Saturday, July 12, 2008 Did Fleming Rescue Churchill? Subtitled
"A Research Puzzle," this book will work well in the classroom
where students are working on first research projects. I don't
plan on putting it in the library, but I will definitely be
recommending it to our third grade teachers. Jason gets to
school late on the day that inventors are assigned for the big
class research project. All of the "cool" inventors, The Wright
Brothers, Edison, Franklin are taken and he gets stuck with Sir
Alexander Fleming. Since he's never heard of Fleming, Jason
assumes he must not have done anything too important. When his
teacher informs him that Fleming discovered penicillin, Jason is
a little more impressed, but not much. Jason immediately
complains to his teacher that it will be too hard to find
information, but Ms. O'Mara sticks to her guns and challenges
Jason to complete the report. His first response, which is very
realistic, is to head to the internet. I love his teacher's
response to first check sources lik