Science and ELA
This punctuation mark ends a sentence. It's also a big chunk of time in science. (We have eight of these in a school day!)
What is a period?
In this ancient civilization, gladiators would fight to the death in front of a large crowd as a form of entertainment. And you thought football was rough!
What is Rome?
On a graph, the up-and-down line and the left-to-right line are known as the y and the x this.
What is axis?
If you are supposed to be watching for something, you might be one of these.
What is a lookout?
American football has a championship game each year known as this.
What is the Super Bowl?
Poor Humpty Dumpty! He was one of these things that allows animals to bring fluid with them and have babies away from the ocean.
What is an egg?
This American President guided our country through the Civil War. He also wrote the Gettysburg Address.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
A triangle always has this number of angles. I mean, just look at the name!
What is three?
If you live in the South, you might eat grilled food, but instead of calling it a barbecue you call it this.
What is a cookout?
This person stands in front and leads the musicians as they play.
Who is the conductor?
This is the first copy of a writing piece. It's also what an engineer does when he or she draws a picture or new design.
What is draft?
Start in the water by South Beach in Staten Island and end in the water just west of California. You just crossed 3,000 miles and got wet in these two oceans.
What are the Atlantic and the Pacific?
DAILY DOUBLE!
This constant stands for the number of times a diameter wraps around the circumference of a circle. It's also a tasty day in the middle of March.
Feeling a little bad about the middle school marks on your face? You must be having one of these. (It'll go away.)
What is a breakout?
A baseball game goes into overtime after this many innings.
What is nine?
This means that a thing looks the same on both sides when reflected in a mirror (bilateral or radial). Spell it!
What is S-Y-M-M-E-T-R-Y?
Many people don't know this ocean, which is the furthest south on a map. Too bad it doesn't have a more creative name.
What is the Southern Ocean?
Think quick! This is the sum of the smallest even whole number and the smallest odd whole number.
What is 1? (0+1)
If you don't want me to do this, you better stop bothering me. Yup, I'm about to do this.
What is crash out?
When playing music, notes are grouped into rectangle-shaped units for the musician to play. No, you don't need a ruler to read them.
What is a measure?
The Origin of Species was a famous book that described the way animals can evolve and change over time. This man was the author.
Who is Charles Darwin?
Never heard of the House of Representatives and the Senate? Sure you have. Put them together and they are known by this name.
What is Congress?
Did your teacher ask you to divide by this? Well, you can't. This number can never be the denominator.
What is zero?
In a soccer game, if the game is still tied after overtime, you can decide a winner by having one of these.
What is a penalty shootout?
This artist created colorful, energetic paintings like Starry Night but was not popular during his own lifetime. That's not why he cut his own ear off, though.
Who is Vincent van Gogh?