Have you ever picked up a textbook, filled out a worksheet, or done a science activity and wondered…“What is my child really learning with this?” Parents wonder exactly what bases they should cover for their kids to understand science before they hit the high school or college scene.


Before you can teach your kid science, you’re going to need a basic science understanding yourself. We’ve prepared a science quiz to see where you are and how you’re doing. This is portion of the same quiz we give the kids during our science workshop, so you can test them again after the workshop is over to see how well they’ve pick up the stuff. So take a few minutes and give it your best shot. Good luck.


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3 Responses to ““What does my child really need to learn in science?””

  1. Hi Desiree – thanks for writing! You’ll find answers to all the questions in the downloadable link near the top of this page. The sun is not large enough to go nova (it does not have enough mass), so the current thinking by the top astronomers is that the sun will either make the Earth uninhabitable or it will expand to beyond the Earth’s orbit (also making it uninhabitable). And yes, scientists are always learning new things and having to re-think their current views of how the world works, so it’s not a surprise to many scientists when things change as much as *how* they change!

    P.S. Yes the bar will melt, which is how you can tell what the wavelength of the radiation is from the microwave. You can learn more about it here: https://www.sciencelearningspace2.com/2010/02/measuring-the-speed-of-light-with-a-chocolate-bar/

  2. Desiree Lynch says:

    I have couple of questions.
    I was taught in school after the sun eats the earth that it won’t have nothing else to eat, so it will go nova. I’m 39 did they teach me wrong or did they changed there mind like Pluto?
    The chocolate bar will melt in the microwave, but how do you measure light with it?
    And my son should know all of these answers before going to collage?

  3. Ms. Kellerman says:

    I was surprised how many of these I didn’t know myself. It was fun watching the kids figure them out – especially the one about farting in space. Although at first I wasn’t convinced this was a good idea to ask them – I mean, it didn’t really sound like questions from a science text. But I think that’s the whole point – getting them out of the box and seeing what they can figure out. Thanks for the great resources.

    P.S. I am trying the balloon trick (question #14) tonight.