Gravity Is a Mystery

By Franklyn M Branley, Edward Miller (Illustrator)

What goes up must come down — but nobody can say exactly what gravity is.

40 pages· 1,041 words· Est. 9 min read-aloud

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Bookroo's summary

A scientist and his dog weigh themselves on the Moon, on Jupiter, and back home on Earth to show that weight changes while the stuff you are made of does not. Franklyn Branley explains what gravity does, admits how much of it is still unexplained, and closes with simple experiments a young reader can run with a bathroom scale.

From the publisher

Read and find out about gravity in this colorfully illustrated nonfiction picture book.What goes up must come down. Everybody knows that. But what is it that pulls everything from rocks to rockets toward the center of the earth? It’s gravity.Nobody can say exactly what it is, but gravity is there, pulling on everything, all the time. With the help of an adventurous scientist and his fun-loving dog, you can read and find out about this mysterious force.This is a clear and appealing science book for early elementary age kids, both at home and in the classroom. It’s a Level 2 Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out, which means the book explores more challenging concepts for children in the primary grades. The 100+ titles in this leading nonfiction series are: hands-on and visualacclaimed and trustedgreat for classroomsTop 10 reasons to love LRFOs: Entertain and educate at the same timeHave appealing, child-centered topicsDevelopmentally appropriate for emerging readersFocused; answering questions instead of using survey approachEmploy engaging picture book quality illustrationsUse simple charts and graphics to improve visual literacy skillsFeature hands-on activities to engage young scientistsMeet national science education standardsWritten/illustrated by award-winning authors/illustrators &amp; vetted by an expert in the fieldOver 130 titles in print, meeting a wide range of kids’ scientific interestsBooks in this series support the Common Core Learning Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, and the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) standards. Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out is the winner of the American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru Science Books &amp; Films Prize for Outstanding Science Series.

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