Extra Credit for Mr. Hand’s Science
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Directions: Choose a famous Nursery Rhyme. Explain 5 or more scientific principles that are involved. You may discuss: Gravity,
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1. All
around the mulberry bush, the
monkey chased the weasel. The monkey thought 'twas all in fun. Pop! goes the weasel.
2.
Georgie Porgie, puddin' and pie,
Kissed the girls and made them cry. When the boys came out to play, Georgie Porgie ran away. History:
This rhyme refers to the amorous and amoral Prince Regent who became George IV
during Regency times in England
3. Hickory,
dickory, dock, the mouse ran up the clock. The clock struck one, the mouse ran down!
4.
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall. Humpty Dumpty
had a great fall. All the king's horses and all the
king's men couldn't put Humpty together again! History: From the
5. Hush-a-bye,
baby, in the treetop. When
the wind blows, the cradle will rock. When the bough breaks, the cradle will
fall, and down will come baby, cradle and all.
6. It's
raining, it's pouring;
The old man is snoring. Bumped his head and he went to bed; and he couldn't get
up in the morning.
7. Jack
and Jill went up the hill to
fetch a pail of water. Jack fell down and broke his crown and Jill came
tumbling after.
8. Jack,
be nimble, Jack, be quick, Jack,
jumped over the candlestick. Jack jumped high. Jack jumped low. Jack jumped
over and burned his toe.
9. Jack
Sprat could eat no fat; His
wife could eat no lean, And so betwixt the two of them they licked the platter
clean
10. 
Little
Bunny Foo Foo
hoppin' through the forest, scoopin'
up the field mice and boppin' em
on the head. And down came the Blue Fairy, and she said: “Little Bunny Foo Foo I don't want to see you scoopin' up the field mice and boppin'
em on the head. And now I'll give you three chances,
and if you keep it up, I'll turn you into a goon.”
11. Little
Miss Muffet, sat on a tuffet, Eating her curds and whey;
along came a spider, who sat down beside her and frightened Miss Muffet away.
12. Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man, Bake me a cake as
fast as you can. Roll it, and prick it, and mark it with a "B" And
put it in the oven for Baby and me!
13. Ring
a-round the roses, a pocket full
of posies, Ashes! Ashes! We all fall down! This
innocent sounding rhyme, first appearing in the 1881 book Mother Goose, is actually a much
older chant that goes back to the 1660s and is thought to be about the Plague
of London which killed 70,000 of the 460,000 residents. "Ring-a-ring o'
roses" refers to the rosy colored rash one would get. An early symptom of
the plague. "Pocket full of posies" refers to the medicine and herbs
people carried in their pockets to prevent the plague. "Achoo! Achoo! We all fall
down" are the last sneezes of the person and collapse of one who had died.
14. Row,
row, row your boat Gently down the stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, Life is but
a dream.
15. She'll
be coming' round the mountain When
she comes,
16. This
old man, he played one, He
played knick knack with his thumb, With a Knick, knack, paddy whack, Give the
dog a bone; This old man came rolling home.
17. Yankee
Doodle came to town, A-ridin' on a pony; He stuck a feather in his hat and called
it macaroni.
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Extra Credit Directions: Choose 2 famous Nursery
Rhymes. Type them up. Then explain 5 or more scientific
principles that are
involved for each rhyme. Draw a colorful picture for each nursery rhyme to
aid each explanation. You may discuss: Gravity,
Momentum, Inertia, Forces, Centripetal Force, Fnet = MA, You can search for nursery
rhymes below or at Google. http://www.storyit.com/Classics/Nursery/index.htm |
You have been
rewarded with singing
horses