Show:
Extra-Good Sunday
Yonder Mountain
The Science Fair
Jump! Michael Jordan
Young Thomas Edison
100
Who are the two girls in the story?
Ramona and Beezus
100
Who is the great chief in the story?
Chief Sky
100
What is Beany worried about?
She is worried about the science fair.
100
Who is Michael Jordan?
A famous American basketball star.
100
Thomas Edison is a/an...
Scientist, inventor.
200
What are the girls worried about having to do?
Cook dinner
200
What is the name of the Native American tribe in the story.
Cherokee
200
Who wins the science fair?
Beany and Kevin
200
Michael wasn't just good at basketball. He was also good at...
Baseball.
200
What are doohickeys and thingamajigs?
Words people use when they can't think of the right word.
300
What things do they cook? Name 2
Chicken, cornbread, carrot sticks and pear halves.
300
What does Black Bear bring back from the mountain?
Pretty stones/ crystals / diamonds
300
Why does Kevin say they only need good science to win.
Because it's a science fair, not a performance or a magic show.
300
When Michael was young, he always competed with somebody and always lost. Who?
His brother, Larry
300
Edison had a laboratory on a train. What happened and why did they kick him off the train?
The train lurched suddenly and the chemicals spilled and started a fire, so the conductor kicked him off for damaging the train.
400
Give one possible reason the girls choose to light the dinner with candles.
If they use candlelight, people won't be able to see well. So they can't see how bad the food looks.
400
What do you think was the best thing to bring back from the mountain?
Example: The shiney stones. With those they can trade for anything they need.
400
What does "You need to chill" mean?
You need to relax.
400
Michael hangs from the swingset to try to make himself taller. Is this a good idea? Does it work?
No. It doesn't work. Hanging will not make you taller. Your genetics and a good diet will make you taller.
400
Thomas Edison had many jobs on the railroad as a ...
Telegraph Operator.
500
What do the girls do when they don't have the right ingredients? Explain and give one example.
They substitute something similar into the recipe. For example, when they don't have buttermilk they use banana yogurt.
500
Who would you have chosen to be chief? Black bear (shiney stones), Gray Wolf (herbs) or Soaring Eagle (story about people who need help)?
I would have chosen Black bear. He is clearly the only one of the three who is capable of seeing past his nose. Gray Wolf brings bandages for sores, Soaring Eagle brings death and misery and Black Bear brings the gateway to civilization, trade and industry. Seriously?
500
Who won the science fair? Why?
Kevin and Beany. They won because their project was a fine example of real science. It was clear and complete.
500
Why do you think it was so important for Michael to finally beat his brother?
Larry was always better than him. To beat Larry meant that Michael had finally reached a standard higher than that of the best person he knows.
500
Name two things Thomas Edison discovered/created.
Carbon Transmitter, phonograph, electric lightbulb, sound waves, electric vote recorder, etc.