How do we know what dinosaurs looked like? Why does medicine taste so bad? Why dont airplanes fall down? Why Cant I Feel the Earth Spinning? encourages children to start asking and answering questions for themselves.
The book is structured around twenty-two questions. Each section explores the question and answer with detailed illustrations, photographs, or diagrams and then asks further questions on a similar theme.
This book is suitable for readers between 9 and 12 years of age.
Why Cant I Feel the Earth Spinning? is an irreverent and informative introduction to tricky questions about science. Children learn about how their bodies work, why trees leaves are green, why people dream, and whether The Cloud is really a cloud.Written with humor and full of fun illustrations, Why Cant I Feel the Earth Spinning? is the perfect primer for young inquisitive minds and budding scientists.
James Doyle has been teaching Geography at Our Lady & St. Patrick’s College, in Belfast, Northern Ireland for almost twenty years. He has written numerous books, textbooks, and educational resources. In 2006, he won the Exceptional Teacher Award awarded by Northern Ireland’s Examination Board – CCEA.
