OUR ALPHABET
SO MANY WORDS...
...SO MANY SCIENTIFICAL POSSIBILITIES!
Professor Lexi Con can't wait to tell you all about the incredible words she has chosen to create The Alphabet of Awesome Science...
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But, before you see the show, she'd like to give you a bit of a hint as to what's in store!
Scroll down this page to explore some cryptic clues!And then, once you've seen the show, click this button to revisit her list:
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(But definitely DON'T click the button until you've seen the show — NO CHEATING!)
Professor Lexi Con's alphabet is full of rare, archaic and even obsolete words...
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...and we'd be VERY surprised if you have hear ANY of them!
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But, this collection of clues will give you a glimpse of what's in store!
CLUES...
...a lot of wild energy!
C
C is for...
...not worth much!
F
F is for...
,,,can't help but follow through!
I
I is for...
...the shape of things.
A
A is for...
...from unhappy to happy.
D
D is for...
...balloons do this.
G
G is for...
...the lighter side PLUS the more serious side.
J
J is for...
...a moody weather phenomena.
B
B is for...
...a vigorous bursting forth.
E
E is for...
...oh, the HORROR!
H
H is for...
...literally!
K
K is for...
...when things light up.
L
L is for...
...to 'seal'.
O
O is for...
...what this plant needs!
R
R is for...
...the name for the gap.
U
U is for...
...the colour of number ones.
X
X is for...
...to be bamboozled.
M
M is for...
...perfectly this!
P
P is for...
...so many little bubbles!
S
S is for...
...round and round and round and round and round and round and round and round and round and round and round and round and...
V
V is for...
...a literal handful
(well, two).
Y
Y is for...
...looking for meaning.
N
N is for...
...choices!
Q
Q is for...
...in the gloom!
T
T is for...
...whirl for me
...whirl for me
...whirl!
W
W is for...
...a thing that can be felt but not seen.
Z
Z is for...