Motion at the Amusement Park

by Tammy Enz

Overview

It's time to go to the amusement park! What's at the center of this fun-filled place? Motion! Feel like you were floating for a second on the roller coaster? You can thank g-forces! Did you send the bottles flying after a game-winning throw? That's Newton's first law of motion. Find out more about the science involved in making things go.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781543575248
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	08/01/2019
Series:	Amusement Park Science
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.20(d)
Lexile:	730L (what's this?)
Age Range:	8 - 11 Years

About the Author

Tammy Enz became a civil engineer because of her awe of the massive steel bridges that spanned the Mississippi River. She just had to figure out how they worked. Today, she still likes tinkering and figuring out how things work. When she isn't tinkering, she fixes up old houses and conducts experiments in her garden and kitchen. Most of all, she loves reading books about anything and everything and asking 'why?'

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Motion Rules! 4

Chapter 2 Inertia at Work 8

Chapter 3 The Force of Motion 16

Chapter 4 Equal and Opposite 24

Chapter 5 All Together Now! 28

Glossary 30

Read More 31

Critical Thinking Questions 31

Internet Sites 31

Index 32

Interviews

Meets NGSS Structure and Properties of Matter standards; Uses a high-interest topic to illustrate science concepts; Includes numerous examples of how Newton’s three laws of motion come into play at the amusement park, from the bumper cars to the milk jug toss game and more.