FEATURE BOOK: THE MAN WHO WALKED BETWEEN THE TOWERS

This is a non-fiction book about a man named Philippe Petit who dared to walk a tightrope between the two tallest buildings in New York City. It won the Caldecott Medal for its illustrations in 2004. Let's take a look at this book together and you'll see how people use their knowledge of balance, forces and motion to do incredible things!


This is one of the fun experiments you can try using balance and motion if you go to the "Science Snacks" link below from the Exploratorium in San Francisco.


Check out these Chinese acrobats using both balance and motion to perform this plate-spinning trick: