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Why do people like puppies instead of adult dogs?
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How did everything start
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where does it snow in australia
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Why do we throw up when we get car sick?
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Are dragons real
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Is there a picture of Ludwig Van Beethoven
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what controls my life
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what controls our brain
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why is the sky blue
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Are zombies going to roam the earth
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why does gum not desolve
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Where does language come from ?
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what causes you not to talk
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What is the book Nancy drew diaries
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why did we end up looking how we are as humans
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what is the olympic flame
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how does a fidget spinner work
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Why do people want to conform?
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why do people like sweets?
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why is our brain made mostly water
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why do need blood
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wean wear coins invented?
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why is our tongue pink
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why did they make sports
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What does the blood moon mean?
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Why are diamonds so strong?
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how does a owl move there head all the way around?
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What are landslides?
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how do clouds make rain
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Can any animal laugh?
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Wonder Guides
Woodland Litter Critters ABC by Patience Mason
Books friends are the very best friends.Just a week ago, my good book friend introduced me to Patience Mason as Teri knows of my interest in ABC books, particularly when teaching classification as a rhetorical mode (a post for anot
Is it raining resources?
Since it is raining outside today, I decided to go to one of my favorite resource sites to do a search for “rain” to see what I could find!The resources and ideas just flooded in …A few of them were the ones I expected …But some were so much more …Here are just a few of the many resources found when I searched
What did you do today that your students will remember?
While I was attending the NCFL Conference, someone asked me if I knew the Wonder of the Day from Wonderopolis that day ….I had to sadly admit that I did not know …But I quickly found out:While in a 4th grade classroom today, I gave an instruction to students getting
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Why Are Flamingos Pink?
We were hanging out on the Wonderopolis seashore the other day when we overheard an interesting conversation between a seagull and a pelican:
Can Plants Eat Insects?
When you think of a jungle adventure, what comes to mind? Swinging around from tree to tree on vines? Gorgeous birds flying through the air? Monkeys and other exotic creatures prowling through the den...
What Would You Pack For a Trip To Outer Space?
Have you ever dreamed of traveling in space? If you're like most kids, gazing at the stars at one time or another has led to a daydream about what it would be like to be an astronaut. Not only would i...
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