Werewolves and States of Matter

Monster Science

by Janet Slingerland Hammond, Ángel Mosquito (Illustrator)

In cartoon format, uses werewolves to explain and illustrate the science involved in states of matter.

32 pages, Library Binding

First published June 1, 2012

Reviews

[Jon Nakapalau · Rating 5 out of 5]

Monsters + Science = lots of fun! This book is really very clever; it runs parallel interests in a way that will be fun to follow! I remember when I was a little boy I went through a period where I really focused on dinosaurs; to the point of neglecting some of my other studies (like math). I think a book like this would have helped me out by combining my interests with something else (like math).

[Stephanie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Níor thuig mé gach rud ach bhí sé suimiúil? 😂

[Cathlin · Rating 4 out of 5]

cute way to get kids more interested in science content

[Megan Denney · Rating 3 out of 5]

Werewolves and States of Matter is a graphic novel about the states of matter. Throughout the book the werewolves explaining how science is involved in states of matter. The werewolves also explain matter and what is has to do in our world today.

I think this is a great book to include into your classroom as it is a different genre for students to get to read from and open their learning up from this type of genre. The illustrator also creates descriptive pictures for the students to understand more on the context of states of matter. This is also a great book to have for states of matter as it will engage students as a graphic novel.

A teaching point for this book would be to use it as a read aloud for students when you are beginning to talk about states of matter. You can use the questioning strategy with them and have them ask questions about states of matter before, during and after the book for your lessons on states of matter.

[Emily Arrant]

summary: This book provides a lesson on the states of matter. This is a graphic novel and uses werewolves to explain the different types of matter.

evaluation: This is a great choice book, especially for students who love science. This could also help kids who are interested in werewolves become interested in science. The graphics are great and would be great for a picture walk to help get the students interested in wanting to read the book.

teaching point: You could definitely use this book when talking about matter. You could write up different vocabulary words from the book and have students be looking throughout their reading for the different words that describe or make up matter. Then as a whole class you could talk about the words that the students found throughout their reading.