Transcript Science Around Us

Science Around Us
Photoessay
by Jeff Goodman
How do flowers help a plant?
What would happen if to a plant if you cut all its flowers off?
When these plants die in the winter, what will happen
to their leaves over time?
What would be the best way to make something rot?
How does an electric fence work?
Why does your hand jump back if you touch it?
How would your choices change if you were building
a fence to keep animals in instead of to keep them out?
What materials would be best for making wheels? Why?
Why are some materials shiny and others dull?
How could you make a dull material more shiny?
Why are nuts the shape of a hexagon?
How does a wheel reduce friction?
What is a stroke?
Why might someone who has a
stroke have trouble walking?
Why is exercise important even to
an old person?
How is this man similar to how he
was when he was young? How is
he different?
How might this man’s son be like
him and how might he be different?
Why?
How is metal different than wood?
Why are nails usually made of metal?
Why does wood split?
How could you determine whether the wood split
before the nail was hammered in or after?
How could you design an experiment to figure out
the best way to keep wood from splitting?
What causes a pothole?
Why do large rocks show up in
a pothole on a gravel road?
What would be the best
way to prevent a
pothole?
How are leaves and rocks different?
What are some good uses of rocks and leaves? Why is each
suited to the task?
What would happen if no cars drove on this road?
Create a plan to sort the rocks in this road.
What is rust?
Why do only some metals rust?
Are all metals that rust magnetic?
What evidence is there that water is involved in rusting?
How could we keep something
from rusting?
How does spider web help a spider?
What would happen if this plant were to die?
Where might this water have come from?
From the picture, what can you infer about
the material the spider web is made of from?
If you were going to make an artificial spider web, what material
would you use? Why?
Why do the things underwater look distorted?
Where is the yellow light we see in the leaf coming from?
How would this scene look different through colored glasses?
Why do rocks sink and some leaves float? Why do other leaves sink?
How will this grass be affected by the movement of cars?
Predict what this will look like in the future. Why?
Why do tires sink in mud and not dry dirt?