What's the BIG Idea?: Amazing Science Questions for the Curious Kid

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CONTENTS What’s a Big Idea Big Idea Motion Is Not What It Appears to Be Why Does a Rolling Ball Stop Rolling How Do We Know the Earth Is Moving When It Looks Like the Sky Is Moving If the Earth Is Spinning Why Don’t We Feel It Move Which Falls Faster a Bowling Ball or a Marble Why Can’t You Stand an Egg on Its End Why Doesn’t the Moon Fall to Earth We Say That an Apple Falls Down to Earth Why Doesn’t the Earth Fall Up to the Apple Which Takes Longer a Big High Swing or a Small Low Swing What Is a Swinging Object Good For Big Idea Energy Is Part of Everything What Does It Take to Move a Piano How Is a Wound-up Spring Like the Top of a Waterfall Do Hot Things Weigh More Than Cold Things Does Water That Boils Faster Cook Faster How Does a Pot Holder Work Why Is the Sky Blue Why Not Green or Yellow Who Ever Heard of Light You Can’t See What Does Energy Weigh Why Doesn’t the Sun Burn Out Big Idea Matter Is Made of Simpler Stuff Which Weighs More a Pound of Feathers or a Pound of Gold How Can You Make Gold vii 1 2 8 14 18 24 28 34 38 42 47 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 78 82 87 88 94