• Aug 26: SW intro, lightening, evaporation ⇆ condensation
• Sep 02: SW2 intro, atoms, quarks and gluons, the Netherlands
• Sep 09: (at BNL)
• Sep 16: SW3 intro, lunar, solar eclipses
• Sep 23, 30, Oct 7: Van de Graaff generator
• Oct 14, Nov 4, Nov 11: Liquid nitrogen
• Oct 21: (parent-teacher conferences)
• Oct 28: (New Iberia)
• Nov 18, Dec 2, Dec 9: Global warming
• Nov 25: (thanksgiving break)
• Dec 16, Jan 13,20: Aliens!
• Dec 23: (winter break)
• Jan 06: snow day!
• Jan 27, Feb 24, Mar 3: Tornados
• Feb 3, Feb 10: Quark Matter 2017
• Feb 17: Parent-Teacher conferences
• Mar 03: Tornados
• Mar 10, 17, 31: Planets and geology
• Mar 24: Spring break
• Apr 07, 21, 28: Speed of sound
• Apr 14: Mid Semester Break (good Friday)
• May 05,18: Water rockets
• May 12: (fermilab)
• May 24: Last day of school (Wed)

how much of the brain is actually used
polar ice caps
what happens when you yawn - why is it contageous
dreaming - brain - sleep
future of human evolution - what's happening now
how does the survival rate of infants with previously life-threatening conditions affect evolution
antibiotics - making species weaker
other worlds that support life?

Calendar:

• Sep 11, Sep 18: DNA
• Sep 11: Birth and death of stars and planets
• Sep 25, Oct 2: [in Japan]
• Oct 9: Birth and death of stars and planets
• Oct 16, Oct 23: Van de Graaff generator
• Oct 30, Nov 6: Blue sky
• Nov 13, Oct 20: Phases of the moon, eclipses
• Dec 4,11: The size of everything
• Dec 18, Jan 14: Global warming
• Jan 8 (workshop Berkeley)
• Jan 22 ??
• Jan 29 (BNL EIC R&D)
• Feb 5 (BNL shift)
• Feb 12,19: sound, and how do you record it
• Feb 26, Mar 4: measuring the speed of sound
• Mar 11 (PC shift 8-22)
• Mar 18 P-T conferences
• Mar 25, Apr 1: spring break
• Apr 8,15 Fun with liquid nitrogen
• Apr 22,29 Tornadoes
• May 6,12 Water rockets
• May 9: Watching the transit of Mercury
• May 19: (last day of school)

Questions received (and addressed (X)):

Done:: 29 Aug: Intro 12 Sep: Total internal reflection 19 Sep: (I forget) 03 Oct: Measuring the speed of sound 17 Oct: Why is the sky blue 31 Oct: Fun with marshmellows 14 Nov: [testing, testing...] 05 Dec: Formation of galaxies, stars, planets 19 Dec: vandeGraaff generator 09 Jan: Global warming 23 Jan: The eye, vision etc. 06 Feb: How do twisters twist 20 Feb: The history of the universe in one year 06 Mar: Evolution 20 Mar: Gravity and black holes 03 Apr: Spring Break 17 Apr 01 May: [On the nightshift] 15 May: [water rockets] 21 May: last day of school

Questions received (and addressed (X)):


aug    :    can you study blood cells 
aug    :(X) is it true that if you push an object in 
            space it will keep going forever. What might stop it?
aug    :    how do cells work
aug    :    why are we alive
aug    :    in the cellworld are they always in liquid
aug    :    how does sand turn into glass?
sep 13 :(X) why can't certain molecules bind with others in the 
            DNA and RNA codes?
sep 13 :(X) What are the different kinds of matter
sep 13 :    Is it possible to split atoms
sep 13 :    Where do people get rubber
sep 13 :(X) why is the sky blue
sep 13 :(X) is there dna in rocks (done)
sep 13 :(X) Why does the world spin
sep 13 :(X) Could we ever live on Mars if we could create an atmosphere 
            and grow trees
sep 16 :(X) why does a rainbow fade away?
sep 16 :    can you split a cell
sep 16 :     can we live on Saturn's moon (blue)
sep 16 :    if they found a living organism without cells will 
            this change everything? (blue)
30 sep :(x) why is the world round
oct 15 :     why are we the shape we are?
oct 15 :(X) why is the equator hot
oct 15 :    how is each part of he world made
oct 15 :    is mount everest a volcano or a mountain
oct 15 :(X) how does the core tolerate the heat of the magma
oct 15 :    how do we grow fingernails
oct 15 :(X) Why is the sun on fire - what kind is it - does it use oxygen
oct 15 :    why do trees produce oxygen / carbon dioxide
oct 15 :    what causes radiation
oct 15 :(X) could someone live on jupiter

