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Okay - here's one my son and I have been wondering about for a while. If we were able to drill a hole right through the earth and then jumped in, would we begin to slow down as we reached the center since the mass "above" us would equal the mass "below" and would cancel out gravity? We know we would be roasted by the temperature, but we're assuming that we are in some sort of air conditioned capsule made out of as-yet-to-be-discovered metal impervious to the heat at the Earth's core - the same metal our drill would have to be made of!

That is a great question and since I don't know the answer either we are going to get into some serious science in order to answer it! We are going to talk about something called the Scientific Method and we will get to the bottom of this mystery. I am going to ask you to give me a day or so to work up a lesson on the Scientific Method, so check back in my blog Notebook for all the information that we will need to get started on answering your question! I am excited about it and I hope you are too!