Classroom Activities

Looking for extra-credit projects? These pages, based on popular Why Files, have discussion questions, activities and quizzes.

Biology

• Ants
• Secrets of the microfarm: Amoeba grows bacteria!
• Live birth in ancient reptile
• Mosquito Madness

Earth & Space

• Arctic Warming: Greenhouse gas nightmare?
• Tsunamis
• Understanding Volcanoes
• Tornadoes: Power & Fury
• Polar science

Environment

• Trash: Does burning beat burying?
• Native American Farming
• Hurricanes
• Fracking
• A Climate of Extremes
• Soil and food crisis

Health

• Stem Cell Progress
• Mosquito Madness
• Flu vaccine

Physical Science

• Neutrinos
• Tsunamis
• Understanding Volcanoes

Social Science

• Screaming about screen time
• Einstein

Technology

• Stopping the slaughter of the bats
• Weather: [More data + more computers = better forecasts]
• Forensic Science: Bugs, Maggots And DNA