Table of Contents for Isaac Newton and Physics for Kids : His Life and Ideas With 21 Activities

Time Line

vi

Preface: The Brilliant and Bizarre Isaac Newton

ix

A Boy Like No Other

1

(16)

Make a Waste Book

5

(3)

Build a Waterwheel

8

(2)

Make Your Own Ink, and Write with It

10

(7)

Study At Cambridge

17

(12)

Phases of the Moon

21

(5)

Watch a Pendulum Swing

26

(3)

Newton The Misfit

29

(10)

Water Clock or Candle Clock?

32

(2)

Create Optical Illusions

34

(2)

Locate Your Latitude

36

(3)

Asking Questions

39

(10)

Make a Plague Mask

46

(3)

The Light Shines On Isaac Newton

49

(16)

Make a Prism

53

(7)

Newton's Rings

60

(2)

Shine Your Light on the Inverse Square Law

62

(3)

The Secret Years

65

(14)

Translate an Alchemist's Poem

69

(3)

A Crystal Garden

72

(7)

Science's Most Important Book

79

(14)

Newton's First Law

83

(1)

Newton's Second Law

84

(1)

Newton's Third Law

85

(8)

Looking For Change

93

(10)

Power to the Parabola

95

(4)

What Are the Odds?

99

(1)

A Straight Shot at Playing Around with Forces

100

(3)

A Man Of London Town

103

(12)

Bake an Apple Pye in a Coffin

111

(1)

Create Clues in a Portrait

112

(3)

The Lion's Roar Fades Away

115

(8)

Acknowledgment

123

(2)

Resources

125

(3)

Index

128