{"id":1656,"date":"2009-09-07T13:07:18","date_gmt":"2009-09-07T18:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/archives\/1656"},"modified":"2009-09-07T13:07:18","modified_gmt":"2009-09-07T18:07:18","slug":"teaching-physical-science-with-childrens-literature-i-fall-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/2009\/09\/07\/teaching-physical-science-with-childrens-literature-i-fall-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Physical Science with Children’s Literature: I Fall Down"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I Fall Down<\/a>, written by Vicki Cobb <\/a>and illustrated by Julia Gorton<\/a>, introduces students to discover how and why objects always fall down when they are thrown up in the air, and why some of these objects fall faster than others.\u00a0 Students follow a young boy through a series of experiments that lead to the explanation and understanding of how gravity works.\u00a0 Concepts, such as the weight of objects, are introduced as well.\u00a0\u00a0 Teachers can also integrate manipulatives into the reading of the book to show first hand out different objects all at different rates of speed and\u00a0in different types of motion.\u00a0 The reading of this book serves as an excellent lesson introduction to force, motion, and energy.<\/p>\n

Curriculum Connections
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\nI Fall Down\u00a0<\/a>serves as an appropriate and useful resource to help teach, reinforce, and emphasize\u00a0the following\u00a0First Grade Force, Motion, and Energy Virginia Standards of Learning (SOL's):<\/p>\n

1.2 The student will investigate and understand that moving objects exhibit different kinds of motion.\u00a0 Key concepts include:
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\nb. objects may vibrate and produce sound
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\nc. pushes or pulls can change the movement of an object
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\nd. the motion of objects may be observed in toys and in
\nplayground activities
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\nAdditional Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n