SCIENCE SILLIES FROM 5TH & 6TH GRADERS
**The spinal column is a long bunch of bones. The head sits on
the top, and you sit on the bottom.
**It is so hot in some places that people there have to live in
other places.
**Momentum is something you give a person when they go away.
**Mushrooms always grow in damp places which is why they look
like umbrellas.
**The four seasons are salt, pepper, mustard, and vinegar.
**The alimentary canal is located in the northern part of Indiana.
**Thunder is a rich source of loudness.
**Some people can tell what time it is by looking at the sun, but
I never have been able to make out the numbers.
**When planets run around and around in circles, we say they are
orbiting. When people do it, we say they are crazy.
**One of the main causes of dust is DIRT.
**A monsoon is a French gentleman.
**To keep milk from turning sour, keep it in the cow.
**Genetics explains why you look like your father, and if
you don’t, why you should.
**Water vapor gets together in a big cloud. When it gets big
enough to be called a drop, it does.
**There is a tremendous weight pushing down on the center of the
Earth because so many people are stomping around there these days.
**The cause of perfume disappearing is evaporation. Evaporation
gets blamed for a lot of things people forget to put the top on.
**You can listen to thunder and tell how close you came to getting hit.
If you don’t hear it, you got hit, so never mind.