Written by: Jon Scieszka
Illustrated by: Brian Biggs
Genre: science fiction
Awards: N/A
Summary:
In this book, boy-genius Frank Einstein, his friend Watson and their robot pals Klink and Klank want to help Janegoodall become the starting pitcher for the Midville Mud Hens. The best way to do this would be to strengthen the human body. The group explores all the systems of the human body to find where they could help Janegoodall. Across town, T. Edison is trying to enhance the human body by making a super-powered brain. Of course, he is also trying to over the world.
Teacher Evaluation:
This book would be great for older students in grades four through six. Frank Einstein and the BrainTurbo is about half fiction, half science textbook, allowing teachers to combine the two subjects. In my classroom, students would create short plot summaries that highlight key moments in the story. Then they would create hypotheses about how to improve the human body, build a model of their ideas, then write a short report about why it would or wouldn't work.
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