In this fun and engaging Ada Lace book club, learners will read and discuss the Ada Lace series by Emily Calandrelli! Ada Lace is a  relatable STEM series! In this series, science and technology concepts are introduced, friendships are made, and adventures are taken! Ada is a great character and a good role model. She shows that STEM is not only important but also fun and cool. Book clubs naturally help learners develop a love of reading and build relationships. At the end of each Ada Lace book, there is a Behind the Science section that explains the concepts in the book. Reading gives learners a perspective other than their own and can open up new ideas of the world they live in. Book clubs provide learners with valuable skills such as reading for understanding, relating reading to personal experience, participating in a discussion, and respecting the opinions of others. 

Week 1: Ada Lace on the Case
      Ada Lace, third-grade scientist, and inventor extraordinaire has discovered something awful: her neighbor’s beloved Yorkie has disappeared! With the assistance of a quirky neighbor named Nina (who is convinced an alien took the doggie) and her ever-growing collection of gadgets, Ada sets out to find the wrongdoer. As their investigation becomes more and more mysterious, Ada and Nina grow closer, proving that opposites do, in fact, attract. 



Week 2: Ada Lace Sees Red
       Ada Lace is building a new robot! She’s determined to beat Milton in the upcoming robotics competition. But she’s distracted. Ada finds her dad’s art class impossible, while Nina is the star of the class, basking in the glory of being Mr. Lace’s star pupil.
When Mr. Lace suggests that Nina put on an art show, Ada becomes jealous and loses her temper. Now Ada isn’t speaking to her dad, she’s falling behind in art class, and she still doesn’t know how to fix her robot. As the competition looms closer, Ada starts to wonder if there might be a way to use both science and art to solve her problems.
Will Ada make up with her father in time to test her hypothesis? Or will her hurt feelings leave her seeing red and without a medal at the end of the day?



Week 3: Ada Lace Take Me to Your Leader
  Third-grader and inventor extraordinaire Ada Lace likes to tinker with mechanics like her robot, George. Her latest project is to fix up a ham radio, something that she could use to contact people on this planet…and beyond. The only problem is that she can’t get it to work properly. During a sleepover, Ada’s best friend Nina hears something strange from the radio in the middle of the night. A distant voice says, “Release the swarm!” convincing Nina that aliens are about to invade planet Earth.
Could Ada and Nina have stumbled upon something…extraterrestrial?



Week 4: Ada Lace and the Impossible Mission
     Third-grader and inventor extraordinaire Ada Lace has a new social studies teacher—who loves group projects. While most of the class has constructed regular dioramas with clay and construction paper, Ada, her best friend Nina, and sometimes nemesis Milton have built a complex scale model of a historic silver mine. But when Milton reveals that he added his “old Milton touch” on their project right before turning it in, Ada worries that he has sabotaged their work.
Meeting 1-Read and discuss chapters 1-2
Meeting 2- Read and discuss chapters 3-5
Meeting 3-Read and discuss 6-7
Meeting 4- Read and discuss chapters 8-9

Week 5: Ada Lace and the Suspicious Artist
     Ada Lace is on spring break. But it’s just a little less relaxing than she’d imagined. Nina is beside herself with excitement about meeting her favorite artist and enlists Ada and Mr. Peebles’s coding-whiz nephew to revamp her online portfolio.
When Nina finally meets Miroir, he snubs her, and her confidence is shaken—but not enough to miss the art show opening. While there, Ada spots a suspiciously familiar painting that may mean Miroir isn’t the original he claims to be. 
Will the friends be able to reveal the artist’s true nature before he fools someone else?