January 2022 – STEM Friday

January 28, 2022January 27, 2022

The Case of the Missing Cookies

The Case of the Missing Cookies (Mini Math Mysteries)
by Thomas K. and Heather Adamson (Authors) with Charlie Alder (Illustrator)

Booktalk: Who took the cookies? Be a math detective along with the kids at Lincoln Elementary in this pick-your-own-path mystery. Use your addition, subtraction, and skip counting skills to solve the case.

Snippet: Hurray! Mr. Jeb’s class won this month’s reading prize. The class gets two boxes of cookies from Mrs. Bonn’s bakery. Each box has 12 cookies.

Gina knows there are 19 kids in her class. She wonders, are there enough cookies for the whole class?

If there were enough cookies, turn to page 6.

If there are not enough cookies, turn to page 8.

It’s STEM Friday! (STEM is Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)

January 21, 2022January 20, 2022

Luna’s Yum Yum Dim Sum

Luna’s Yum Yum Dim Sum (Storytelling Math)
by Natasha Yim (Author) and Violet Kim (Illustrator)
@ Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound

Booktalk: On Luna’s birthday, the whole family goes out for dim sum–but Luna and her brothers can’t agree on how to share their pork buns fairly. How can three people divide up five buns? Should some siblings get more than others? Or should they cut the buns into smaller and smaller pieces so everyone gets the same amount?

Luna and the author both have Year of the Tiger birthdays – and the next Year of the Tiger begins on February 1, 2022!

Posted on January 14, 2022January 13, 2022
The Physics of Fun

The Physics of Fun
by Carla Mooney (Author) and Alexis Cornell (Illustrator)
@ Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound

Booktalk: What do skateboarding, snowboarding, trampolining, singing in a band, and playing video games all have in common, besides being fun? They are all made possible with physics! Learn physics on the fly with this activity-based book for ages 12 to 15 that explores the connections between science, sports, and entertainment.

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It’s STEM Friday! (STEM is Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)

The author, Carla Mooney, is one of my former students.
Copyright © 2022 Anastasia Suen All Rights Reserved.

Posted on January 7, 2022January 6, 2022
Chemical Reactions!: With 25 Science Projects for Kids

Chemical Reactions!: With 25 Science Projects for Kids
by Dr. Susan Berk Koch (Author) and Micah Rauch (Illustrator)
@ Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound

Booktalk: With hands-on science activities and text-to-world connections, readers ages 7 to 10 discover the wonderful world of chemical reactions.

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It’s STEM Friday! (STEM is Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)

Copyright © 2022 Anastasia Suen All Rights Reserved.