Acadia Files: Book Three, Winter Science, The

THE ACADIA FILES is a STEAM series that uses stories to make scientific inquiry relatable. Written by Katie Coppens, an award-winning middle-school teacher who is a columnist for Science Scope (the magazine of the National Science Teachers Association), the books are Illustrated by Holly Hatam, the NYT best-selling illustrator of Dear Girl.

 

A melting snowman leads Acadia to explore climate change and how to reduce her carbon foot- print. The helium balloons at her eleventh birthday party beg questions of molecular structure, weights of gases, and neutral buoyancy. Making paper airplanes with her friends brings discover- ies in aerodynamics. Tracks in the snow lead to questions of how animals survive winter. And an afternoon of sledding slides into an investigation of momentum, acceleration, and friction.