What causes fruit to mold?

1. What causes fruit to mold? What is mold? What other types of things mold? What are some things we can do to keep fruit fresh longer?

2. What is the life cycle of a butterfly? Regardless of the type of butterfly, do they all still have the same life cycle? Based on the physical traits of a butterfly, how can you tell the different kinds?

3. What causes a mushroom to grow? Do mushrooms always grow outdoors? What are some ways we could test a mushroom to see if it is poisonous or not?

4. Why is this leaf brown? Why are the leaves around it green? Do some leaves turn colors faster than others? What are some ways we could we test this?

5. What would happen if we removed the bark from this tree? What are some ways we could find out how old this tree is? Although this is “one tree” why does it have 2 trunks? Is this common in some trees?

6. What is the life cycle of an ant? How is it different than that of a butterfly? Why are some ants smaller or larger than others? Why are some red and some black? Why do ants make ant hills? What is inside the ant hills? Is there only one “Queen Ant” like there is one “Queen Bee?” How does an ant become a “Queen Ant?”

7. What are some ways you can purify water? Where does this water go once it goes down the drain? Over time, does purified water “unpurify?” How could we test if water is purified or not? What should we look for?

8. Once this lake was drained, where did the fish living here go? What is a lily pad? How do they form? What can you infer about the water quality of this lake? What types of insects, fish or amphibians still live in this shallow part of the lake? What makes the canal of a lake or body of water different than the actual lake itself?

9. Are all clouds filled with rain? How do we know? Why are some clouds darker than others? What types of clouds are shown in this picture?

10. How does electricity work? How is something so powerful transmitted through a small outlet? What makes something “electric?” How could we test to see if an item was electric? Why might you get shocked if you stuck your finger in this outlet?

11. Does water from a toilet move in the same direction each time you flush? What do you think would happen if we flushed different sized objects down the toilet? Would the water move the same each time? When the toilet is flushed do the water and it’s contents go to the same place as the water from the sink?

12. What are rocks? What type of tests could we perform to find out how old a rock is? How can we classify different types of rocks? Are rocks found predominantly in some places and not so much in others?

13. Why are seagulls predominantly found at the beach? Are other types of birds only found in certain parts of the state? Of the country? Of the world? How is the life cycle of a bird different from that of an insect?

14. What causes waves? Why don’t lakes have waves? What makes the ocean so blue? Is it bluer on some days than it is on other days? Why? What type of animal habitats are under the sea? How are seashells different than rocks?

15. How does skin protect a humans bones? What are some ways we could observe skin cells? How does skin reproduce? How fast does it reproduce?