Science Facts
the 3 states of matter (bonus points if you can name another state of matter)
solid, liquid, gas (plasma, Bose-Einstein condensates, quark-gluon plasma, degenerate matter, etc.)
2 cats were chasing 8 mice each. How many tails were there?
18 tails
The busy bee flew from flower to flower, collecting nectar to make honey for the hive. The hive was buzzing with activity. The worker bees were all very busy.
Bees collect nectar to make honey.
Ms Tasneem is having trouble controlling her screen time. She's on her iPad 18 hours every day.
Digital Wellness
The hummingbird has this adaptation to help it drink nectar from deep inside a flower.
long, curved beak
Describe a simple circuit. (how many parts, names of parts, etc.)
3 parts: power source, conductor, load (can also add a switch if you want)
Ms Tasneem ate three-fourths of a cake, and then she gave one-eighth to her class. If the cake weighed 40 kilograms, how many kilograms of cake is left over for Mr. Byrne to eat?
5 kilograms of cake
Every morning, the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, marking the start and end of the day. The sky changes colors beautifully. At night, the stars begin to twinkle.
The sun starts and ends the day.
Ms Donohoe is having trouble thinking clearly. She keeps thinking about all of the work she has to do and she doesn't feel happy.
Mental Wellness
The flounder has this adaptation to hide under the sand on the ocean floor to protect it from predators.
flat body
Give an example of a food chain starting with the sun.
Sun gives plant energy. Rabbit eats plant. Fox eats rabbit. Mountain lion eats fox. Human shoots mountain lion (to eat maybe?). Aliens abduct human (to eat maybe?). Thanos snaps finger. Avengers defeat Thanos.
27 Paw Points were equally distributed out to 3 teachers. Each teacher has 21 students in their class. If the teachers give out all of the Paw Points, how many total students don't get paw points?
36 students
The library was quiet and filled with books, where students could read and learn new things. The librarian helped them find interesting stories. Some students liked reading about adventures.
The library is a quiet place to learn.
Mr Byrne is having trouble controlling his eating. He eats donuts for breakfast lunch and dinner. He feels a bit sick and tired.
Physical Wellness (Food)
The chameleon has this adaptation to help it blend into its surroundings and make it hard to see.
camouflage
Give an example of the difference between chemical and physical changes.
Cutting a cake (chemical) baking the cake (physical).
If a regular pentagon has sides of 6 centimeters each, and a regular octagon has sides of 4 centimeters each, what is the total perimeter of the two regular polygons?
62 centimeters
A cat chased a mouse around the kitchen, knocking over pots and pans in the process. The mouse darted into a tiny hole in the wall. The cat sat and waited outside the hole.
A cat is chasing a mouse.
Mr Abin is having trouble with his friends. He is saying mean things online and getting into fights. He is feeling sad and angry.
Social Wellness
warm fur and white camouflaged fur
Give an example of the scientific method.
You observe a cat has 2 shadows. You ask the question "Why?" You hypothesize that there are two light sources. You gather materials to create different light sources for one cat statue. You write your procedure. You test how many shadows you can make with many lights. You record the results. You conclude that different strengths of lights give different types of shadows.
Ms Donohoe has 5 boxes of pencils. Each box contains 8 pencils. She wants to share all the pencils equally among 7 students, including herself. How many pencils will each person get? (and how many pencils will make it back to Ms Donohoe afterwards?)
5 pencils each (Ms Donohoe most likely just lost 35 pencils and only has 5 remaining now.)
During the spring, flowers bloom, trees grow leaves, and the weather becomes warmer. Birds sing cheerfully from the treetops. Children play outside in the sunshine.
Spring brings new life.
Environmental Wellness
The beaver has this physical adaptation to help it cut down trees and this behavioral adaptation to help it protect itself from predators, make shelter, and store food.
long sharp teeth and dam building