Galileo's Leaning Tower Experiment
School year: Year 4, Year 5, Year 6
Published: 2009
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"Galileo's Leaning Tower Experiment" by Wendy Macdonald introduces young readers to the groundbreaking ideas of the famous scientist Galileo Galilei. The story follows a young boy who is fascinated by gravity and the laws of motion. Inspired by Galileo's legendary experiment of dropping different objects from the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the boy sets out to conduct his own tests. Through his journey, he learns about scientific inquiry, the excitement of discovery, and the importance of questioning the world around him. This engaging narrative blends history with science, encouraging readers to explore and understand the principles that govern our universe. [Generated by language model - please report any problems].
This book is aimed at children at US 3rd grade-5th grade.
This book was published in 2009 by Charlesbridge Publishing .
This book features the following character:
Galileo
Galileo was an Italian astronomer during the Renaissance period; his name synonymous with scientific achievement. Born in Pisa, Italy, in the sixteenth century, Galileo contributed to the era's great rebirth of knowledge. He invented a telescope with which he was able to observe the heavens. He turned long held notions about the universe topsy turvy with his support of the Heliocentric view of the heavens (that the earth goes round the sun). A brilliant man who lived in a time when speaking scientific truth to those in power was still a dangerous preposition.