Watt’s the Deal?
H2Oh yeah!
Learning Beyond the Classroom
Tiny Particles & Tasty pH
Periodic Table, Chaotic Schedule
100

This is the energy you use when you run, jump, or dance — your body makes it from food!

What is kinetic energy?

100

H₂O is the chemical formula for this clear, tasteless liquid we drink every day.

What is water?

100

This Hermiston-based facility processes nearly 750 million pounds of frozen French fries annually, making it one of the largest employers in the area.

What is Lamb Weston?

100

This number on the pH scale means something is neither an acid nor a base — it’s right in the middle!

What is 7?

100

This counselor says they were once a part-time magician, accidentally made their shoes disappear for a week, and still pull snacks from behind campers’ ears.

Who is Taylor?

200

Electricity is always trying to get to this place.

What is ground?

200

After water vapor rises, it cools down and forms clouds in this process.

What is condensation?

200

This interactive museum in Boardman educates visitors about sustainable agriculture and energy through exhibits like a kinetic sculpture showing how potatoes become French fries.

What is the SAGE Center?

200

If a substance has a pH of 12, it’s not acidic — it’s this!

What is a base?

200

She crunches numbers like a calculator, serves aces on the court, and is the baby of the bunch — which counselor fits this sum of traits?

Who is Miss Keri?

300

Electricity travels through these materials that allow electrons to flow easily, like copper or aluminum.

What are conductors?

300

Rain, snow, sleet, or hail — they’re all examples of this part of the water cycle.

What is precipitation?

300

Hermiston Co-Generation plants make electricity and capture this to use for heating or other processes, making energy more efficient.

What is steam?

300

Lemon juice, vinegar, and soda are all examples of this type of substance — sour and low on the pH scale!

What are acids?

300

This counselor with a signature "my pleasure" catchphrase has five siblings—including a twin brother—and a fake tooth to complete the look.

Who is Aliah?

400

This kind of energy powers your TV, lights, and phone chargers.

What is electrical energy?

400

Water covers about this fraction of Earth's surface.

What is three-quarters (or 75%)?

400

What kind of energy does the McNary Dam produces?

What is Hydroelectric?

400

Together, protons and neutrons make up this part of the atom — it’s the dense center!

What is the nucleus?

400

She works with preschoolers during the year, is the oldest sibling in a family of three boys and has no children of their own.

Who is Ashley?

500

This is the rule that says energy can’t be created or destroyed — it just changes form.

What is the law of conservation of energy?

500

When water moves from plants into the air, usually through leaves, this process is called...

What is transpiration?

500

This fourth-generation family farm, implemented the world's first agricultural Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) well to conserve water and energy.

What is Madison Ranch?

500

If an atom has 6 protons, it also has 6 of these to stay balanced.

What are electrons?

500

She flipped through college as a cheerleader, tumbled into gymnastics, studied how the body moves, and now dreams of healing others one stretch at a time. Which counselor fits this flexible future?

Who is Miss Shah?