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The Sassafras Science Adventures: Volume One: Zoology Paperback – June 29, 2012

by Johnny Congo (Author), Paige E Hudson (Author)
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The Sassafras Science Adventures series chronicles the adventures of Blaine & Tracey Sassafras as they spend the summer learning all about science. The twins were supposed to spend the summer at Camp Zip-fire, but when they failed to pass their science class, their father made them go spend their vacation with their crazy Uncle Cecil instead. Uncle Cecil was a well-known research scientist, but the Sassafras twins only knew him as the eccentric uncle who could never keep their names straight. Blaine and Tracey thought they were in for the worst summer of their lives, but President Lincoln and Uncle Cecil had other plans in store...In this volume the twins (and you) will learn all about the amazing animals that can be found around the globe. Don’t miss a minute of their summer-long zip line journey with crazy Uncle Cecil!
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Elemental Publishing LLC; Volume 1: Zoology edition (June 29, 2012)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 314 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1935614207
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1935614203
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 5 - 8 years, from customers
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15.5 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.71 x 8.5 inches
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    Hi, I'm Paige Hudson and I write books and curricula to help you achieve your science education goals for your students.

    I first discovered my love of science during a high school chemistry course, which led to a major in Biochemistry at Virginia Tech - Go Hokies! Several years after graduation, I began writing science curriculum. At first, it was just for our own child to use, but with a little vision and a lot of elbow grease, one curriculum has grown into a full company, Elemental Science.

    My passion is to see all students enjoy and excel in their pursuit of sciences. It is the reason I have co-authored the science-themed novel series for children, the Sassafras Science Adventures. It is the reason I co-wrote a road-map of science education, Success in Science, for teachers. It is also the reason I have written over twenty teacher guides and student materials for homeschoolers.

    These days, I write from my home in the Appalachian Mountains. In my spare time, I love to read, cook, and hike with my husband and two children.

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  2. Johnny Congo

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    Johnny Congo; adventurer, author, lover of both taking steps across the street as well as to the ends of the earth. Johnny is husband to a virtuous beauty, and father to a quiver of four arrows. When his father took a trip to Africa to dig water wells and then came back with stories of intrigue and adventure, Johnny became enraptured with Adventure and its stories from that time on. Johnny has lived in and traveled to many different parts of the world where he has been enriched by the cultures, the people, and of course the stories. He now makes his home in Tulsa, Oklahoma rubbing shoulders with the salt of the earth. Johnny Congo's published works include 'The Sassafras Science Adventures' series (which he co-authored with Paige Hudson).

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Trina
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Science Unit for younger kids, or stand alone story about animals and adventure!
Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2015
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We love the Sassafras books! We just started and are halfway through the zoology book for our homeschool science. I have a 4 and 5 (almost 6 year old). They kids are loving learning all about habitats and animals. We use the log books to go with the story and travel with the twins. Each section covers one new animal, 4 in each habitat. We fill out the log book after each new animal with their name, where they live, classification, what they eat (omnivore, herbivore or carnivore) and facts about the animal. This book alone gives a ton of information in a really fun way. We also use a large world map that we are pinning yarn to each place we travel to show the path of the twins zip lines and my kids are picking up how to use the map. I also recommend getting the teach guide to go with the books. It gives a lot of recommendations for books and websites, crafts, activities and experiments to go with each animals and habitat. They also have lapbooks to go with the books if you do not want to use the log book.

The story is about twins who are spending the summer with their scientist uncle to learn about science. They did awful in science that school year and do not like the subject at all. When they get to their uncles they learn that he invented invisible zip lines that travel at the speed of light and the twins will be using them to travel all over the world to learn about science, the first being zoology. They travel to the grasslands first in Africa with a group of people on safari. There is also a bad guy, the man with no eyebrows who try to stop them and are somehow following them all over the globe.

