[LIT] Science and Literature: Literacy objective

[skosmoski at aol.com]

Mark--
My husband, a science teacher, has been reading the Anthony Horowitz 
young adult series to his kids. The series is based on a 14 year old 
British boy whose uncle was killed during a spy mission. The 
organization drafts the teen into working for them. Each of the books 
in the series is full of science. In the one I am reading now, the 
young hero designs a snowboard out of an ironing board going through 
the process of aerodynamics and lift and drag--force and motion. It is 
interesting the way horowitz combines the science with the "spy 
tricks." The first book in the series is "Stormbreakers." The second is 
"Point Blanc." I am currently reading the third one--"Skeleton Key."
it is good stuff and the kids are loving it!
Mary Anne
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