Isaac Newton and Physics for Kids

Description:

Featuring 21 hands-on projects that explore the scientific concepts Isaac Newton developed, this illuminating guide paints a rich portrait of the brilliant and complex man and provides young readers with a hands-on understanding of astronomy, physics, and mathematics. The activity-packed resource allows children to experiment with swinging pendulums, build a simple waterwheel, create a 17th-century plague mask, track the phases of the moon, bake an “apple pye in a coffin,” and test Newton’s three laws of motion using coins, a skateboard, and a model boat they construct themselves. A time line, excerpts from Newton's own writings, online resources, and a reading list for further exploration ensure that kids will gravitate to this unique activity book.

subjects: Juvenile literature,  Experiments,  Physics,  Physicists,  Biography,  Juvenile Nonfiction,  Nonfiction,  Science,  Newton, isaac, sir, 1642-1727,  Newton, isaac, sir, 1642-1727, juvenile literature,  Scientists, juvenile literature,  Physics, experiments,  Physics, juvenile literature,  History,  Childrens

People: Isaac Newton Sir (1642-1727),  Isaac Newton,  John Wickins,  René Descartes,  Isaac Barrow,  Robert Hooke,  Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz

Places: Great Britain