nov         how did the big bang happen

dec 10  (X) why do we have (perceive) colors
dec 10      how did the first animal come into being
dec 10      why does gravity keep us down
dec 10  (X) why do we have skin on the outside of our body

jan 06      is there an end to the universe
jan 06      how old people come to be
jan 06      how come a solar eclipse would blind you if you looked at it
jan 06      where is the ozone layer
jan 21  (X) why do we have skin color
jan 21      why can't some animals see in color
jan 21      what could humans do if they used their whole brain capacity
jan 21      what does chemistry have to do with atoms

--- DONE: ---
26 aug: scaling (ants) (T) cells: <<< mass, no inertia
03 sep: gravity (T)    
10 sep: DNA   new: show thread rolled up, epigenetics
16 sep: blue sky     add: show rainbow with grating
23 sep  (FVTX meeting in Atlanta)
30 sep: states of matter (solid, liquid, gas, plasma, QGP)
15 oct: why is the earth round - (gravity, liquid interior, plate tectonics)
29 oct: rainbows (add water glass wth bubbles, add failed demos)
12 nov: planets (solar system, dwarf planets, sun, look at sunspots outside)
26 Nov: earth: mantle convection->plate tectonics, core conv->mag field
09 Dec: Tornadoes!
06 Jan: Why do we see colors? (and all other senses, parts of all 'spectra' 
        that we do/do not see)
21 jan: The ozone layer
04 feb: The functions of the skin
25 feb: Liquid Nitrogen
11 mar: Greenhouse effect / Global warming
25 mar: How does your eye work
01 apr: How do lenses work - simple optics
15 apr: (on travel)
29 apr:
13 may: water rockets

• What is the speed of sound? here ->
• How do eyes work? here ->
• How do glasses help your eyes? here ->
• Why is the sky blue? here ->
• Why does liquid nitrogen freeze things? here ->
• All about sound here ->
• DNA here ->
• Why does the moon move the ocean tide? here ->
• How does light affect colors?
• Will one of the planets one day look like Earth?
• Could you put trash in a black hole?
• Could a person go into a black hole?
• Could something traverse a black hole without being destroyed?
• Why does [Helium/SF6] make your voice go up/down?
• How can you measure the speed of light?
• What is blood made out of?
• On TV
• How do plants grow from sunlight?
• Can we mix Nitrogen and peroxide?
• What happens if you shoot a water gun in space_will the water just keep going?
• What are you going to do with the ring (LHC) when you're done with it?
• Would civilization on Mars not work because of the particle showers?
• Where does theblack hole come out? Is that a white hole?
• Are stars all as big as our sun?
• What is 'alive'?
• Are black holes alive in the sense that they can feel things?
• How do teeth work?
• How can some things be both liquid and solid?
• Why does water flow?

