gravity

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Topical Term
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a
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gravity

Up, down, and around

the force of gravity
1977
Explains the effects of gravity on human beings, satellites, the sun, moon, and planets.

Who's upside down?

1990
A kangaroo in Australia studies a picture of the earth in a geography book and decides she must be upside down.

All falling down

1951
A small boy watches several things falling, but does not fall himself because his father catches him.

Gravity

2012
Photographs and text introduce scientific concepts related to gravity, explaining what gravity is and what it affects, describing human understanding of gravity throughout history, and providing additional facts, statistics, and a time line.

Gravity

2007
Explores gravity, defining what it is, describing how it is measured, and providing information about scientist who made discoveries about the force. Includes related experiments.

Gravity

2009
Simple text and full color photographs introduce beginning readers in kindergarten through third grade to the concept of gravity, explaining what it is and how it impacts the world around them.

Science fair success using Newton's laws of motion

2002
Explains concepts such as acceleration, force, friction, and gravity by using them in simple experiments, in such real-life settings as the bowling alley and supermarket.

Gravity

the universal force
1990
Explains the force of gravity, including theories of gravity and its effects on human life.

Why don't things fall up?

2005
"Pooh discovers gravity"--cover [p. 4].

Gravity

investigating the force, mass, and attraction of physical bodies
2013
Introduces young readers to the basics of gravity, covering early observations, controversies, Einstein's revelation, the Big Bang, and more.

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