The Acadia Files: Autumn Science [Paperback]

?I want to be ten years old again, so I can read (and learn from) the series of books? called The Acadia Files . They are joyful small books? about a 10-yearold girl, Acadia, and her science teacher parents. The author, Katie Coppens, uses the parents as the guiding forces in helping Acadia find the answers to her questions: Who ate my blueberries? Why do I have curly hair? Where? does sand come from? Why do the leaves change colors? She uses? a science journal (with amazing illustrations by Holly Hatam) to write her hypotheses, results, ideas, and other considerations. The stories are short enough to hold your attention, and the illustrations add fun and whimsy to each subject.? Appropriate for Grades 2? through 6. My girls recently finished reading Book One and Book Two in the Acadia Files series, which is a STEM-Inspired chapter book series from Katie Coppens. These books read like a chapter book and lab notebook, which makes it not only fun for kids to read, but also educational.? I first learned about these books from fellow homeschool friends who stumbled upon them .? They loved how the author was a teacher, and how she shared science topics in an easy to understand and follow along format. And, at the end of each chapter, there are a few pages filled with illustrations and notes, that will read like a lab notebook.? This is the part that I really liked.??In addition to each chapter (about a different science topic) and the laboratory pages that follow. there is a also a glossary page featuring new scientific terms shared in the text for review.? There are also questions posed at the end of each chapter that Acadia wonders about.? I really like these questions as it had my girls thinking about the questions and coming up with a hypothesis for each, and ways to test their hypothesis in order to help Acadia answer these questions posed.Even though my girls love science and STEM learning, I know many kids who struggle to get about science.? After reading these blsH