Read & Explore 71: A Riddle in Science

It keeps you from flying

Off into space.

It’s what makes you fall

Flat on your face.

And if it could talk

Like you and I do,

I think it would say,

“I’m pulling for you.”

Activities:

1. What is this poem about? Draw pictures to illustrate it.

2. Find 5 more words ending with ace. Make several sentences or a story with those words.

3. Have you ever thought why you can land every time after you jump? Watch the video to learn about gravity.