Kids want to know: What causes gravity? Young visitors
experiment with the effects of gravity on the moon, Earth and
Jupiter in a hands-on interactive in the Gravity exhibition at
the Adler Planetarium in Chicago. Courtesy of Adler Planetarium
You wanted to know Students in Elise Diaz's fifth-grade class at
O'Plaine School in Gurnee asked, "What causes gravity?" The
Warren Newport Library in Gurnee suggests these titles on
gravity: Ÿ "Gravity is a Mystery" by Franklin M. Branley Ÿ "I
Fall Down" by Vicki Cobb Ÿ "Friction and Gravity: Snowboarding
Science" by Marcus Figorito Ÿ "Falling for Fun: Gravity in
Action" by Nathan Lepora Ÿ "Gravity" by Melinda Lilly What
exactly is gravity? We know gravity exists because of what
doesn't happen. When we wake up we're still in our beds, not
floating near the bedroom ceiling. When we brush our teeth
there's no mad dash to grab the toothbrush as it sails around
the bathroom. Scientists have been asking that question for
thousands of years and still are working on an explan