Acadia Greene wants answers. Who keeps stealing her blueberries just as they ripen on the bushes? Why is her hair curly? Why does the sun wake her up so early in the summer? Why does the tide submerge her sandcastles? How do rocks become sand? Acadia doesn’t set out to do science, but she has these important questions and her scientist parents refuse to simply feed her the answers. "Conduct an experiment," they tell her. "Use the scientific method."
So Acadia gathers evidence, makes hypotheses, designs experiments, uses the results to test her hypotheses, and draws conclusions. Acadia does science. Summer Science presents five summer stories, each one followed by Acadia’s science notebook pages with her simple explanations and lively, whimsical drawings of natural phenomena. This series opener is a fun introduction to the wonders of science, using real-world scenarios to make scientific inquiry relatable and understandable.
Recommended Age | 8 - 12 |
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Author | Katie Coppens |
Illustrator | Holly Hatam |
ISBN | 0884486028 |
Publication Date | May 4, 2021 |
Publisher | Tilbury House Publishers |
Series Name | The Acadia Files |
Language | English |