The Falling Files: Junior Field Manual Junior Field Manual · A DET & CW Casebook · Ages 6–9

The companion workbook to The Falling Files: drop tests, a magnet hunt, a bean that turns toward the light, paper parachutes and a week of Moon watching. For ages 6–9.

Why does everything fall down? DET drops an apple, then eleven more things, and every one goes down. So he asks a better question: what’s doing the pulling, and where is it hiding?

This Junior Field Manual follows The Falling Files chapter by chapter. Your child reads a short retelling of each chapter, then tries the same kind of investigation DET does, with things from around the house.

What’s inside (8 cases):

•     The Drop Test: guess, drop and watch

•     A magnet hunt and a wind watch: things you only see by what they do

•     Bean Detective: a bean in a cup that turns toward the light

•     The Tilt Test: how many books until it slides?

•     Paper races and a homemade parachute

•     Two Piles: what people agreed on, and what happens anyway

•     The Moon Case: the real hammer-and-feather drop from 1971, plus a week of Moon drawings

•     The Clue Board: putting the whole case together

Every case has three parts:

•     The Case: a short read-aloud with a picture, three words to trace and two easy questions.

•     Field Work: one real hands-on activity using things from around the house.

•     My Own Case: a drawing page that turns the case toward your child’s own life. These pages are theirs to keep private.

Good to know:

•     33-page printable PDF, US Letter (8.5 × 11 in), black-and-white pages that print cleanly at home

•     Made to go with the book The Falling Files. Read a chapter, then do its pages

•     Ages 6–9 (grades 1–3). Big print, tracing, drawing and short answers; drawing an answer always counts

•     Includes an “Open the Case” starter page, a word search, a Case Closed certificate, and a grown-up guide, “Things to Listen For,” with answers

•     Your download includes both a Canadian edition and a U.S. edition (spelling and a few examples differ)

•     Print for your own household or one classroom

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