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I Fall Down (Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12)

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I Fall Down is part of the Science Play Series by Vicki Cobb. This book is part science information book and part experiment book. This book is on the topic of Gravity. The experiments use household objects such as balls, keys, blocks, shoes, honey and a few more.


The book gave enough information on the topic of gravity to inform the reader with out overwhelming them.

We would recommed this book to preschool aged children. This will introducte them to the concept of gravity in a way that they can easily understand.

I bought this book through Amazon for my 6 year old son, and he enjoyed the book but was quickly bored with it because it wasn't challenging enough for him.

The words are really big with great pictures and educational do-it-yourself activities, but the book seems more for kids 3 to 5 years old. In fact, the book itself says it's for 3-5 year olds so I don't know why Amazon has it listed as a book appropriate for 4-8 year olds.

I'm keeping the book anyway because I have a 2 year old who will definitely enjoy the book when he's old enough. Recommended!

We use this book in our 3rd grade classroom to talk about the force of gravity. The book has lots of opportunities for the students to do experiments to find out about gravity.

I absolutely love all of Vicki Cobb books! They have child friendly illustrations as well as the fact that they teach different scientific ideas in a manner that even my 6 year olds can understand. I love that actual experiments are being done throughout the book because it provides hands-on opportunities. I highly recommend her books. This particular one deals with gravity (which I haven't taught yet this year) so I haven't had the pleasure of using this book yet. I have used "I Face the Wind" which teaches about the air and how wind is created which the students loved.

There's a reason the authors of "Picture Perfect Science," an excellent science teaching resource, use this book in their lesson on gravity. My kids loved this book after we used it in class- it explains the concepts in such an easy-to-understand way and offers opportunities for the kids to test out those concepts. Another great classroom book made available and affordable by Amazon!