1. Naïve Physics
Nicole Burgener, Chris Kimler, Justine Jones

2. Kids Say the Darndest Things

5. Interviews

6. NATURE

7. What makes people grow?
• “Milk” – 5 yrs old
• “Food. That’s it.” – 5 yrs old
• “Vegetables like carrots and
broccoli” - 4 yrs old
• “Bacon and BANANAS!” – 3 yrs old

8. What is lightning?
• “Water drops and lights with scary noises” – 5 yrs old
• “From clouds, and it snows from clouds too!” – 5 yrs old
• “It’s the sun shooting down fire from the sky” – 4 yrs old
• “It goes BOOM!” – 3 yrs old
• “Cuz of Tinkerbell” – 3 yrs old

9. If you dig far enough what
will you find?
• “You find treasure” – 5 yrs old
• “At your house” – 5 yrs old
• “To the sandcastle” – 5 yrs old
• “Really far and you get really tired’ – 4 yrs old
• “Vegas” – 3 yrs old

10. ENERGY

11. Why do we need sleep?
• “Cuz you will be tired” – 5 yrs old
• “Cuz it’s naptime” – 5 yrs old
• “Because my grandma says so” – 4 yrs old
• “Because then you wake up and go
to daycare” – 3 yrs old

12. What gives you energy?
• “Baseball, basketball , and soccer. Cuz I work out” – 5 yrs old
• “Lay down and rest” – 5 yrs old
• “Food and sleep” – 4 yrs old
• “Snacks” – 3 yrs old

13. How do batteries make
things work?
• “It makes toys work because it moves” – 5 yrs old
• “They talk to the toys” – 4 yrs old
• “You have to put them in the wii remote
in opposite ways and if they die you
have to put new ones in” – 4 yrs old
• “My brother got a dog for christmas and the
batteries died so it’s broken” – 3 yrs old

14. Physical World

15. Why is the sky up and
the ground is down?
• “Then we couldn’t walk and we would fall
off the clouds” – 5 yrs old
• “Because there is grass” – 5 yrs old
• “Because the sidewalk is on the ground,
and we walk on the sidewalk” – 4 yrs old
• “Because it wouldn’t make sense” – 4 yrs
old
• “So we can stay here” – 3 yrs old

16. Why don’t birds and
planes fall out of the sky?
• “They move their wings up and down” – 5 yrs old
• “Birds aren’t heavy. And they have wings and planes have boosters and
their fire makes it go” – 5 yrs old
• “Because kites like to fly high in the sky and kids
like to fly kites” – 4 yrs old
• “Because they have wings” – 4 yrs old
• “Because they fly” – 3 yrs old

17. How do ducks and
ships float on water?
• “They put their legs in the water and they float” – 5 yrs old
• “They quack and there is water” – 5 yrs old
• “Cuz fish can’t breathe out of water” – 4 yrs old
• “Because then the sharks would
bite them” – 3 yrs old

18. Conclusion