Jokes in general make everything feel a bit lighter and smile a bit heavier. Bringing science jokes into the classroom can make an intense science unit a bit more relaxed or can make an after-quiz activity much more enjoyable.
Whether you’re the science teacher who has science joke posters all over the room, the teacher that has joke books for student reading, or the teacher who just wants their kids to laugh, this list of 40 science jokes is for you!
1. What do you call a fish made of sodium atoms?
2Na
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2. You’re Like Really Hot
How are you single?
Answer: I hurt anyone who gets too close.
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3. I Know Another Science Joke
It’s on the tip of my Tungsten
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4. Did You Hear Oxygen and Magnesium got together?
OMg!
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5. Why Can’t You Trust an Atom?
Because they make up everything.
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6. Two Atoms Go Walking
One of them says: “Oh no, I think I lost an electron.”
“Are you sure?”
“Yes, I’m positive.”
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7. I’m a Liver – Not a Fighter
Not a fighter
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8. What did the Earth Say?
If you step on a crack. that’s just my fault line.
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9. What did the Science Book Say?
You’ve got problems.
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10. What did One Volcano Say to the Next?
I Lava you!
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11. All the Good Science Jokes
Argon
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12. It Might Look Like I’m Doing Nothing
But on the cellular level, I’m quite busy
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13. Why did the Biologist Break Up with the Physicist?
They had no chemistry.
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14. Why do Biologists Look Forward to Casual Fridays?
They’re allowed to wear genes to work.
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15. I Try To Tell Chemistry Jokes But…..
There is no reaction
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16. What did the Scientist Say When He Found 2 Isotopes of Helium?
HeHe!
17. What Element Derives From a Norse God?
Thorium!
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18. What do you Call a Clown in Jail?
A silicon!
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19. I Had a Sodium Joke Buuut…..
Na.
20. Why do You Study Chemistry?
Because “Chem-Is-Try”
21. How Often Do I Like Jokes About Chemistry?
Periodically.
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22. What is Nickle and Neon’s Lucky Number?
NiNe.
23. What Kind of Dogs Do Chemists Have?
Laboratory Retrievers.
24. Chemistry is Like Cooking. . .
Just don’t lick the cutlery.
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25. A Chemistry Lab is Like a Big Party. . .
Some drop acid, some drop the base.
26. Old Chemistry Teachers Never Die. . .
They just fail to react.
27. If You’re Not Part of the Solution . . .
You’re part of the precipitate.
28. I Think Like a Proton and Stay Positive
and stay positive
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29. Do I Know Any Jokes About Sodium?
Na
30. A Noble Gas Walks Naked Into An Office
She gets no reaction.
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31. What Amino Acid is Most Favored By Pirates?
Arrrrrrginine!
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32. Solid. Liquid. Gas.
They all matter.
33. Do You Know Which Element Has Atomic Number 28?
I wouldn’t bet a nickel on it.
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34. Where Does Light End Up When It Breaks the Law?
In Prism!
35. What Did the Other Elements Say to Hydrogen?
What a loner!
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36. Two Atoms Were Walking Down a Street. . .
“Wait… I think I just lost an electron”
“You sure?”
“Yeah, I am positive”
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37. What Do Planets Like To Read?
Comet books!
38. Tomorrow We will Be Studying Mitosis.
I will need your undivided attention!
39. Why Did the Hipster Chemist Get Burnt?
Because he touched the breaker before it was cool.
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40. Why did the quantum physicist’s chicken cross the road?
Because it was both on this side and the other side at the same time.
41. Why did the neuron get an award?
Because it had outstanding potential.
42. What did the biologist wear on his first date?
Designer genes.
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43. Why did the germ cross the microscope?
To get to the other slide.
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44. Why was the microscope always unhappy?
Because it had a magnified problem.
45. What does a subatomic duck say?
Quark!
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46. What is a physicist’s favorite part of a baseball game?
The ‘wave.’
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47. Why don’t physicists trust matter?
Because they’re suspicious of anything that matters.
48. Why are chemists great at solving problems?
Because they have all the solutions!
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49. Why did the photon refuse to check a suitcase at the airport?
Because it was traveling light.
50. What do you call a bear with no teeth?
A gummy bear.
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51. Why did the geologist go to the quarry?
Because he wanted to hit rock bottom.
52. What did the geology student get on his rock test?
Mineral-ly acceptable grade.
53. What’s an atom’s favorite pick-up line?
I’ve got my ion you.
54. Why should you never debate with DNA?
Because it makes a strong case with all its genes.
55. What did the influenza virus say to the human cell?
Stop, you’re cracking me up!
56. Why did the microbe cross the petri dish?
To get to the other agar.
57. How do you organize a party at the International Space Station?
You planet in advance.
58. Why can’t you hide secrets in a field of genetically modified corn?
Because the corn has ears.
59. Why did the skeleton study radiology alone?
Because he had nobody to study with him.
60. What’s a scientist’s version of a lightyear?
A year with fewer experiments, hence fewer burned calories.
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