Fact Sheets JOKES MESSAGES VIDEOS & STUFF WWW.SUZY.CO.NZ   A Aerodynamics What makes things fly? Air How can air inflate a balloon? Allergies What is an allergic reaction? Apples How do apples grow? Autumn What happens to leaves in Autumn? B Bacteria What happens when you don’t brush your teeth? Balance How do you make things balance? Balls Why do some balls go further than others? Beachflags Why are there flags on the beach? Bees Why do bees make honey? Belly Button Why do you have a Belly Button? Bike Gears Why do bikes have gears? Birds Singing Why do birds sing? Blackhole What is a black hole in space? Blood Why does your body need blood? Blush Why do we blush? Body Noises Why does my body make rude noises? Bogies Why do you get bogies up your nose? Bone How does a bone heal? Boulders What are these boulders made of? Brain What does my brain do? Bread How does bread get made at the supermarket? Bridges How do you build a strong bridge? Bubble How do you make the biggest bubble? Building How do buildings stay up? Butter How do you change milk into cheese and butter? C Cabbage What makes purple cabbage juice turn red? Cake What does it take to make the perfect cake? Camera How does a camera work? Capillary What is the best material to clean up spilt spaghetti? Cars How do cars work? Cartoon How do the pictures in a cartoon move? Cat Communication What is your cat trying to tell you? Caterpillar How does a caterpillar change into a butterfly? Cats What makes a cat a cat and not another animal? Cavaties Why do we get holes in our teeth? Cheese How do you change milk into cheese and butter? Chocolate Why can’t you just eat chocolate? Cicada What does a cicada look like? Cold One What happens when I get a cold? Cold Two How do you keep warm in Antarctica? Colour What is colour? Compost What good is a rotten apple? Computers How does a computer work? Cows How does grass get turned into milk? Cranes How do cranes on building sites work? Crystals What are crystals? D Dam What does a dam do? Dead Is this bug dead? Digestion What happens when you eat baked beans? Digestion What happens when you eat baked beans? Dinosaur One Were there dinosaurs in New Zealand? Dinosaur Two Why did dinosaurs become extinct? Dissolving What’s the best way to dissolve drinking chocolate? Distance Why do things look smaller the further away they are? Dizzy Why does spinning around make you dizzy? Dog How do you take care of a dog? Dolphin Is a Dolphin a fish? Drinking Water Why do I need to drink water? Dyes How do you get purple wool? E Ears How do ears work? Earth What is the earth made of? Earthquake What makes an earthquake? Earthspace What does the earth look like from a space rocket? Earthspin Why don’t we feel the earth moving? Eels How do you catch an eel? Egg Why does an egg have a shell? Electricity How can a bird sit on a power line without getting electrocuted? Elephants Why aren’t elephants purple? Energy Why does exercise make me tired? Eruption What happens when a volcano erupts? Evolution How long has there been life on earth? Exercise Why does exercise make me tired? Eye How does the eye work? F Feeding How do you attract a shark’s attention? Feet Why don’t animals have feet like ours? First Aid What do you do when an accident happens? Fish How do fish breathe underwater? Fish Swim Why do fish swim so fast? Fizz What makes things fizz? Flies Walking How do flies walk on walls and ceilings? Float Why do some things float and some things sink? Foodchain What is a food chain? Forensic How can I tell who ate my lunch? Fossil What is a fossil? Friction What would you use to make a really fast slide? Fridges How does a fridge make things cool? Frogs What’s so special about native New Zealand Frogs? Fruit What is the difference between fruit and vegetables? G Galileo Which one would hit the ground first? Garden What lives in the garden? Genetics Why do you look like you? Germs Why do I need to wash my hands? Geysers How do geysers work? Ginger Beer How can I make soft drinks at home? Glass What is glass? Glasses Why do some people have to wear glasses? Glow-worms Why do glow-worms glow? Goggles How do goggles help us to see better underwater? Gold How do you find gold? Goosepimples What causes goose pimples? Gravel Where does gravel come from? Gravity Why do astronauts bounce on the moon? Grow How does your body know to grow? Gyroscope What does a gyroscope do? H Habitats Where does a worm like to live? Hair Which grows faster your hair or your nails? Handedness Why are people right and left handed? Hangi How do you make a hangi? Happy Why don’t I feel happy all the time? Harbour Bridge Why did they put the Auckland Harbour Bridge there? Headlice What are head lice? Heart Why does your heart beat? Heat How do I boil an egg? Helicopter How does a helicopter fly? Helmet Why do I have to wear a cycle helmet? Hiccups What causes Hiccups? High-Flying Planes Why do planes fly so high? Hot Air Balloon How does a hot air balloon work? Houseflies What job do houseflies do? I Ice Why does ice cream melt so fast? Ice Cream Pain How can eating ice cream give you a pain in the head? Icky What icky things does your body do? Inertia Why do you have to wear a seatbelt? Internet How does the Internet work? J Jelly Beans How are jelly beans made? K Kauri Snail What does a kauri snail eat? L Lake How did this lake get here? Letters Where do letters go when you post them? Lever What is a lever? Lifejackets Why do we need to wear lifejackets? Lightbulb How does a light bulb work? Lighthouse What does a lighthouse do? Long Jump Why