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NOTE: This activity pack is available as a free PDF download when you purchase Files 1-4. This product is only necessary if you purchased the files elsewhere or received them second-hand.<\/strong><\/p>\n The\u00a0M.C. Detective Agency: Chemical Solutions Required<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>is a series of comic books that teaches chemistry to kids ages 8 ? 108. This multi-episodic series envelops a cleverly concealed chemistry curriculum with the stories of twins, Poppi and Ray, who solve mysteries using chemistry. These sibling sleuths have many adventures, including traveling back in time to rescue the Radium Girls, attending a modern day rock concert to save a vanishing Van Gogh, and swimming in a bottle of Chanel No. 5 to find the hiding aldehydes.<\/p>\n The PDF activity packs include the reading guide as well as the activities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":23133,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"NOTE: This activity pack is available as a free PDF download when you purchase Files 1-4. This product is only necessary if you purchased the files elsewhere or received them second-hand.<\/strong>\r\n\r\nThis activity pack is designed to go alongside M.C. Detective Agency Files 1-4 combo.\r\n\r\nThe\u00a0M.C. Detective Agency: Chemical Solutions Required<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em><\/a>is a series of comic books that teaches chemistry to kids ages 8 ? 108. This multi-episodic series envelops a cleverly concealed chemistry curriculum with the stories of twins, Poppi and Ray, who solve mysteries using chemistry. These sibling sleuths have many adventures, including traveling back in time to rescue the Radium Girls, attending a modern-day rock concert to save a vanishing Van Gogh, and swimming in a bottle of Chanel No. 5 to find the hiding aldehydes.\r\n\r\nThe readers eventually discover that M.C. is Marie Curie, hence the names Poppi (Polonium), Ray (Radium) and Granny Eve (Marie?s Curie?s youngest daughter).\u00a0Stay tuned for more files!\u00a0<\/strong>You can also check out\u00a0Kid\u2019s Chemical Solutions<\/a>\u00a0for more information.\r\n\r\nThe printed activity packs are perfect bound and include the reading guide as well as the activities.\r\n\r\nActivity Elements<\/strong><\/em>\r\n\r\nIn this pack, you will find a teacher\u2019s guide to walk you through how to make the comics into a robust curriculum. This Activity Pack includes Ray\u2019s Rules, Poppi\u2019s Puzzles, Tell Me Tenny, Comic Book Reading Guides, Character Cut-Out Cards, a Purposeful Daydreaming prompt, a Genius Hour prompt, Granny\u2019s Games, and solutions to Poppi\u2019s Puzzles. The instructions include recommendations for pacing and how much time each assignment could last. Tell Me Tenny includes historical background for the events referenced in the story.\r\nFile 1: The Case of the Deadly Dials<\/strong><\/h4>\r\nThe reader is transported back in time to help Poppi and Ray save the Radium Girls from getting poisoned. The setting is 1921 New Jersey (USA) and is based on an actual incident. A group of young girls were fraught with severe illnesses (e.g. cancers) from the ingestion of radium found in the paint that they were using to paint glow-in-the-dark watch dials.\r\n\r\nScience Topics<\/strong><\/em>\r\n\r\nThe Elements, The Periodic Table (Groups, Elements), Periodic Trends, Toxicology\r\n
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File 2: The Case of the Missing (Atomic) Model<\/strong><\/h4>\r\nThe reader is transported back in time to 1927 Belgium for the Solvay Conference. The reader has to help Poppi and Ray release the captive Quantum Mechanical Model of the atom from a safe the Neils Bohr is guarding.\r\n\r\nScience Topics<\/strong><\/em>\r\n\r\nAtomic structure, Subatomic particles (protons, neutrons, electrons), Atomic Mass, Atomic Number, Quantum Mechanics\r\n
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File 3: The Case of the Pillaging Pirates<\/strong><\/h4>\r\nThe reader is transported back in time to the Carribean in 1707. Their mission is to stop the Dread Pirate Clive (Chlorine) from pillaging all the electrons. They also have to save Lady Xenon along the way.\r\n\r\nScience Topics<\/strong><\/em>\r\n\r\nIons, Ionic Compounds, Writing Formulas for Ionic Compounds, Writing Names for Ionic Compounds\r\n
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File 4: The Case of the Vanishing Van Gogh<\/strong><\/h4>\r\nThe reader will join Poppi and Ray at a benefit rock concert to save Van Gogh\u2019s painting Starry Night from fading. The rock concert features the band The Heavy Metals with Lead-Z as the lead singer.\r\n\r\nScience Topics<\/strong><\/em>\r\n\r\nVariably Charged Polyatomic Ions, Writing Names\/Formulas for Complex Ionic Compounds, Colors of Ionic Compounds\r\n\r\nThe activity pack comes as a free PDF download when you purchase Files 1-4.","_et_gb_content_width":"","content-type":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[20,45,209,23,179],"product_tag":[204,47,178,210,28],"class_list":{"0":"post-23132","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-elementary-school","7":"product_cat-high-school","8":"product_cat-kids-chemical-solutions","9":"product_cat-middle-school","10":"product_cat-new-products","11":"product_tag-elementary-school","12":"product_tag-high-school","13":"product_tag-homeschool","14":"product_tag-kids-chemical-solutions","15":"product_tag-middle-school","17":"first","18":"instock","19":"taxable","20":"shipping-taxable","21":"purchasable","22":"product-type-simple"},"yoast_head":"\n