Project Gutenberg 2009-08-28 Public domain in the USA. 108 Washburne, Carleton 1889 1968 Ritchie, John W. (John Woodside) 1871 1943 Ritchie, John Woodside Common Science Reading ease score: 79.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by David Garcia, Simon Gardner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Common Science" by Carleton W. Washburne is an educational science textbook written in the early 20th century. It aims to make scientific principles accessible to elementary school students by addressing the questions they have about the world around them. The text covers fundamental scientific concepts through engaging narratives, experiments, and hands-on activities that promote curiosity and understanding. The opening portion introduces the book's premise of understanding science through the perspective of children's inquiries. It establishes that the curriculum is grounded in approximately 2000 questions collected from students, reflecting their interests in various scientific topics, including physics, chemistry, and biology. The author emphasizes the importance of captivating the students with imaginative scenarios and experiments to make learning enjoyable and relevant. This engaging approach sets the stage for a series of scientifically-informed chapters aimed at demystifying complex topics such as gravity, buoyancy, and the nature of matter in a captivating way for young learners. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science Q Text Browsing: Science - General 749453 743541 2024-11-12T17:07:50.886297 2023-09-13T08:02:45.943101 text/html text/html 717077 2021-01-05T12:40:23 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 7882493 2021-01-05T12:40:23 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 8247900 2024-11-12T17:08:25.841118 application/epub+zip 8160507 2024-11-12T17:07:58.789261 application/epub+zip 318382 2024-11-12T17:07:54.148292 application/epub+zip 8195897 2024-11-12T17:08:44.341020 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 8053499 2024-11-12T17:08:15.754229 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 540365 2022-09-13T17:57:36.939475 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 596855 596755 2024-11-12T17:07:47.437343 2023-09-13T08:02:43.119095 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 596659 2021-01-05T12:40:23 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 204496 2021-01-05T12:40:23 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 596660 2021-01-05T12:40:23 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 204464 2021-01-05T12:40:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21133 2024-11-12T17:08:44.751015 application/rdf+xml 13013 2024-11-12T17:07:54.873266 image/jpeg 3380 2024-11-12T17:07:54.535275 image/jpeg 7952698 2024-11-12T17:07:51.453347 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog