The Acadia Files series uses real-world scenarios to make scientific inquiry relatable. Explore science through adventure with Acadia Greene!
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The Acadia Files: Book Four, Spring Science
by Katie Coppens and illustrated by Holly Hatam
Age Range: 6 – 8 years
Grade Level: 3 – 7
Series: The Acadia Files (Book 4)
Hardcover: 88 pages
Publisher: Tilbury House Publishers
Acadia Greene has done science in summer, autumn, and winter. In the fourth and final book of this series, she carries her search for answers into the spring, investigating meteors and mass extinctions; germination and pollinators; parasites, ticks, and Lyme disease; and pesticides and malaria.
Finally, looking back through her notebooks, she puts together her scientific inquiries from all four seasons into a holistic understanding of the natural world. Acadia is curious, determined, bold, and bright―a wonderful STEAM ambassador!
About the book
The Acadia Files: Book Four, Spring Science presents five stories of spring. Each story is followed by Acadia’s science notebook pages with her simple explanations and lively, whimsical drawings of natural phenomena.The Acadia Files is a fun introduction to the wonders of science. The books use real-world scenarios to make scientific inquiry relatable and understandable. Parents and educators can use The Acadia Files to let kids discover for themselves what it’s like to be curious about the world and to satisfy that curiosity with scientific thinking.
My review of The Acadia Files: Book Four, Spring Science
If you’ve got kids in school, you’ve had a new job these past several weeks: teacher! Yes, your kids’ teachers met with them online and gave them assignments, but it was up to you to execute those assignments and facilitate your child’s learning. The school year is wrapping up, but learning should never stop! Make learning fun all year long. Add The Acadia Files to your home library, and learning will be fun as you read them and do the activities and experiments with your kids.
There’s a book for every season in The Acadia Files series, and the one I’m sharing with you today focuses on spring. Throughout the book Acadia, her parents, and her friends talk about five science topics. They’re not necessarily just “spring science,” but spring is a great season to get out and explore.
The book’s layout makes it easy to use. Each chapter has a short story talking about one particular subject. Then Acadia either does an experiment or writes in her science journal. She writes the definitions for the new science words she’s learned. Acadia includes questions she still has about a topic. The author provides websites in the back of the book for further exploration into the topics covered.
I think you and your children will enjoy reading about Acadia’s adventures and learning the subjects along with her.
About the author and illustrator
KATIE COPPENS lives in Freeport, Maine, with her husband and two children. She is an award-winning middle-school teacher of science and language arts, and her books include a teacher’s guide for the National Science Teachers Association entitled Creative Writing in Science. Visit Katie online: http://www.katiecoppens.com/
Children’s book illustrator and graphic designer HOLLY HATAM loves to combine line drawings, photography, and texture to create illustrations that pack energy and personality. Her picture books include What Matters (SONWA children’s awards honorable mention), Bear is Not Scared, The Boy in the Box, and the forthcoming picture book series Maxine the Maker. Visit Holly online: https://www.hollyhatam.com/
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