OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF BABES - PART 6
5th and 6th grade students explain
what they've learned about science

• 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.