Description
Product Description
Eddie the Electron wants to educate kids everywhere about what it's like to be an electron!
He's cute, super enthusiastic, ambitious, smaller than the tip of a pencil and he doesn't want to be confused with a proton or an atom. Feeling stuck with his unexciting fellow electron Erwin, Eddie finds himself with way too much spare time on his hands and longing for adventure outside of the helium balloon where he lives. Just what lengths will he go to be free? There's only one way to find out! Come along with us and learn about life in Eddie's world.
To spend more time with Eddie, check out his Facebook page: .
Review
"Eddie the Electron makes the elements of matter entertaining! And when learning is fun and funny, STEM education is possible. This clever and scientifically accurate book hits on numerous Standards of Learning... a perfect addition to informal and formal science classroom learning."
- Courtney Carter Plaster, Education Coordinator, Virginia Museum of Transportation
From the Author
For more information about me, Melissa Rooney, and my predominant mission as a children's author, or about the Eddie the Electron Series, as reviewed by parents and educators, please visit the following websites (you may need to cut and paste):
1) A Child Reviews
Eddie the Electron:
youtube.com/watch?v=y6vVzEzrbPU&t=1s
2) A Child interviews the Author of
Eddie the Electron Moves Out:
melissarooneywriting.com/Videos/Eddie%20The%20Electron/EddieMoveOut1.mov
3) Melissa Rooney's Author Homepage: melissarooneywriting.com
4) Author Video:
facebook.com/DurhamArts/videos/10155060356286347/
6) Blog: melissarooneywriting.com/blog/
7) Facebook Page: facebook.com/melissarooneywriting/
8) Eddie the Electron's Facebook Page: facebook.com/EddieTheElectron/
(Note: Eddie's FB page features science-related posts, videos, links, etc. for kids of all ages.)
From the Back Cover
Eddie the Electron wants to educate kids everywhere about what it's like to be an electron! He's cute, super enthusiastic, ambitious, smaller than the tip of a pencil and he doesn't want to be confused with a proton or an atom. Feeling stuck with his unexciting fellow electron Erwin, Eddie finds himself with way too much spare time on his hands and longing for adventure outside of the helium balloon where he lives. Just what lengths will he go to be free? There's only one way to find out! Come along with us and learn about life in Eddie's world.
About the Author
Melissa Rooney grew up in Martinsville, VA. After receiving undergraduate degrees in English and Chemistry from the College of William and Mary, she attended graduate school at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, where she studied electrochemistry and was awarded her Ph.D. in Chemistry in 1998. Melissa conducted research in the laboratory of Alan M. Bond at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, from 1999-2002 and was awarded a Post-Doctoral Fellowship from the Australian Research Council. In 2002, she returned to North Carolina to raise her family with her husband, Mike Rooney.
Since moving to Durham, Melissa has been a regular columnist with the
Durham News and has written for
Highlight’s Children’s Magazine among other serial publications. She is currently a senior scientific editor with
American Journal Experts and a teaching artist in the Durham Arts Council’s Creative Arts in Public and Private Schools (CAPS) program, in which she provides engaging, science-based workshops for public schools.