High School 101
Pop Culture
STEM Essentials
400

This 3-letter acronym stands for the average of all your grades.

What is GPA?

400

This Meta-owned app is where you’d "post to your grid" or "add to your story."

What is Instagram?

400

This is the chemical formula for water.

What is H2O?

800

Most schools require this piece of paper to be in the hallway during class.

What is a hall pass?

800

This platform is the home of Stranger Things and Wednesday.

What is Netflix?

800

In a right triangle, a2 + b2 = c2 helps you find this longest side.

What is the hypotenuse?

1200

Unlike your core classes, these are the "choice" classes like Art, Cooking, or Robotics.

What are electives?

1200

This short-form video app popularized "sounds" and 15-second dance trends.

What is TikTok?

1200

This is the process by which green plants use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water.

What is photosynthesis?

1600

These are college level courses you can take in high school.

What are AP classes?

1600

In 2024/2025, this Pixar movie about feelings became the highest-grossing animated film of all time.

What is Inside Out 2?

1600

This table organizes all known chemical elements by their atomic number.

What is the Period Table?

2000

This official document lists every grade you’ve earned and is sent to colleges later.

What is a transcript?

2000

This Filipino artist collaborated with this Korean artist to create the song that won Song of the Year at the Grammy's.

Who are Bruno Mars and Rosé?

2000

This is the type of energy an object possesses due to its motion.

What is kinetic energy?