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Science and Children January 2012 Division of Science Mary Tweedy, Curriculum Support Specialist

A regular teacher resource found In Science and Children magazine. Science and Children January 2012 Division of Science Mary Tweedy, Curriculum Support Specialist Keisha Kidd, Curriculum Support Specialist Dr. Millard Lightburn , Supervisor Elementary Science.

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Science and Children January 2012 Division of Science Mary Tweedy, Curriculum Support Specialist

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  1. A regular teacher resource found In Science and Children magazine Science and Children January 2012 Division of Science Mary Tweedy, Curriculum Support Specialist Keisha Kidd, Curriculum Support Specialist Dr. Millard Lightburn, Supervisor Elementary Science

  2. Class, stand up away from your chair.On the count of three, you are to jump as high as you can. 1.2.3, Jump • Why do you think you always come down after you jump? • Turn and get with a partner and watch each other jump one more time. Then talk about your ideas. • You will learn about why you always come back down after you jump up while reading the book, I Fall Down by Vicki Cobb along with doing some fun activities.

  3. What makes things fall?

  4. What makes things fall? It’s a force called gravity.

  5. What is gravity? Gravity is a force that is always pulling objects down. Try Discovery Interactive Book: Exploration: Gravity

  6. Gravity(Sung to “London Bridge is Falling down”) Gravity is pulling down, Pulling down, Pulling down. Gravity is pulling down All around you! Take a ball and toss it high. Will it stay in the sky? Gravity will pull it down All around you. Gravity is pulling down, Pulling down, Pulling down. Gravity is pulling down All around you! Jump up high and down you’ll go. There’s a force down below. Gravity is pulling down All around you

  7. Sir Issac Newton 300 years ago, this scientist was in his garden, when an apple fell from a tree. Newton had a sudden brainstorm. He connected the force that caused the apple to fall to the force that kept the moon “tied” in orbit around the Earth. In more scientific words, he began to discover the theory of gravity.

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