Product Description
<b>Do you know a 9-year-old who’s curious about physics and loves stories?</b><br><br><i>Physics Fables</i> weaves foundational physics concepts into whimsical stories for ages 8-10.<br><br>These stories make the concepts they teach meaningful, engaging, and intuitive, and include hands-on activities related to the stories:<ul><li>Use your knowledge of density to send a mermaid a message in a bottle!</li><li>Observe polarized light in the sky just like butterflies navigating their way!</li><li>Run a race with your friends to experience the true strangeness of Einstein’s Special Relativity.</li></ul><br>Physics Fables includes these five stories:<ul><li>The Tortoise, the Hare, and the Photon: A Tale of Special Relativity</li><li>Sakura and the Many-Layered Sea: A Tale of Density</li><li>Clemmm and the Polar Coordinates</li><li>The Emperor Butterfly’s New Clothes: An Exploration of the Physics of Animal Perception</li><li>The Wayfarer’s Scepter: An Adventure in Magnetism</li></ul><br>Physics Fables encourages kids to think critically and creatively. Characters face tough challenges and setbacks, which they overcome through perseverance, careful thought, experimentation, kindness, and empathy. It values understanding, communication, and working together rather than talent or perfection.<br><br>This hardcover edition is printed high quality paper and with premium color.<br><br>Help kids build a strong conceptual foundation and love of science that will empower them in future STEM classes with Sarah Allen’s <i>Physics Fables</i>!
