 2) x 3
What is 26?
300
This teacher was in banking for a long time before changing careers to become a teacher.
Who is Ms. Lucia?
300
This is the Latin root for foot.
What is ped?
400
This is the process of wearing away earth materials by water, wind, or ice.
What is erosion?
400
The names of the characters in the BrainPop videos who share their knowledge of historical events with us.
Who are Tim and Moby?
400
Classify the sides and the angle for this triangle.
What is a right scalene triangle?
400
This 6th grade teacher once taught 5th grade, helped make this Jeopardy game, and insisted his/her name be kept in it.
Who is Mr Gardner?
400
The short paragraphs in a poem are called this.
What are stanzas?
500
Waking up and seeing dew on the grass is an example of this stage of the water cycle.
What is condensation?
500
This man was elected governor of Plymouth Colony over 30 times.
Who is William Bradford?
500
A hole dug for an in-ground swimming pool is a rectangular prism. The hole is 20 feet long, 10 feet wide, and 6 feet tall. The volume of the hole would be how much.
What is 1,200 cubic feet?
500
The names of Mrs. Sodano's two cats.
Who are Neil and Bug Lady?
500
An alphabetical list of names, topics, and subjects typically found at the end of the book with corresponding page numbers.
What is an index?