Come along as we dive into a few curious queries posed by children regarding various topics including the origin of the vampire myth and this process of bee nectar making.
Question 1: Who Created the Legend of the Vampire?
Freyja, aged 8, questions: who created the story of Dracula?
- Michael Morpurgo
- The Irish writer
- Julia Donaldson
- William Shakespeare
Query 2: Why Do Insects Sting?
A six-year-old, age 6, inquires: why do insects use their stinger?
- They sting if they think you are a flower
- They are attracted to pleasant scents
- Stinging occurs when they need food
- It's a defense mechanism when they feel in danger
Query 3: Who Established the Earliest Government?
Nate, age 8, asks: who established the very first government?
- People from Mesopotamia
- Civilization from Greece
- The ancient Egyptians
- The Mesoamerican culture
Query 4: How Do Bees Make Their Sweet Product?
A seven-year-old, age 7, wonders: by what process do bees make honey?
- Flowers make honey, not bees – bees just collect it
- They are born in honey, which is produced in hive cells
- They collect nectar and evaporate water to form honey
- Wasps make honey, then bees steal the honey from wasps
Query 5: Which Way of Thinking Do Babies Process Thoughts in Prior to They Speak?
An eleven-year-old, aged 11, inquires: prior to babies are able to speak, which language do they process in?
- They probably don't use words for thinking
- They think in whatever language their parents speak in
- They think in a special language that only babies understand
- They don’t think at all