does running really fast help you to jump further? Lungs What do your lungs do? M Machines What is a simple machine? Magic Is there any magic in science? Magnetism What makes a compass point North? Mammal What makes a mammal a mammal? Maps What are maps? Marlborough Sounds How were the Marlborough Sounds made? Microwave What is the difference between an oven and a microwave? Milk What happens to milk after it comes out of the cow? Mirror What is a mirror? Mix How come some liquids don’t mix? Moa What happened to the moa? Mobile How does a mobile phone work? Moeraki What are these boulders made of? Money Why do we have money? Months Why do different months of the year have different numbers of days? Moon Why does the moon change its shape? Moon II Where did the moon come from? Mountains How are mountains made? Mouse Why does a mouse like to live in a house? Muffin What does it take to make the perfect cake? Muscle What do you have muscles for? Mussels How do mussels grow? N Newspaper How are newspapers made? Night What makes night and day? O Oil Where does oil come from? P Paper Why use toilet paper and not other kinds of paper? Parachute How does a parachute work? Pendulums Why do some clocks have pendulums on them? Penguin Why don’t penguins fly? Pets How do you take care of a dog? Photosynthesis How does a tree eat? Pimples What is a pimple? Planet What would it be like to live on another planet? Plants How do plants grow? Plastic What is plastic? Police What do the police do? Poos Why do your poos smell? Popcorn What makes popcorn pop? Powhiri What happens at a Powhiri? Prickles Why do some plants have prickles? Prime Minister What does the Prime Minister do? Q No Entries R Rain Why does it rain? Rainbow Where do rainbows come from? Reflexes What is a reflex? Refrigerator Why do we keep food in the refrigerator? Roads How do you build a road? Robots What is a Robot? Rock Pools What lives in a rock pool? Rockets How do rockets work? Rocks What makes some rocks sparkle? Rubbish How much rubbish does a person make in one day? Rust Why does metal rust? S Salt Where does salt come from? Saltwater Why is seawater salty? Sand Why does a beach have sand? Sandfly Why does a sandfly bite? Satellite One How does TV show us something that’s happening on the other side of the world? Satellite Two Why don’t Satellites fall out of the sky? School Past What was school like a long time ago? Seasickness Why do we get seasick? Secrets How can I see the missing words? Sensors How do automatic doors know when to open? Sewerage What happens after you flush? Shadow What is a shadow? Shark's Teeth How many teeth does a shark have? Sharks How do you attract a shark’s attention? Shoes What is the best kind of shoe to wear at the beach? Sing Why do birds sing? Skeleton What is a skeleton? Skin Colour Why do people have different coloured skin? Sky Why is the sky blue? Sleep Why do I need sleep? Slime What makes slime slimy? Smelly How can I stop my feet smelling? Smoke Alarms How do smoke alarms work? Sneeze What makes me sneeze? Snow & Ice How do they travel over snow and ice? Soap What makes soap work? Sound What is sound? Space How big is space? SPCA Why do some animals go to the SPCA? Speed Limit Why do we have a speed limit? Spiders Where do you find the worlds biggest spiders? Springs How do springs and rubber bands work? Stars Why do stars twinkle? Static Why does your hair go tingly when you comb it? Steam How does steam power things? Steel What is steel made from? Stormwater Where does the water go when it rains? Submarine How do submarines work? Sunsafe Why do you need to wear sun block? Supermarket How does the Kiwifruit get to the supermarket? Surface Tension Why does rain fall in drops? Sweat Why do people sweat? T Tails Why do animals have tails? Takahe Why do animals become extinct? Tape How does sticky tape stick? Taste Why does chocolate taste sweet and lemons taste sour? Tears Why do you cry tears? Teeth How many teeth does a shark have? Thermometer How does a Thermometer work? Thunder Where does Thunder come from? Ticklish Why can’t you tickle yourself? Tides What makes the tide go in and out? Time What is time? Toaster How does a toaster work? Tongues Why are our tongues always wet? Toothpaste What is toothpaste? Tornado What is a Tornado? Touch How can you feel hot and cold? Toys What kind of toys did my great grandparents play with? Tracks How can you tell who has been at the beach today? Tram How does a tram work? Tree How can you tell how old a tree is? Trunks What are elephant’s trunks for? Tuatara How many birthdays does a Tuatara have? TV How do televisions work? TV Programme How do we make Suzy’s World? Two Eyes Why do we have two eyes? U Urine Why is wees yellow? V Voice How do you speak? Volcano How did this volcano get here? Vomit Why do you vomit? W Warts What are warts? Wash Yourself Why do you need to wash yourself? Waterfall How do waterfalls get made? Waves What causes waves? Weather How can I tell what the weather will be like tomorrow? Webs Why do spiders make webs? Weta How does a weta hear? Whales How do whales breathe underwater? Wheels Why do the wheels on my skateboard have to be round? Wind How is wind made? Wool Why do sheep have wool? Worms Where does a worm like to live? Wrinkles Why do you get wrinkles? Writing Pens What did people write with before they had pens? X No Entries Y Yachts What makes a yacht go? Z No Entries Quick Pick Autumn What happens to leaves in Autumn? Pimples What is a pimple? Allergies What is an allergic reaction?    1999 - 2006 © Treehut Limited