Science Scavenger Hunt


 

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Put your seatbelt on tight because you are going to some freaky, scary, and unbelievable websites.

DIRECTIONS:
Each set of questions has a link where you will click and locate the answers. Type the answers in complete sentences in the text box. WARNING: do NOT close this window. If you do, you will lose all your work!

1. There are many reasons not to get a Burmese Phython. Name three reasons why having this big snake as a pet might not be a good idea.
http://www.pitt.edu/~mcs2/herp/python.html



2. Go to ”More Snake Pictures” and look at three more snakes. What are the snakes you learned about and what are some cool things you learned about them?
http://www.pitt.edu/~mcs2/herp/More.html




3. What gem comes from a sea creature?
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pearl/freshwater.html

4. Did you know you should be recycling aluminum foil, cans, paper, cardboard, and plastic. Choose two items you should recycle and explain what happens to them during the recycling process.
http://www.allbriteonline.com/kids/


5. College students use to throw pie tins until Walter Morrison and Warren Franscioni made a plastic version of this popular toy. What do we call this toy today?
http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa980218.htm?pid=2821&cob=home

6. Why do our feet stink sometimes?
Answer

7. What causes hiccups?
Answer

8. Go to BrainPop. Select two Science Movies at the top left to watch. What movies did you choose? Write one fact you learned from each movie.
www.brainpop.com


9. How did a diver survive for 2 days underwater after his scuba equipment broke?
answer

10. What happened this day in history?
http://www.coolquiz.com/trivia/