Let’s begin our physical science storytime. Physical science studies the non-living world around us: air, water, wind, rock, minerals, glaciers, all sorts of things. But these non-living parts of our world also play a big part in our lives, and other animals’ lives, too. So, we’ll begin with an animal you might have seen…vultures!
This book is about vultures. But did you notice it was about something else? Physics. It told us a little bit about air. The sun warmed the air. Now, warming air goes where?
(Up, up!)
Cooling air goes where?
(Down, down!)
Now let’s learn about another physical part of our world; dust. Have you ever thought about dust? Let’s read…
Activities are available in the activities section.
Other books to pair with these include:
Shadows, which is out of print but available in many libraries and used book stores.
Also, look for these physical science picture books by author Lola Schaefer:
This is the Rain
An Island Grows
What’s Up, What’s Down