• Fibonacci numbers and the golden ratio here ->
• The size of everything here ->
• How far is San Diego from Santa Fe? here ->
• How big is the earth and the universe? here ->
• What are quarks here ->
• Will neptune an pluto ever collide here ->
• Measuring the speed of sound here ->
• Phases of the moon here ->
• Evolution, DNA, and genetics here ->
• Telescopes, and how lenses work here ->
• What is a quark here ->
• Why do we have leap years (~days, ~months, ~seconds) here ->
• Fun with liquid nitrogen here ->
• The Periodic Table of the Elements here ->
• How do computers work? here ->
• Hunting the Higgs here ->
• Are scientists actually making black holes in Sweden here ->
• Where do plants release oxygen?
• what caused the ice age and can it happen again
• what killed the dinosaurs and in what time
• why does helium change your voice
  
  
• How far is Saturn from Earth? How come it has rings? How many rings?
• Is there such a thing as a white hole?
• About how many planets are there in the universe?
• What would happen if you reached the end of the universe?
• How many times does the equator circle the year in one day?
• How far away is every planet from the earth?
• How many galaxies are out in space, and how many stars and planets are in each?
• What are radio and sound waves
• why does Uranus orbit on it's side

• can we grow bacteria
• what is science
• how did we find out that Pluto wasn't a planet
• is there other life out there
• how did einstein come up with E=mc**2
• how do we know there is a 10th planet
• how do we know there are other universes and galaxies
• does star wars relate to science
• why don't we find another planet with lots of co2 and put plants on there and live there when the sun expands
• what is a spider wasp
• if you go directly into a black hole, why does it look like you're always entering
• diseases
• will our sun ever go into the center a black hole
• can we do experiments with gases that blow up? or just with gases?
• why does your hair grow back after you cut it?
• what color is blood when it's inside you. is it blue?
• why is your funny bone called that when it is not funny
• how can weather people tell what the weather is going to be
• why can't teeth just stay perfect, so you don't have to have braces
• are all the planets stars
• how do we know atoms are real
• I want to know about chemistry
• how much does it cost to ride the vomit comet
• what is m80
• what is a solar neighborhood
• how is a nebula formed and what are the gases that make them
• I want to know about arachnids

• What happens after things go into a black hole
• How are starts made
• how many milky ways are there
• how do people get cancer
• about how many years until we can live on Venus
• can atoms be separated and then put together in a different place: teleportation
• what is a marine biologists job what do they study what experiments do they do
• why do norwhales have horns
• how come the giant squid is huge? are there other big animals? what is the biggest squid
• what causes hurricanes and will New Orleans ever be livable again
• how do hurricanes form. why do they always form next to africa
• why does the south pole not get tons of snow
• how much snow does yellowknife get each year? what are the temperatures and climate
• were there any big droughts in New Mexico long ago?
• are you guys building machines to go to different planets and look for life forms
• why are there so many moons around some planets and around others there are none
• how do you spella word wrong/right in Dutch
• how does the very large array work
• how can lightning be hotter than the sun
• why does hair stick to black
• how come wheen you wear black you get hotter, when you wear white you stay cooler
• how did animals come to earth
• what does dna stand for
• in what kind of climate does the amur leopard live
• does your work help toward nuclear bobms or studies
• why do peoples hair get grey and does black or brown hair dry slower than blonde
• .... and more...

• What causes the phases of the Moon? --> here
• How much does the Earth weigh? --> here
• How come when a bug is in your car it doesn't splat against the back window? --> here
• The truck with birds in it crossing a bridge --> here
• Are molecules in humans?
• What is Nitrogen, what is a molecule?
• How do you clone sheep and what are they made of?
• What's made the Big Bang?
• Can light go through time?
• Is the whole Universe a magnet?
• Truth about string theory
• why is the sky blue? here
• Is the midnight sky black or blue? here
• What is outside our Universe?
• Can black holes lead to another destination? here
• Can the Earth go out of orbit?
• Why does Helium make your voice sound weird? here
• Why are humans so dense? What are ghosts made of? Why can ghosts walk throughs walls?
• Is it true there is a lithosphere and an asthenosphere?
• How is gravity made? here
• What is the [earth's?] magnetic field do and why is it weakening?
• What causes el nino and el nina?
• Can you tell us about all the Elements that you know?
• Does the Earth weigh more with houses and humans and life on it?
• What made the Big Bang?
• What is in Area 51?
• What causes Sulphur to small bad?
• Fibonacci numbers and the golden ratio here
• Why do stars twinkle? here
• Black death
• Progeria (accelerated aging diease)

