Student Questions Fall 2014.docx



Student generated questions

EF Block

1. How do chemicals help a phone screen work?

2. How is ink made and why did they make it?

3. How does coffee’s caffeine keep us awake?

4. How do they get some cups to change color depending on temperature?

5. What makes a magnet magnetic?

6. How does a “dark room” help pictures develope?

7. Why does aloe help treat sunburns?

8. How do iphone screens work?

9. How to headphones work?

10. Why is oil used to help heat homes instead of other things like soda?

11. How do they make the fibers in my hat?

12. Why do some grapes taste more sour than others?

13. What is in some makeup that makes people’s faces burn? (My concealer does this?

14. Why is coke (the soda) so addictive?

15. Why does a warm spoon dipped into ammonia take the itch out of a bug bite?

16. Why does my sterling silver purity ring tarnish after a while of me wearing it?

17. How do canned foods stay fresh for so long?

18. Why does fertilizer help plants grow?

19. Why do cotton shirts get smaller in the wash?

20. How does solar energy work?

21. How do microwave ovens work?

22. How do fans stay in place when the blades are spinning at such a high speed?

23. How do cat’s bodies know when to shed their fur and how much fur to shed?

24. Why does my eyeliner not smudge throughout the day?

25. How do they make drawings into an animated movie?

26. Why does it sting when sweat gets into my eyes?

27. Why does milk get sour and lumpy when it gets old?

28. How does nail polish remover work and why does it smell so bad?

29. Why does contact solution make my eyes feel better, but soap and water stings? and why does cream make my cut feel better, but soap and water stings?

30. Is pavement just rocks? What keeps it together? What makes it dry so solid?

31. Does baking soda and peroxide cause a reaction to clean well?

32. What is ozone?

33. Does orange juice taste funny because the toothpaste taste is still in your mouth?

34. Why does soda explode when you shake it?

35. What does heartburn feel like?

36. When you pump gas and theres three different kinds what’s the difference between them to make the the prices vary?

37. Why do we use dish soap to wash dishes and not just regular soap?

38. How does an electric stove become hot?

39. How do chemicals keep a pool clear and what are in the chemicals?

40. What is in bug spray that keeps the bugs away and why does it keep them away?

41. How are clothes made?

42. What do they use to make rubber bands stretch?

43. Why do we hear sounds faster than seeing light?

44. Why do cell phones have radiation?

45. Why does dust make us sneeze?

46. Do chemicals help make vitamins?

47. Do chemist help make perfume?

48. Do chemist help make color dyes?

49. Do chemist help make car frames?

50. Do chemist help make the plastic for the inside of cars?

51. How do they make styrofoam?

52. Why does the foam in soda when you first pour it go down once you poke it?

53. How does salt stop a wound?

54. Why and how does rubbing alcohol dry out skin and surfaces?

55. Why do cars only run on gas?

56. Why do ACs drip water?

57. How does pasteurization work?

58. Does radiation last forever?

59. Why is gas explosive?

60. How do dry erasers work?

61. How do speakers work?

62. Why are alloy baseball bats prefered?

63. How do they make artificial flavors taste so real?

64. How does a projector project an image so well?

65. Why and how is glass blown?

66. Why does toothpaste bubble?

67. Why in hand soap cleans my hands so well?

68. How do sunglasses work?

69. Why do we wear shorts on hot days? Why do they make me feel cooler?

70. Why is the shade cooler than the direct sun?

71. How would we know if there is a gas leak?

72. Is the emergency shower water cold?

73. Why do some chemical mixtures explode?

74. What is chemistry all about?

75. What is the most used chemical and why?

AB Block

1. Why are clocks round?

2. Why are some people color blind?

3. Why is the sky blue?

4. Why is a soccer ball round?

5. Why do people have different skin colors?

6. Why do trees grow branches and why do some not?

7. Why do certain foods get stale?

8. How do skis slide on snow?

9. Why do you use different wax on your skis for different temperatures?

10. What makes a person scared of things? example: thunder and lightning

11. How do eggs turn yellow inside the chicken?

12. How does mouthwash work to clean my mouth?

13. How do tastebuds work?

14. Why doesn’t a glass door break when it’s slammed shut?

15. What makes a gas pump react to the use of cellphones?

16. Why is sugar added to make things taste better?

17. What makes teflon non-stick?

18. Why can only certain erasers erase pen?

19. How does stain remover take out stains?

20. Your thoughts on nanotechnology?

21. Do you think we will be able to cure cancer? and if so, will the government let us?

22. What diseases have been cured with simple chemistry?

23. Could we make a compound strong enough to hold structures still, even through natural disasters?

24. Will we ever be able make air cleaner and more stable?

25. How do they make pringles in so many flavors?

26. How do they fit all the things in my phone to create a picture that i can touch?

27. How does my wireless mouse work?

28. Why can’t i see when i walk outside in the dark after being in my well lit house? Why can i see after a few minutes of being outside?

