We are nearing the end of Calvert 1st grade, so we decided to knock out the last two chapters in our science book with a dedicated Science Week! See also Day 2 , Day 3 , Day 4 , and Day 5 . Welcome to the first day of Science Week! Today's topics are: Position and Force . Position is the place where something is located. We took turns hiding this little magician's assistant in the other room to demonstrate position and to practice using words to describe position. Under , beside , right , left , near , and far are some of the words that help us tell someone the position of things. Next we learned that motion is a change in an object's position. A ball's position can be changed by rolling it across the floor. We raced bouncy balls and timed them to see how long it took them to travel two meters. Racing bouncy balls Any time we get to use the stop watch is a good day in Miss M's mind! Force is th...