Once Upon a Science
Batteries Included
Glow Up!
you ARE the circuit
Hair Raising Science
100
These three characters star in our science blockbuster
What are Solids, liquids, and gases?
100
The bright energy your eyes love
What is light?
100
KID-TRAP ROUND
Glow stuff is radioactive, right?
Best Response Wins
Good Example Answer: Some! But this glow comes from energy, not radiation.
100
Without this, electricity refuses to work
What is circuit?
100
The sky’s version of this experiment
What is lightening and thunderstorm?
200
All three characters are different states of this
What is matter?
200
The transferred energy your hand does not love
What is heat?
200
The glow that sticks around after lights out
What is phosphorescence?
200
The surprising conductor in this experiment
What is YOU 🫵?
200
KID-TRAP ROUND
Can I shock my friend later?
Best Response Wins
Good example answer: No. We only do this with permission and supervision.
300
The “setting” for all science stories — spoiler: it’s huge
What is the Universe? (Everywhere and space are also acceptable answers)
300
KID-TRAP ROUND
Why doesn’t it glow forever?
Best Response Wins
Good example answer: Because the battery runs out of stored energy.
300
The glow that disappears faster than bracelets at a walk up
What is fluorescence?
300
The fancy word for electricity moving
What is current?
300
The type of electricity that makes socks dangerous
What is static?
400
This is the plot device that makes science happen
What is Energy?
400
The energy that travels through wires like a tiny highway
What is electrical?
400
The invisible light that makes beads party
What is UV?
400
KID-TRAP ROUND
Does electricity live in my body now?
Best Response Wins
Good example answer: Your body uses tiny electrical signals to talk to itself, but the electricity from the experiment doesn’t stay in you. It only moves while we’re connected.
400
Why hair tries to escape your head
What is you store the static electricity, it goes into your hair, and your hair wants to go as far apart as it can (Coulomb's law)?
500
KID-TRAP ROUND
My food is energy?
Best Response Wins
Good example answer: Yes! Your body breaks down energy from food and stores it so you can use it to move, think, and play!
500
This energy lives inside flashlight batteries
What is chemical?
500
This two-word phrase explains what “UV” stands for — and no, it’s not “Ultra Very-cool.
What is Ultra Violet?
500
This happens when someone breaks the chain
What is the circuit breaks, current stops, and our friendship is severed 😢?
500
A playground activity that creates the electricity of this category
What is the slide 🛝?