If you could write a Valentine’s Day card to anyone, what would you write and who would you send it to?
Chuck Yeager, the first person to travel faster than the speed of sound, was born on this date in 1923. What record do you want to break, and why?
Abraham Lincoln was born on this date in 1809. He once said, “It is not best to swap horses while crossing the river.” What does that mean to you?
What kind of punishment do you think is most unfair, and why?
Describe your favorite thing to do when it’s too cold or wet to go outside.
The first sitting president of the United States to have his photograph taken, William Henry Harrison, was born on this date in 1773. If you could be the first person to take a picture of someone or something, who or what would that be, and why is it so important?
“Science, my lad, is made up of mistakes, but they are mistakes which it is useful to make, because they lead little by little to the truth.” -Jules Verne, born on this date in 1828. Describe a time you made a mistake and learned something important because of it.
James Murray, who wrote half of the original edition of the Oxford English Dictionary before he died, was born on this date in 1837. What’s your favorite process for finding out about something you don’t know anything about?