I Fall Down: A Hands-On Science Activity Book About Gravity for Kids (Ages 4-8) (Science Play) - Hardcover

Cobb, Vicki

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0688178421 ISBN 13: 9780688178420

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2004

Synopsis

What happens when you trip or when you drop a ball?

When something falls, which way does it fall?

Down,
down,
down!

Do you know what makes things fall? Renowned science author Vicki Cobb explains the weighty subject of gracity with such ease that even the youngest kids will understand. Follow this book with a child who loves to play. Have lots of dropping races. Together you'll learn how much fun falling for science can be.

Exciting hands on activities and irresistible illustrations by Julia Gorton make Science Play a perfect way to learn about science...just for the fun of it!

About this title

About the Authors

Vicki Cobb is the author of many award-winning science books for young people. With degrees from Barnard College and Columbia University Teachers College, Vicki enjoyed an early career as a science teacher. She now devotes all her time to writing and speaking to teachers, children, and librarians all over the country. She frequently writes for the Huffington Post and is also the founder and president of iNK Think Tank, an organization dedicated to getting high-quality nonfiction books into classrooms. To find out what recent science experiment Vicki has been cooking up, visit her online at www.vickicobb.com. 

Julia Gorton has loved to get wet since her days as a teenage member of the Aquaettes. A local synchronized swim team. She is still passionate about water and is working to get a community pool built.

For a decade she has been delighting children with her inspired illustrations and dazzling designs. Her work can be found in the Science Play book I See Myself by Vicki Cobb, the MathStart book Super Sandcastle Saturday by Stuart J. Murphy, and Ten Rosy Roses, by Eve Merriam. Julia Gorton lives in a sprinklerfilled community in New Jersey with her husband, author-illustrator Daniel Kirk, and their three children, who splish and splash all around the town.

From the Back Cover

What happens when you trip or when you drop a ball?

When something falls, which way does it fall?

Down,
down,
down!

Do you know what makes things fall? Renowned science author Vicki Cobb explains the weighty subject of gracity with such ease that even the youngest kids will understand. Follow this book with a child who loves to play. Have lots of dropping races. Together you'll learn how much fun falling for science can be.

Exciting hands on activities and irresistible illustrations by Julia Gorton make Science Play a perfect way to learn about science...just for the fun of it!

Reviews

PreSchool-K–Another winner from the author and illustrator of I Face the Wind (2003) and I See Myself (2002, both HarperCollins). This book tackles the subject of gravity. The language and sentence structure are simple, but the concept is never oversimplified. Using the same format as in the previous titles, Cobb presents a series of experiments for parents and children to do together, allowing youngsters to explore, discover, and then return to the text to have that learning reinforced. The clean lines and crisp colors in Gorton's graphic illustrations have lots of child appeal, and the creatively sized and colored typography further amplifies each concept. For example, when the text suggests that youngsters allow a spoonful of molasses to dribble back into the jar, the words, printed in a brown font, stretch, swirl, and descend accordingly. A refreshing and welcome addition to science collections.–Grace Oliff, Ann Blanche Smith School, Hillsdale, NJ
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PreS-Gr. 1. This new entry in the Science Play series begins with a practical page for parents, urging them to gather the simple materials needed for the gravity exercises before beginning to read aloud to their children. The main text encourages kids to experiment with gravity by tossing different objects into the air and observing the comparative speed at which they fall and the force with which they land. Using white space well, the digital illustrations offer clearly defined images with a distinctive, retro look. Their eye-catching pizzazz will help hold the attention of the audience, but the book's real purpose will actually take place outside its pages. Attuned to the learning style of young children, Cobb's questions and suggestions offer kids the experience of the scientific process rather than the drone of simplified information. The text ends rather abruptly, but along the way it offers many chances for learning through play. Carolyn Phelan
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Edition details

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0688178421
• ISBN 13: 9780688178420
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Gorton Julia
• Number of pages: 30