{"id":1613,"date":"2009-09-06T16:00:16","date_gmt":"2009-09-06T21:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/archives\/1613"},"modified":"2009-09-06T16:00:16","modified_gmt":"2009-09-06T21:00:16","slug":"teaching-physical-science-with-childrens-literature-science-answers-forces-and-motion-from-push-to-shove","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/2009\/09\/06\/teaching-physical-science-with-childrens-literature-science-answers-forces-and-motion-from-push-to-shove\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Physical Science with Children’s Literature: Science Answers Forces and Motion From Push to Shove"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Science Answers Froces and Motion From Push to Shove<\/a> written by\u00a0Christopher Cooper, illustrated by Jeff Edwards<\/p>\n

This book gives great explanations about force and motion, and\u00a0students can relate to the\u00a0modern day real life examples and photographs.<\/p>\n

Have your students ever wondered\u00a0“How Can\u00a0You Make Objects Move Faster and Slower?” or\u00a0“Why do Things Float?”.\u00a0Science Answers Forces and Motion From Push to Shove<\/em> answers these questions and many more.\u00a0<\/strong>It contains information on force, motion, and pressure. “The muscles of your body are exerting a force, and the object being pushed or pulled is responding to that force.” It has a glossary in the back for the different terms used throughout the book, and it contains different experiments throughout that help illustrate different laws of motion. It also contains a page on “Amazing Facts” such as “The greatest amount of controlled force produced by humans is developed by the space shuttle. At launch, two solid-fuel booster rockets generate about 1,543 tons of thrust each.”\u00a0The page on “People Who Found the Answers”\u00a0gives a little more information about Archimedes of Syracuse and Isaac Newton.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Curriculum Connections<\/strong>
\nScience Answers Forces and Motion From Push to Shove<\/em> is a great resource for teaching\u00a0motion and force. It helps\u00a0students understand that motion is described by an object’s direction and speed, forces cause change in motion, and friction is a force that opposes motion. It is connected to VA SOL Force, Motion, and Energy 4.2. The student will investigate and understand characteristics and interaction of moving objects<\/p>\n

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