This makes a great science unit for younger kids. I would say it would be great for kids between 6-11. My kids are a little on the young side but we make it work. They love the story and I help a lot with the log books so they are still enjoying it. This would also make a great story to read to kids who just want to learn more about animals without even using the logbooks/lapbooks.
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Bev Morris
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome science book, if you can deal with poor grammar
Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2015
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My kids LOVED this book, and I was amazed at how much they learned. They were actually EAGER to do science! Yes, the frequent grammatical/spelling errors were a bit difficult for me, but the kids loved the book so much, we made it work. Basically, we would read out loud, and I would point out errors. I told my kids that this book had solid science, but poor grammar and we moved on.

Other than that, though, this book was awesome. My kids were begging to do science. Seriously. We'd read about something and my kids would ask more and more questions. This would lead to us spending extra time in science, but I'm not complaining! My only gripe is that I had to write my own tests. I understand that this book is written for a range of age groups, so the authors couldn't write a test to cover students in 8 grade levels.

To be honest, these lessons taught me almost as much as they taught my kids. I love the Animal Record Sheet. My kids and I did these together. They'd make suggestions for what we should include, and I'd fill in the blanks on information they'd forgotten. Talking and writing about what we'd learned was a great way to reinforce the lesson! I highly recommend this book.
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Rachel
5.0 out of 5 stars Fun series!
Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2020
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My eldest has really enjoyed the "Life of Fred" series for her homeschool math class, so I've been trying to find something similar for science (she really enjoys story based learning).
Quark Express was better known, but Sassafras had better reviews.
The book arrived today, and we decided to try out the first chapter; it was a hit! The pace is interesting, and the characters are relatable (per my tween).
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Meghan M Schaffer
4.0 out of 5 stars Great Book!
Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2016
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This is an engaging and fun way to learn about science. The only thing keeping me from giving it all 5 stars are the minor grammar and spelling mistakes. My son is in 2nd grade and I plan to use the whole series twice. As he gets older, I'll ask him to delve deeper into the material and use the book as a starting point for looking at the animals and biomes it covers. This also makes it perfect for homeschooling families with multiple aged kids.

We have the Guide with lesson plans and the pre-printed log book. They were well worth the money.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Love this series!
Reviewed in the United States on November 8, 2021
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I've used this book for 4 homeschooled kids. We add in videos and some extra reading but this story really helps the kids to retain information. It moves from short term memory to long term. love the series!
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Neshia smith
5.0 out of 5 stars Nice
Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2020
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My daughter loves this book! We don’t use the curriculum but it’s good as a reader. The story is engaging but lots of typos. I wish they would’ve added real pictures of the animals instead of black and white drawings. And the chapters should be broken in half because they are kinda long But overall it’s a great book
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Cheryce and Jayson
5.0 out of 5 stars Fun way to learn about animals
Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2020
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Very interesting story for my daughter, she loves listening to me read while she colors the coloring pages that go with the book (I bought the separately for cheap on the sassafras website). She was pretending to be the animals and recalling facts about them.
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5.0 out of 5 stars My kids love this book!
Reviewed in Canada on December 25, 2020
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My kids love this book.. especially my son who is into learning about nature. Great education book and if you go to the website you can purchase and activity booklet to go along with it.
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Emmalina
5.0 out of 5 stars A great learning tool
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 21, 2017
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This s book and its companion resources are a wonderful way to teach science. We've loved it and will read the next soon.
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Jessica G
5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it!!!
Reviewed in Australia on February 25, 2020
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We are LOVING this book! My kids (and myself) never want to do our other read alouds because we just want the next chapter of Blaine and Tracey! My son (11) loves the storyline and all the facts, and my daughter (6) loves to make the dioramas and play the chapter out in it. Before I bought the book I read a review saying the info was just dumped in but I haven’t found that AT ALL! The characters giving science info are cool and my kids want to “know as much as them” and see them as inspiring. My son even said, “I wish I was there” in the farm chapter. Plus, People have made YouTube playlists that go with this book 👌🏼 Thank you whoever that was.
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terri
5.0 out of 5 stars My kids are loving this book, we do wish ...
Reviewed in Canada on June 23, 2016
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My kids are loving this book, we do wish the pictures of the animals were in color instead of b&w.
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Lindylou
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent. My 10 year old son loved this
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 28, 2016
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Excellent. My 10 year old son loved this. An exciting adventure story with science teaching. Looking forward to reading more.
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