• How do fish survive if a river freezes over
• Why does it not thunder when it rains in winter
• Why is the sky blue
• Why do wheels seem to go backward (in movies) --> here
• How does the eye work --> here
• Clouds --> here
• What makes the colors on an oil slick? --> here
• about gravity --> here
• Are there more grains of sand on the beach than there are stars? --> here
• What makes a rainbow? --> here
• How does the sun shine? --> here
• Why is our skin not bright purple?
• How come we can't see in the UV?
• why does the sun change colors when it is in a different part of the sky>
• have they figured out how to stop pollution?
• how do they play dvd's How do they get all of that informnation onto something that small
• what planet has the most gravity
• why do only jupiter and saturn have rings
• why does the earth have more gravity than the moon
• is pluto a planet
• why does the earth spin
• how do sharks smell food so far away
• how does lightning work
• why do snowflakes have perfect shapes
• why are clouds white
• whay are rocks so hard
• why does the rainforest get so much rain
• why is grass green
• why don't people get goosebumps on their faces
• how come flags flap
• how do they make paper out of trees
• why are clouds only at a certain height in the sky
• why does the universe never end
• why do sea animals have gills
• can water turn colors
• how do rocket ships go to outer space

• How are tornados formed into their shape? --> here
• Why don't suspension bridges swing? --> here
• How does concrete set up under water? --> here
• How do they build bridge supports under water? --> here
• Why are arches so strong? --> here
• How much do you think it costs to get all the materials to make a bridge? --> here
• If you have water with color in it, will it evaporate that color? --> here
• How long can a fish hold its breath out of the water? why can't it breathe out of the water?
• What makes the popping sound in a fire?
• How do they make tunnels under water without it collapsing?
• What would happen if human DNA were mixed with animal?
• Why doesn't frost get on a car windshields parked under a roof that has no walls?
• Is the sky blue because it is a reflection of the ocean? --> here
• How does land form?
• Do different chemicals separate and if they do, how and why do they separate?
• Why is grass green?
• Why do you use so many muscles when you smile or frown?
• Why is the earth tilted at an angle?
• About how fast do clouds travel and what makes them keep the shape?
• Why do the clouds turn different colors when the sun sets and rises?
• How come water evaporates?
• How does rain form into its shape when it's falling?
• What makes bug repellant and most sprayable stuff flammable?
• What makes gunpowder explode?
• How is plastic made, and what is it made of?
• How come plastic melts?
• How and why do pearls form in oysters?
• Why does the sun help plants grow?
• How is a circle a polygon?
• Why can't animals talk?
• How can we see the color of something?
• How many strands of DNA can be found in a nucleus? The most amount? The least amounts?
• How long would it take to travel from here to Africa?
• If another organism is living in a galaxy (spiral galaxy) like our own, would it look somewhat like us?
• How is memory stored in a computer chip?
• Could you ever revive a person that is already dead?
• What happens when you put a magnet on a computer screen and why?
• Why does nutrition make you grow?

• How long does it take for a cloud to form?
• How was the galaxy made?
• How come when the wind is blowing away from shore, the waves still come into the shore?
• How come when we touch something our finger does not go through?
• How do people speak, make sound and noises?
• How do they measure the layers of the earth?
• How do salmon know where to return when they spawn?
• How come we can't feel the earth turn?
• You said a dollar bill weighed 1 gram; would a $20 bill, $10 bill, $5 bill all weigh the same?
• If there was a planet with life on it, but a sun as a red giant or a blue dwarf instead of a yellow star, would the sky still be blue?
• What causes an earthquake?
• You can go to the moon, but why can't you go to Mars or Jupiter, pluto or any other planet?
• Can a star or planet blow up after a long time?
• How long does it take to get to the end of the galaxy?
• Is light traveling faster on earth or in space or are they both traveling the same?
• In all the galaxies are we the only people living I don't believe that
• How do stereograms make a picture look 3-D?
• Do animals get big tummies when they're going to have a baby?
• Why do the clouds change to a different color whan it rains?
• Why do we get itches on our bodies and skins?
• Why is it that right before you die of frostbite you get very warm?
• How do scientists know how we evolved from slime and how we came from a big star?
• Why do gyroscopes act weird?
• How do clouds form? What are clouds made of? Why is there sometimes lots of clouds and sometimes none?
• How do remote controls send the radio waves to a remote control car?
• Why can you boil water with pressure and heat? How does this work?
• When you push a bottle with liquid in it, why does it go half a centimeter or so higher than the top of the bottle?
• How many sides does a circle have?
• Who inventer color?
• Why does Helium float, and when it's in a balloon after a while why doesn't it float?

