{"id":223589,"date":"2010-01-24T13:33:39","date_gmt":"2010-01-24T18:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/archives\/2205"},"modified":"2010-01-24T13:33:39","modified_gmt":"2010-01-24T18:33:39","slug":"teaching-physical-science-with-children%e2%80%99s-literature-forces-make-things-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/223589","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Physical Science with Children\u2019s Literature: Forces Make Things Move"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Forces Make Things Move<\/a> by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley and Illustrated by Paul Meisel takes a concept that can be difficult to understand and explains it on a child’s level.\u00a0 The pushing and stopping of a toy car is used to explain force.\u00a0 Bradley explains that it takes a lot of force to move heavy objects such as a real car or a couch and just a little bit of force to move objects such as a leaves or papers that don’t weigh very much.<\/p>\n

She then explains friction and gravity, two types of forces.\u00a0 She relates both of these forces again to the toy car.\u00a0 There is a really cute page that shows us what Earth would be like without gravity.\u00a0 The spilled milk fell to the ceiling rather than the floor.\u00a0 The cat is on the ceiling licking the spilled milk.\u00a0 Food, utensils and even the pet dog are floating around in the kitchen. There is even an experiment at the end of the book to find out more about friction.<\/p>\n

Curriculum Connections<\/strong>
\nAlthough the book is suggested for 1st – 3rd grade, force seems to be a difficult concept to understand.\u00a0 This book would be a great introduction to force at the 4th grade level.\u00a0 SOL <\/strong>4.2 B & C.<\/p>\n

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