Published Poems
THE SCIENCE RHYMES BOOK has 70 fun fact-packed poems about science topics from the Primary Science Curriculum. Visit the Bookshop page for more details.
MAGAZINES
Science Rhymes by Celia Berrell are regularly published in the CSIRO’s Double Helix Magazine since Issue #1 July 2015. They were previously published in CSIRO’s Scientriffic Magazine from 2010 to 2015. See the Double Helix page for some examples.
The School Magazine ORBIT #7 2018
Get Ahead Kids Magazine July-August 2010
Sir Isaac Newton’s laws of motion by Celia Berrell
Newton was a clever man.
An avid scientific fan.
He questioned many things he saw.
Like ones we had no answers for.He thought them through right to their cores.
Then gave us many handy laws.Newton’s First Law Of Motion:
Without a force of push or pull
an object will remain quite still.
With just one push at just one time
that object moves in one straight line.Newton’s Second Law Of Motion:
A bigger Force accelerates
an object that is heavy-weight.
While objects of a smaller mass
don’t need much Force to move them fast.So Newton noticed they obey
that Force will equal m times a.Newton’s Third Law Of Motion:
Now bend a stick. Before it cracks
you’ll feel its force of pushing back.
For every action there will be
an equal one – opposingly.Without his formulas in place
we’d soon get lost in outer space.
So Isaac’s Laws help us traverse
the reaches of our universe.
BLOGS
- The Double Helix blog features DECODING TREE RINGS; TWITTER TUNES FOR SQUIRRELS; AIRBAG BANG; SILKEN SURGERY & SMELLY YELLOW.
- The Australian Children’s Poetry blog includes over 150 Science Rhymes since 2017.
- The Science Rhymes blog was voted World Poetry Day 2022 Top Ten+ Children’s Poetry Blogs by Twinkl.
SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS:
2020 Prime English 8 INDIA
Springing to Action
2019 Our World Through English VIII TS Government INDIA
The Garden Within
2017 Next English 8 INDIA
Springing to Action
2016 Penerbitan Pelangi English Form 1 MALAYSIA
Peace by Piece
2014 Our World Through English VIII Telangana & Uttar Pradesh Governments INDIA
The Garden Within
2013 Nelson English 10 CANADA
Mother of Invention
2013 Educate.ie Better English 6th Class IRELAND
Town and Country Air
2011 Macmillan English 7 AUSTRALIA
The Beauty of it All
ANTHOLOGIES
For recent Anthology publications, see the Bookshop page.