The Air Gets in the Way: Junior Field Manual Junior Field Manual · A DET & CW Casebook · Ages 6–9

Parachutes, paper planes, spinning seed helicopters and a balloon rocket: eight hands-on cases all about air. Stand-alone, ages 6–9.

Why does a feather fall so slowly? It isn’t cheating. It’s fighting the air the whole way down.

In The Air Gets in the Way, DET and CW (who knows a thing or two about air, being a crow) find out that air takes up space, pushes back, slows things down and carries things away. Every case is a short story plus a hands-on test.

What’s inside (8 cases):

•     Parachute Drop: no parachute, small or big?

•     The Plane Test: dart or glider?

•     Paper Helicopter: just like a spinning maple seed

•     Wind Detective: a five-day wind streamer log

•     Balloon Rocket on a string

•     Breath Race: how far can your breath move things?

•     Air in a Cup: the tissue that stays dry underwater

•     The Clue Board and an air hunt

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

•     Stand-alone: no other book needed (pairs nicely with The Falling Files)

•     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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