Questioning
General Scientific Questions from Sycamore (Years 3 and 4) on the first day of the new school year (Wednesday 3rd September 2025)
How do scientists change the weather?
How does the sun orbit around the earth [sic]?
How do all the planets float in space?
What things have scientists made that we use every day?
How do we have gravity on Earth but not in space?
How big is the universe?
How are black holes made in space?
Why were planets made?
How can an invertebrate survive without a backbone?
Aren't people upside down on the bottom of the Earth? How stay up?
How do sea creatures breathe underwater?
How are some other suns blue?
General Scientific Questions from Oak (Year 5) on the first day of the new school year (Wednesday 3rd September 2025)
What makes glue sticky?
Where did the stars come from?
Is liquid wet or does it make other things wet?
What is the volume of the Sun and the Moon?
How many stars are there?
How fast does light travel? How do we know?
What is water made from?
Why is the universe expanding?
How was the Sun made?
Who made God? This is probably not a scientific question.
Is God real? *
Where does the wind come from?
How do the planets in our universe move around?
Why is grass green?
Why is the sky blue?
Do colours exist or are they just in our brain?
Is the multiverse real?
Are we in a simulation?
What colours were the dinosaur?
How cold is the Titanic?
How do we dream?
How can we simulate the feeling of falling from a high place in a nightmare without having done it before?
Why are dogs allergic to chocolate?
How did the very first matter get created?
How was the Moon made?
What happens when you die?
Why does the Sun move so fast?
Are aliens real?
How do we grow hair? What is it made out of?
How do we remember things?
How do our eyes see things? What are they made out of?
Why do tigers have stripes?
Can you go on the Sun?
Will the storm on Jupiter ever hit the Earth? If so, why will it take so long?
Is there such a thing as a giant fish that lives in the ocean?
Why is the Moon different shapes at different times?
How are rocks made?