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Science & Technology

Science Writing Prompts

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Agony of Defeat

Agony of Defeat

Students are asked to explain how forces and motion affect the skier in the film.

6-12

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Alternative Energy

Alternative Energy

Students are asked to explain what needs to be considered if alternative energy sources are to be used.

6-12

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Bang

Bang

Students are asked to generate questions about fireworks that could be answered thorugh scientifice evaluation.

6-12

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Bird Flu

Bird Flu

Students are asked to explain how chickens might be involved in a potential bird flu outbreak.

6-12

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Bird in Flight

Bird in Flight

Students are asked to explain the characteristics of the bird in flight and how adaptations would allow the bird to fly a particular way.

6-12

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Blast Off

Blast Off

Students are asked to describe what these astronauts should investigate on a mission in space.

6-12

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Catch Me If You Can

Catch Me If You Can

Students are asked to explain the predator/prey relationship and how it helps to maintain the balance of the ecosystems.

6-12

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Defying Gravity

Defying Gravity

Students are asked how acceleration, mass, momentum and velocity are involved in mountain boarding.

6-12

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Diffusion

Diffusion

Students are asked to explain the process shown as the red material is placed i nteh colorless liquid.

6-12

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DNA Spiral Staircase

DNA Spiral Staircase

Students are asked to compare and contrast the staircase pictured to the DNA molecule.

6-12

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Earth and Moon

Earth and Moon

Students are asked to compare and contrast the earth and the moon.

6-12

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Explosion

Explosion

Students are asked to explain how lava is involved in the rock cycle.

6-12

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Feel the Power

Feel the Power

Students are asked to explain how the sun is a major source of energy.

6-12

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Fish Behavior

Fish Behavior

Students are asked to explain the advantages of a fish participating in a school.

6-12

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Garden of Eating

Garden of Eating

Students are asked how poor weather conditions affect the cost of fruits and vegetables.

6-12

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Gases

Gases

Students are asked to describe the reason the balloons rise and what that means for the gas properties.

6-12

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Give Me Some Space

Give Me Some Space

Students are asked to identify equipment and/or instruments used to explore the universe.

6-12

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Got Milk

Got Milk

Students are asked to explain what would be used to measure the properties of a glass of milk.

6-12

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Health

Health

Students are asked to explain how advances in technology have affected people's health.

6-12

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Hurricane

Hurricane

Students are asked why viewing weather phenomenon through space cameras is important.

6-12

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In this Together

In this Together

Students are asked to explain how a crane's parts work together to achieve the end result.

6-12

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Just for You

Just for You

Students are asked to explain how plants and animals may be classified as natural resources.

6-12

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Like Mother Like Son

Like Mother Like Son

Students are asked to explain some of the inherited characteristics found in particular pairs of animals.

6-12

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Microscope Use

Microscope Use

Students are asked to explain why scientists need to adjust the position of objects under a microscope.

6-12

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Moon Movement

Moon Movement

Students are asked to explain why the moon appears in this particular form in the video clip.

6-12

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Now You See It

Now You See It

Students are asked to identify ways to help these endangered or threatened species.

6-12

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Ouch

Ouch

Students are asked to explain how human actions have hurt the eagle and the sea turrtles.

6-12

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Out of Proportion

Out of Proportion

Students are asked to explain how natural disasters affect environmental health.

6-12

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A Picture is Worth

A Picture is Worth

Students are asked to explain how XRay images communicate information.

6-12

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Pollination

Pollination

Students are asked to explain the relationship between a bee and a flower.

6-12

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Shed Some Light

Shed Some Light

Students are asked to explain how water enters a watershed.

6-12

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Solar Flares

Solar Flares

Students are asked to explain how solar flares on the sun affect us here on earth.

6-12

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Solid as a Rock

Solid as a Rock

Students are asked to explain how the rock cycle affected rock formations in Pennsylvania.

6-12

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Space Travel

Space Travel

Students are asked to explain why the astronauts in the video are floating and what problems this phenomenon creates for people that travel in space.

6-12

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Squid a Mollusk

Squid a Mollusk

Students are asked to explain the characteristics that place a mollusk is in the phylum mollusca.

6-12

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Tornado

Tornado

Students are asked to explain how a tornado is formed and what a tornado does.

6-12

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Water Cycle

Water Cycle

Students are asked to explain how clouds participate in the water cycle.

6-12

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Wave Action

Wave Action

Students are asked to explain the interactions between the ocean and the shore.

6-12

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Weather is Frightful

Weather is Frightful

Students are asked to explain how climate and extreme weather events affect people's lives.

6-12

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What a Pest

What a Pest

Students are asked to identify issues related to integrated pest management and how they affect the environment.

6-12

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