Spinning

"It's a good thing that we aren't able to feel how fast we're spinning around....

"Sometimes when I think about the planet spinning, and spinning around the sun, and the sun spinning around the galaxy -- then I feel a little nauseated."

-- S.C., 4 years old (Dec 2006)

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"If a comet crashed into the earth, would it wobble? Like this?" [Dramatically wobbling little dancing girl!]

-- S.C., 4 years old

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"Would a rocket poke a hole in the sky?"

-- S.C., 4 years old

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"Is there sun [sunlight] in Antarctica?"

-- S.C., 4 years old

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"Why is the sky blue?" [So, we discuss the properties of light.]

"-- Then why is it black at night?" [So, we discuss sensory organs; rods and cones.]

-- S.C., 4 years old

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"What color is camouflage?" [Confusedly, looking over color selection: camouflage -- clearly isn't just one color....]

-- S.C., 4 years old

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Here's 4-year-old S.C. -- in the blue jammies at top of page:

http://www.simmonskids.com/

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