29. Why does my liquid spray come out as a mist?

30. Does heat cause your hair to curl or straighten?

31. What in hairspray makes your hair stay in place?

32. Why do blankets spark sometimes when you rub your skin against it?

33. What is candles causes them to melt when lit and reharden when blown out?

34. Why do paper cuts hurt so much more than normal cuts?

35. Why does sunlight reflect off of certain objects and seem brighter on certain things (snow)?

36. Why does your whole arm tingle when you hit your elbow?

37. Why do car windows fog up?

38. Why does food get moldy?

39. How does a computer store information?

40. How does sunscreen keep you from burning?

41. How does paint dry smooth?

42. Why are oil vapors flammable, but not the oil?

43. How does hand sanitizer actually kill germs?

44. Why doesn’t alcohol freeze?

45. Why does jello become how it is when it gets cold?

46. How do cell phones charge?

47. How is there such weird ingredients in some food, but they taste so good?

48. When do text messages go in the meantime when you get them a day late?

49. How do they add vitamins to food?

50. Why does girl’s perfume ware away fast, but boy’s cologne last a long time?

51. At what temperature would a lightbulb melt?

52. What are some dangerous chemicals in soda?

53. How do nutritionist know the correct daily amount of vitamins a person should consume?

54. Can your mood dramatically change your body temperature?

55. How come you smell the scent of a candle, but not the burning wick?

56. What makes glow sticks glow?

57. Why is it that when you spray a surface with Axe (the cologne) and light it on fire on the Axe catches on fire, but not the surface?

58. How does a lava lamp work?

59. When balloon are filled with air why do they deflate over time? Where does the air go?

60. Why is pond water green?

61. How does a candle keep burning after lit?

62. How does a printer make so many colors out of six inks?

63. What do the chemicals in food, like macaroni, do to our body?

64. How do touchscreens work?

65. How can cell phones be waterproof?

66. How does a lighter keep a flame as long as you hold down the button?

67. How can we see through a hole in our eyes?

68. What exactly is fire?

69. How do the lights in TVs work?

70. How is plastic made?

71. How did they discover jello?

72. What causes gunpowder to explode?

73. What things in toothpaste clean your teeth?

74. What makes soda fizz?

75. What’s the difference between carbonated and tap water?

76. How do ACs make rooms cold?

77. Why do eggs change color when cooked?

78. Why do some chemical reactions smell good when others smell really bad?

79. How does lotion moisturize your skin?

80. How does bug killer kill bugs?

81. Why does wood turn dark when burned?

82. Why do some people have different color hair?

83. What doesn’t involve chemistry?

GH Block

1. Why do some sounds sound louder to some people and quieter to others?

2. Why don’t certain blood types mix?

3. Why is it hard to make certain elements?

4. How is the sun heated in space?

5. How did the planets form?

6. How do cars move when you put gas in it?

7. Why do all people have different “taste” for foods?

8. Why is there only oxygen on earth?

9. Why is there chlorine in pools? What makes the difference?

10. How do they make perfume smell exactly like a flower or other scent?

11. How does fabric softener soften clothes? What do they put in it?

12. What do they put in crackle nail polish to make it split apart?

13. Why don’t apples turn brown when you put lemon juice on them?

14. How does waterproof spray work and what is it made of?

15. Why isn’t there there oxygen in space?

16. How do things float in space?

17. How does hair dye and hair bleach work?

18. Why does blood turn red?

19. Why can’t we see air?

20. What does isobutane do to a mouse?

21. Why is the ozone layer disappearing?

22. How are the dyes in your clothing that dye your skin different from the ones that don’t dye your skin?

23. What are energy measurements?

24. What is in sunglasses that makes them darker compared to reading glasses?

25. How does paint stay on a house?

26. Why does milk curdle when lemon juice is added?

27. Why is some plastic stretchy and some not?

28. Why do you cry when you cut onions?

29. How do baked goods change from a liquid to a solid by cooking them?

30. What does heat from a hair dryer or straightener do to your hair?

31. Why do our taste buds accept different foods from others?

32. What happens to your skin when you get a tan?

33. What makes glue so sticky?

34. What happens when water turns into ice?

35. What makes a magnet stick to metal?

36. How does antibacterial soap kill germs?

37. Why do banana peels turn brown?

38. Why don’t pine cones change colors?

39. Why does cement harden?

40. How does your phone play music? How does bluetooth work?

41. Why is the sky blue and how do the clouds block the rays of the sun?

42. Why are rain clouds gray and normal clouds white?

43. How can some glass and plastic be shatterproof?

44. How can you read a persons DNA by looking at their hair?

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