SEPTEMBER STEAM BOOK OF THE MONTH
Adkins Elementary Learning Commons
VIOLET THE PILOT BY STEVE BREEN
Publishers Review
By the time she's two years old, Violet Van Winkle can fix nearly any appliance in the house. And by eight she's building elaborate flying machines from scratch, mind-boggling contraptions such as the Tubbubbler, the Bicycopter, and the Wing-a-ma-jig. The kids at school tease her, but they have no idea what she's capable of. Maybe she could earn their respect by winning the blue ribbon in the upcoming Air Show. Or maybe something even better will happen, something involving her best ever invention, a Boy Scout troop in peril, and even the mayor himself!
Help Violet Take Flight!
Violet the Pilot works hard to take flight and earn the blue ribbon in the air show. Be creative with any supplies of your choice and help Violet take flight by designing an air worthy prototype. Make sure your design is flight worthy for Violet to fly in the air show and record your design taking flight. Bring in your airplane between September 12-19th, to display in the Adkins Learning Commons. You may also E-mail a short video to this link mailto:adkinslibrary@dentonisd.org, and your project might be featured on the morning news in September!
Good Luck, Aviators!
Be sure to watch for next month's STEAM Book Challenge!
We are STEAMing it up here at Adkins Elementary this year! We hope all of our Aviators will choose to participate in these family fun STEAM challenges that incorporate
Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math.
Please understand these are totally optional, and not required. We understand if you are unable to complete all of our challenges this year but, we hope you stretch your thinking, exercise your creativity, and enjoy some quality family time by trying at least one.