• solve x**n+y**n=z**n
• how does a pendulum work?
• how fast can an atomic bomb spread?
• why does the earth rotate around the sun?
• are ufo's really out there
• does space have an end? if it does, what comes after it?
• why does the earth revolve around the sun and the moon around the earth?
• how did the earth become the earth?
• why do we see colors?
• why/how did life form on earth?
• is black all colors or the absence of color? and white?
• if there is no air in space what is in it's place?
• if red, blue and yellow make up all colors and yet you can not get black or white from them, but you can color things black or white, how can this be?
• how come if blue light rays are in the sky and fewer reach earth than reds and yellows there are equal amounts of red yellow and blue?
• do we all see the same colors?
• why is the sky blue?
• why are fires blue, red, orange and yellow?
• why is the grass green
• why do birds fly and people not?
• why are people's eyes different colors?
• how long have scientists been able to keep people diagnosed with leukemia or aids alive?
• if matter can be transformed into energy and if this is the process for creating nuclear energy, why is there waste?
• does the universe ever end?
• how was earth created?
• how do you think people began?
• if we evolved from apes, what happened to the rest of them?
• what is the smallest mammel?
• how were words created?
• how does the internet work?
• is the reanimation of dead tissue actually possible?
• what's the difference between fake sugar and regular sugar?
• why do you get a shock from electricity?
• how did 'boys' and 'girls' evolve into 'boys' and 'girls', why not just one kind?
• why are mammels born from their mother and not an egg?
• why do rubber bands stretch?
• is there unlimited water on the earth?
• why can't scientists make gold even if they know the chemical makeup?
• is deja vue something you dream the night before?
• how do the leaves get their color?
• how did the sattelite blow up (the Mars Polar Explorer)
• how does a motor work?
• what is the meaning of life?
• why was I born?
• why is the grass green?
• what is the hottest kind of fire there is?
• why do birds fly?

• How many waves are there in the ocean?
  This is like the question 'How long is the coast of England', familiar to mathematicians, as an intro to fractals.
• How big is the world?
  This one is easy of course, but I'm tempted to actually do the measurement with the kids, using Alexander of Thales' (?) method of 3000 years ago.
• Does the vacuum of space float?
• Why don't chickens, emus, and ostriches fly?
  should be another day on evolution
• How come adults stop growing?
  more evolution
• What is gravity?
  
• What is slime, and can we make it?
  I believe this refers to a specific toy/product
• How does the brain work to tell you how things feel, small, taste and look?
  nerves and signals, and/or the question of conciousness.
• What kind of gas is in space?
• What's with girls?
  Ms. Irving said she would handle that one.
• What would happen if the Earth was thrown out of orbit?
• If our moon was not a moon would it be considered an asteroid?
• How can you detect asteroids?
• If people are mostly made up of empty space between molecules, how come I can't put my finger through my hand?
  Good one, eh?
• If we keep using the same amount of water, when will we run out?
• What happens when people get cremated?
• How would you die first? If you didn't have water or you didn't have food?
• Why are toenails important?
• I have had no questions about electricity...
• we need to do one on waves and interference (holograms, beating notes, colors in soap films, fading radio stations etc.) I saw someone make a good-quality hologram in about 15 minutes, using a laser pointer, and in a semi-darkened lecture room. Gotta do this one!
• Make a cloud chamber to look at cosmic rays.

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