Topics for Sixth Grade Science

• Keep your eyes open for Frequently Asked Questions (or FAQs) They usually contain answers to a lot of questions, maybe yours. Of course some of the questions are supposed to be funny.
  • *Birds: Adaptions, particularly feet
    Birds of Vermont Museum School Field Trip Offerings 1995-1996
    Birding on the Web
    
  • *Bonsai tree: What they are and best conditions for growth
    More Bonsai
    
  • *Breathing: Air breathing vs Aquatic breathing (Lungs vs gills??)
    An encyclopedia might be a good starting point also
    The Lung Association - The Lungs At Work
    Systems Comparison.html
    The Respiratory System
    The Respiratory System This is different even though it has the same name
  • *Cactus: in general, and light needs and photosynthesis
    Photosynthesis
  • *Cigarette smoke and how it affects crickets
    Cricket Care
    The Insects Home Page
    
  • Comets: and meteorites
    
  • *Computer Viruses and what antivirus works best
    Computer Virus Myths home page 
    Metropolitan Network BBS Inc. - AVP Virus Encyclopedia
    Use PC Magazine search to search for virus reviews.
  • *Fish: How they react to caffeine
    Fish Information Service (FINS) Index  
  • *Why Geysers erupt
    The Total Yellowstone Geyser Page
  • *Hamsters: stress??; what they eat
    
  • *Heartburn: and the medicines that relieve it
    MedicineNet (TM) Home Page -- A FREE Medical Reference
    Treatment of Heartburn
    Causes of Heartburn
    
  • *Morse Code
    Morse Code Resources This looked pretty good
    The Amateur Radio Licenses 
    
  • *Pain Relievers or what is pain 
    MedicineNet - acetaminophen
  • *Rust: What materials rust and what makes them rust
    Personal Home Page
    I suggest an encyclopedia.
  • *Soil: How plants grow in different mediums (soil, no soil, - hydroponics, rocks) how plants get nutrition
    What Makes Good Garden Soil
    The Garden Gate

  Older topics

  • Crystal Radio
    
  • Training a gerbil to go through a maze
    National Gerbil Society Homepage
  • What happens to light in water
  • How Spring water is cleaned

Last Updated: November 22, 2000