Environmental Science Book Study - Academic Year - Middle Grade

⭐️ Welcome to the Environmental Science Book Club! ⭐️

Each month we will select a new environmental fiction and meet each week to learn and discuss. 

Each session consists of a short lecture, where we learn more about an environmental problem that we saw in that week's reading assignment, and the rest of the class is centered around discussing the book. Topics include aquatic pollution, habitat loss/palm oil plantations, animal poaching, bioengineering, climate change, etc. 

📚 Reading Level: Middle School - please see in-depth reading level information for each book below (scroll to the bottom of the description. 
 
👉 Note: This is an on-going class and we introduce a new book every month. Upcoming books will be announced the month prior. At the end of the 2024/25 school year we will cycle back through the books. If your learner wants to jump in mid-month, we do a quick summary of each chapter so they can get a general idea of what's going on.

🌎 Environmental Science Book List 🌎

1. A Whale of the Wild by Rosanne Parry
2. Global: One Frigile World by Eoin Colfer and Andrew Donkin
3. Music for Tigers by Michelle Kadarusman
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2024/2025 Schedule 

Fall 2024 

🌊 Week of Sept 2nd: A Whale of the Wild
                              Topic: The Orca + The Ripple Effect: Human caused food scarcity in the Salish Sea 
                              Chapters: 1-4 (pages 1-58)

🌊 Week of Sept. 9th: A Whale of the Wild
                               Topic: Aquatic pollution
                               Chapters: 5-9 (pages 59-110)

🌊 Week of Sept. 16th: A Whale of the Wild
                               Topic: Plastic Pollution
                               Chapters: 10-16 (pages 111-176)

🌊 Week of Sept. 23rd: A Whale of the Wild
                               Topic: Sound Pollution
                               Chapters: 17-21 (pages 177-238)

🌊 Week of 30. 29th: A Whale of the Wild
                               Topic: Salmon Life cycle and problems
                               Chapters: 22-25 (pages 239-288)

Week of Oct. 7th: Global: One Fragile World
Week of Oct. 14th: Global: One Fragile World
Week of Oct. 21st: Global: One Fragile World
Week of Oct. 28th: Global: One Fragile World

November 2024

Week of Nov 4th: TBD
Week of Nov 11th: TBD
Week of Nov 18th: TBD
Week of Nov 25th: TBD

December 2024

Week of Dec. 1st: TBD
Week of Dec. 8th: TBD
Week of Dec. 15th: TBD
Week of Dec. 22nd: TBD
Week of Dec. 29th: TBD

Jan 2025

Week of Jan 6th: TBD
Week of Jan 13th: TBD
Week of Jan 20th: TBD
Week of Jan 27th: TBD

Feb 2025

Week of Feb 3rd: TBD
Week of Feb 10th: TBD
Week of Feb 17th: TBD
Week of Feb 24th: TBD

March 2025

Week of March 5th: TBD
Week of March 12th: TBD
Week of March 19th: TBD
Week of March 26th: TBD

April 2025

Week of April 2nd: TBD
Week of April 9th: TBD
Week of April 16th: TBD
Week of April 23th: TBD
Week of April 30th: TBD

May 2025

Week of May 7th: TBD
Week of May 14th: TBD
Week of May 21st: TBD
Week of May 28th: TBD

June 2025

Week of June 4th: TBD
Week of June 11th: TBD
Week of June 18st: TBD
Week of June 25th: No class


Book Information

A Whale of the Wild by Rosanne Parry
✅ Audiobook
👉 Audience: Middle Grade
👉 Reading level: 8-12 years
👉 Lexil reading level: 720L - 4th grade (est.)
👉 Accelerated Reader Interest Level: Middle Grade 4th-8th
*The Interest Level relates to content and age appropriateness, not the difficulty or readability of the text.

Global: One Fragile World
 ❌ Audiobook
👉 Audience: Middle Grade
👉 Reading level: 10-14 years
👉 Lexil reading level: 
👉 Accelerated Reader Interest Level: Middle Grade 5th-8th
*The Interest Level relates to content and age appropriateness, not the difficulty or readability of the text.